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HBO Renews “The Brink” on The Brink of Contract Expirations

July 22, 2015
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(via Deadline)

It probably isn’t the whole reason, but it almost seems like HBO might have partially waited to order season 2 for wordplay.

HBO has opted to go for a second season of the geopolitical crisis comedy “The Brink” with Jack Black and Tim Robbins. Unfortunately, one of the series’ executive producer Jerry Weintraub passed away recently and was unable to share in the good news.

The order comes just in the nick of time before the attached stars had the option to go for other projects. 

Perhaps, Jack Black’s plea while on Conan worked?

Jack Black and Tim Robbins to Star in HBO Comedy ‘The Brink’

November 14, 2013
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Jack Black and Tim Robbins to Star in HBO Comedy ‘The Brink’

The HBO dark political thriller comedy from Jerry Weintraub, Jay Roach and Roberto Benabib now has a pretty solid starring cast in Jack Black and Tim Robbins and we can only hope that this could possibly be a Dr. Strangelove for television.

HBO Orders Political Comedy Pilot From Jay Roach/Jerry Weintraub/Roberto Benabib

September 22, 2013
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HBO Orders Political Comedy Pilot From Jay Roach/Jerry Weintraub/Roberto Benabib

Veep has been quite the success for HBO and there’s certainly room for scripted political comedy on TV, even on the same channel. 

This project sounds very intriguing as it sounds basically like Dr. Strangelove for TV and it’s being developed at a place like HBO.

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