Steve Carell to produce Fox comedy starring Daily Show’s Jason JonesOctober 25, 2012 - 19:21 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Steve Carell successfully made the transition from Daily Show correspondent to comedy series star with The Office. He is now getting behind another well-known Daily Show cast member, Jason Jones, in his foray into primetime. Steve Carell and Chris & Paul Weitz are executive producing an untitled comedy project for Fox written by and starring Jones, Deadline said. The project, produced by 20th Century Fox, Carell’s Carousel Television and the Weitz Brothers’ Depth of Field, chronicles what happens to a successful single guy (Jones) in Manhattan who never wanted a family until his sister’s two kids are thrust upon him when she is called back to active duty. Jones, Chris Weitz, Paul Weitz, Carell, Carousel TV’s Thom Hinkle and Depth of Field’s Andrew Miano exec produce. Carell and Jones did not overlap on The Daily Show — Jones joined in 2005, the same year Carell left to do The Office. Jones has been on the Emmy-winning Comedy Central show ever since. He has tested the primetime waters before: Jones, repped by UTA, Brillstein and attorney Ken Richman, starred in two broadcast comedy pilots, 2011′s The Assistants at CBS and ABC’s How To Be A Better American the year before. He also developed a CBS comedy vehicle with his wife, fellow Daily Show correspondent Samantha Bee. Carousel and Depth of Field are repped by WME. Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running” Partner news | The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization. Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia. Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. |