Melissa Leo, Sebastian Stan join Jim Carrey’s Showtime comedy pilot October 17, 2015 - 12:16 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Melissa Leo and Sebastian Stan have joined Showtime's upcoming comedy "I'm Dying Up Here". The series is executive produced by Jim Carrey and Dave Flebotte, who is also the writer of the show. Clark Duke ("Hot Tub Time Machine") is also joining the cast as a regular. Melissa will play the role of Goldie, a brassy comedy club owner who rules over her business with an iron fist and nurtures her comedians with tough love. Sebastian will play the recurring role of Clay, a funny, charming comedian on the rise, who declares irrelevancy as his biggest fear. Clark, meanwhile, will star as Larry, a ballsy young comedian from Boston who moves to L.A. with the hopes of making it big. Previously announced cast members include Ari Graynor, RJ Cyler, Erik Griffin and Stephen Guarino. "I'm Dying Up Here" is based on William Knoedelseder's non-fiction book of the same name. The pilot will be directed by Jonathan Levine. Also executive producing are Michael Aguilar and Christina Wayne for Endemol Shine Studios and Assembly Entertainment.  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 |  Latest news Get Started: An educational platform for young startuppers  The Get Started program which operates in two phases is an important platform for young startuppers.Byblos Bank Armenia celebrates Students' Day with scholarship recipients YSU students who received scholarships from Byblos Bank Armenia gathered in a casual setting to meet with the Bank's CEO, Hayk Stepanyan.Azerbaijan extends Rune Vardanyan’s arrest by 5 months A court in Azerbaijan has extended the arrest of former Nagorno-Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan by five months.Armenia border residents dissatisfied with delimitation Residents Kirants are dissatisfied with the results of the delimitation of the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan. |
