Alexander Payne is turning to TV, signing on to direct HBO's dark comedy "Hung."
Payne's attachment comes as HBO has given the pilot a firm greenlight. Project's the first lined up at the pay cabler by new HBO Entertainment prexy Sue Naegle, and it's been on the fast track ever since."Hung" would rep Payne's first directing gig for TV. Project comes from Blueprint Entertainment and was created by Colette Burson and "The Riches" creator Dmitry Lipkin.
Payne is expected to sign on as an exec producer, along with Burson, Lipkin, Blueprint's Michael Rosenberg, Noreen Halpern and John Morayniss.
"Hung" revolves around a well-endowed man who is plodding along in middle age as a struggling father and high school coach. The character was once a high school sports legend, and his luck returns when he figures out a way to use his best asset.
"Think of him like Spider-Man," Burson told Daily Variety last month. "He's an average guy who gets in touch with his innate superpowers."
Payne's credits include "Sideways," as well as "About Schmidt" and "Election."
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Posts: 177 (05/09/08 11:20 PM) |
uggghhh.
i see no future for this show. trust me. you might think it's a blessing? it's a curse... |
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Posts: 2594 (05/10/08 12:48 AM) Registered user |
I'm thinking it sounds so bad it must be good.
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Posts: 178 (05/10/08 1:11 AM) |
* <ot> hey crush! sup? long time, eh? did you catch lost last night? when richard alpert first appeared, i could have sworn that was
don draper. heh... sofa. </ot> *
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Posts: 615 (05/10/08 1:45 AM) |
And I can see it now... 'in a follow up to his smash success HUNG, comes the coming of age of a young buxom gal in STACKED.'
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Posts: 10119 (05/10/08 1:49 AM) Registered user |
This does not sound like a show that will save HBO.
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Posts: 179 (05/10/08 2:18 AM) |
i hear you, probstie. poor you, hbo...
how do you go from king of quality television (it's not television, its hbo) to the bottom of the pile? OH YEAH, RIGHT! REMEMBER CARNIVĂLE? AND DEADWOOD? AND ROME? CHOP US OFF WITH NO SERIES COMPLETIONS YOU COCKSUCKERS? abandon your viewers, hbo. good call. we'll come back for "hung". sure we will... |
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maxxfisher wrote:
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Posts: 7166 (05/10/08 8:19 AM) Registered User |
This sounds almost as lame as David Milch's new 70's cop show.
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Posts: 5644 (05/10/08 8:48 AM) Registered User |
This is the dumbest premise I've ever heard. Watch, it will be amazing.
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Posts: 2410 (05/10/08 12:28 PM) Registered user |
I know a couple guys they could screen test for the lead if they want to show full frontal without using prosthetics or digital enhancement.
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Posts: 1288 (05/10/08 12:59 PM) Registered User |
I thought this was a new show starring William Hung.
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Posts: 2595 (05/10/08 5:55 PM) Registered user |
OG sofa wrote: <ot> hey sof! I thought that was you! Did you get another nasty banning? Ever incorrigible. I hallucinate don draper everywhere, but I haven't seen lost yet <ot> This is the dumbest premise I've ever heard. Watch, it will be amazing.The only thing that could make this premise dumber is if this man's over-sized penis can talk. The whole show idea makes HBO sound so desperate. And yet, hope that it will be decent springs eternal . . . .
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Posts: 180 (05/10/08 7:50 PM) |
<ot> hey sof! I thought that was you! Did you get another nasty banning? Ever incorrigible. I hallucinate don draper everywhere, but I haven't seen lost yet <ot> <ot> nah, crush. no banning. but my little kitty albert died in march and i just couldn't post under that id anymore. </ot> let's just hope this middle-aged "hung" doesn't suffer from "deadwood" otherwise this might turn into an "extended" product placement show for viagra... |
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Posts: 2599 (05/10/08 10:15 PM) Registered user |
OG sofa wrote: I'm sure there will be at least one 'deadwood' episode, bet on it. (Spidey loses his spidey-powers - pass me the puke bucket!) <ot> nah, crush. no banning. but my little kitty albert died in march and i just couldn't post under that id anymore. </ot><ot>Soooo sorry to hear that.  Heartfelt condolences. I've been there<ot.>
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Posts: 10125 (05/11/08 12:35 AM) Registered user |
Sorry to hear that, sofa.
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Posts: 28988 (05/11/08 3:13 AM) Not a Registered User anymore |
And here I was hoping it was about actual hangings.
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Posts: 19379 (05/11/08 8:24 AM) Registered user |
It really is all about the network, isn't it? The fact that this will be on HBO made me sigh, but had it been AMC, FX or even SHOWTIME, I would've
been intrigued.
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Posts: 5647 (05/11/08 9:59 AM) Registered User |
Griffin Dunne made a movie where his penis spoke to him. It was called Me and Him (1988)
A man's enthusiastic penis starts talking to him, getting him into awkward situations and convincing everyone he tells that he's completely insane. |
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Posts: 2415 (05/11/08 3:12 PM) Registered user |
Wait a minute... Your penises don't talk to you?
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