Will Ferrell, Kevin Messick attached to produce Paramount’s FBI comedyJuly 22, 2016 - 13:34 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Paramount has set up an untitled action comedy about FBI agents in a bogus marriage with Adam McKay, Will Ferrell and Kevin Messick producing through their Gary Sanchez company, Varety reports. The studio bought the pitch from Lauryn Kahn for a story about two FBI agents who go deep undercover as a married couple on a reality show about rich Los Angeles housewives. “Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates” director Jake Szymanski is attached to helm. Kahn and Szymanski will share story credit. Both are former employees at Gary Sanchez and its Funny or Die web site. Szymanski made his directorial debut on Zac Efron comedy “Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates,” which has grossed $35 million in less than two weeks. Gary Sanchez has set up Kahn’s comedy projects “He’s Fuckin Perfect” at Fox 2000 and “I’m in Love” with the DJ to Sony, Variety says. Paramount and Gary Sanchez have teamed on “Daddy’s Home” and “Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues,” both which starred Ferrell, along with “Hansel and Gretel Witch Hunters.” McKay wrote and directed “The Big Short” for Paramount and won an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay with co-writer Charles Randolph. Kahn is repped by WME. Szymanski is repped by UTA and Mosaic. The news was first reported by Deadline Hollywood. 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. |