An aging comic icon, Jackie, has seen better days. Despite his efforts to reinvent himself, the audience only wants to know him as the former television character he once played. A strain on his younger brother and his wife, Jackie is forced to do community service for accosting an audience member. While there, he meets Harmony and the two find inspiration in one another, resulting in surprising consequences.
Taylor Hackford
This week, Napster founder and former Facebook president Sean Parker unveiled his latest venture project, Screening Room, and sought the backing of some of Hollywood’s biggest filmmakers. Now, a line has been drawn in the sand, with some of Hollywood’s biggest players taking sides.
Leslie Mann has replaced Jennifer Aniston in Taylor Hackford’s The Comedian. The film follows Robert De Niro as a masterful and toxic insult comic.
It looks like Robert De Niro’s longtime passion project The Comedian is moving forward, tapping Jennifer Aniston to star. Taylor Hackford is directing the drama, with intentions to shoot in early 2016 in New York.
Hackford will now direct the project, which centers on the life of a masterful insult comic played by De Niro. Art Linson penned the drama, with the standup material scripted by notorious insult king and roast-master Jeffrey Ross.
Logline: Chronicles the rise and fall of former Heavyweight Champion Mike Tyson.
“Parker” director on board to helm biopic.
A recap of the week’s TV news!
Story follows a thief, who, having been betrayed, shot, and left for dead by his partner and wife, embarks on a relentless quest to retrieve his money and wreak revenge.
Logline: An ex-football player falls in love with a woman he was hired to find by her gangster boyfriend.
Logline: Follows the life of an acerbic comic.
Logline: Story follows a producer who attempts to find a hot new act after being undercut by jealous company executives.
Logline: Story follows a thief who, having been betrayed, shot, and left for dead by his partner and wife, embarks on a relentless quest to retrieve his money and wreak revenge.
Logline: The story of Barbe-Nicole Ponsardin Clicquot, who daringly challenges the social norms of the 19th century to transform a fledgling family business into the champagne empire that continues to bear her name.
Logline: Former lovers, long separated, find themselves unintentionally reunited as neighbors. Each now married, neither tells their spouse of their past connection and soon the once volatile relationship is rekindled.
Logline: Story follows a white former cop training a black Olympic contendor as they deal with gang warfare and rioting following the Rodney King verdict.
