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Upcoming Book “Notes from the Bathroom Line” Has One of Hell of a Line-up of Contributors

If you’re looking for something way in the future to look forward as a way to potentially have something to get you through the end of the year all the way into 2021 when maybe, possibly, hopefully there will be a vaccine that we all can get for COVID-19, there will be a magnificent collection of essays, poetry, toons, short stories, art, and so much more for well over 100 of the best women in comedy (from all corners including stand-up, writing, sketch, acting, podcasting, musical comedy, and more) in Notes from the Bathroom Line: Humor, Art, and Low-grade Panic from 150 of the Funniest Women in Comedy.

Amy Solomon (producer on Silicon Valley, Barry) curated the incredibly impressive literary gathering for this book and we really can’t wait for Mar. 16th, 2021 when Notes from the Bathroom Line is set for release.

Thus far, slated to contribute are:

Lolly Adefope, Maria Bamford, Aisling Bea, Lake Bell, Rachel Bloom, Rhea Butcher, Nicole Byer, D’Arcy Carden, Aya Cash, Karen Chee, Margaret Cho, Mary H.K. Choi, Amanda Crew, Rachel Dratch, Beanie Feldstein, Jo Firestone, Briga Heelan, Samantha Irby, Emily V. Gordon, Patti Harrison, Mary Holland, Jen Kirkman, Lauren Lapkus, Riki Lindhome, Kate Micucci, Natalie Morales, Aparna Nancherla, Yvonne Orji, Lennon Parham, Chelsea Peretti, Alexandra Petri, Natasha Rothwell, Amber Ruffin, Andrea Savage, Kristen Schaal, Megan Stalter, Beth Stelling, Cecily Strong, Sunita Mani, Geraldine Viswanathan, Michaela Watkins, Mo Welch, and Sasheer Zamata.

More contributors will be added down the line for a book that’s so much more promising than a lot of what 2020 has given us.

By the way, you can pre-order Notes from the Bathroom Line here.

Liz Meriwether and Lake Bell Are Teaming Up on Newlywed Comedy “Bless This Mess” and Have Scored Pilot Production Commitment from Fox

October 10, 2017

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Liz Meriwether and Lake Bell Are Teaming Up on Newlywed Comedy “Bless This Mess” and Have Scored Pilot Production Commitment from Fox

The creator of New Girl and the writer/director In a World… have got a new sitcom focusing on a newlywed couple escaping from NYC to Nebraska.

Meriwether wrote the pilot and Bell is attached to star and direct.

We’ll be curious to see if this will be done in black and white and maybe take any other cues from Alexander Payne’s Nebraska.

Watch Trailer for Lake Bell’s Latest “I Do… Until I Don’t”

June 28, 2017

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Lake Bell made a hell of a feature length film debut with In A World… and is now on her to sophomore work, I Do… Until I Don’t (maybe Bell has a thing for titles with ellipsis).

Bell will take a satirical look at the concept of marriage through three different marriages that just happen to feature Ed Helms, herself, Wyatt Cenac, Amber Heard, Paul Reiser, and Mary Steenburgen.

See for yourself in this trailer, then look for a release on September 1st.

FXx Orders Animated Post Apocalyptic Buddy Comedy “Cassius and Clay” Starring Kaitlin Olson, Lake Bell, and Susan Sarandon To Series

August 7, 2015

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(via The Hollywood Reporter)

It’s being pitched as a female-led post-apocalyptic buddy comedy a la Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid, which also makes us think of the sort of show that would have happened had Thelma and Louise survived.

FXx’s latest comedy will be the animated Cassius and Clay from Archer’s Adam Reed and Megan Ganz whose written for both Community and Modern Family with a great cast in Kaitlin Olson from It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Lake Bell from Childrens Hospital, and Susan Sarandon. The three of them would be a cool bunch in a number of different scenario, but a post-apocalyptic setting should be especially fun to watch. Also, they have a guest cast that includes none other than Jeffrey Tambor and Stephen Root.

It’s set to debut sometime next year on FXx and we have yet to figure if there will be any sort of connection or reference to Muhammad Ali’s former name.

FX Orders Animated Post Apocalyptic Western Comedy Pilot “Cassius & Clay”

May 27, 2015

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(via The Hollywood Reporter)

As far as we can tell, it sounds like Westworld meets Thelma and Louise meets Blazing Saddles or future Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid as an animated comedy.

Lake Bell and Kaitlin Olson will voice a badass bandit duo that goes back and forth between staying in and out of trouble, but ultimately getting into trouble anyway in a world that’s both post apocalyptic America and popularizes saloons again. Other characters will be voiced by the likes of Jeffrey Tambor and Susan Sarandon (AKA Louise).

Megan Ganz and Adam Reed from Community/Modern Family and Archer respectively, wrote the pilot that we’re curious if it’ll explain the reference to Muhummad Ali’s original name.

Still, this sounds intriguing on so many levels that we hope it gets picked up just so we can see what it would look like.

Michaela Watkins, Randall Park, Lake Bell, Paul Scheer, and More Join “Wet Hot American Summer” Series at Netflix

January 15, 2015

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It’s fantastic that almost the entire original cast of Wet Hot American Summer is returning to do the upcoming Netflix series.

It’s also pretty great that they’ll have some new “members” with some of indie comedy’s favorite players including Michaela Watkins, Randall Park (who you saw as Kim Jong-Un in The Interview), Lake Bell, John Slattery, Jayma Mays, Paul Scheer, and Rob Huebel.

It would almost seem that the first poster alone for this new Wet Hot American Summer will be barely able to contain this even bigger, great ensemble cast.

Lake Bell Set to Direct An Adaptation of Claire Messud’s Emperor’s Children Written by Noah Baumbach

August 27, 2014

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Lake Bell has just set herself up to have a potentially great follow up to her directorial debut, In a World.

The Emperor’s Children, a novel from Claire Messud that follows the NY intelligentsia before and after 9/11, was adapted into a screenplay by perhaps the perfect person to adapt such a story, Noah Baumbach, With the script in place, Lake Bell is now set to direct making for an undeniably intriguing collaboration.

We’ll definitely be waiting patiently for a trailer.

Lake Bell Helps Kid President Call a Girl

August 2, 2014

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Soul Pancake’s Kid President, now a show on The Hub Network, has a problem that a majority of the country is currently having: talking on the phone.

So, writer/director/actress Lake Bell has offered her help for the Kid POTUS while he calls a girl. It gets almost as tense as any movie where an adult president is in danger, but without the threat of the nation coming under attack. This is also more fun to watch.

Lake Bell To Star In Rom-Com ‘Man Up’ Opposite Simon Pegg

November 19, 2013

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Lake Bell To Star In Rom-Com ‘Man Up’ Opposite Simon Pegg

While the idea of a romantic comedy called ‘Man Up’ could conjure up the image of stereotypical rom com that’s often written off as a chick flick, Lake Bell and Simon Pegg co-starring in ‘Man Up’ could make for something much more atypical and enjoyable.

Lake Bell’s “In a World” Delves Into the Competitive World of Voice Over

June 13, 2013

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Lake Bell (Children’s Hospital) has made a seemingly delightful film on the world of doing voiceover and narration, especially focused on voice over for movie trailers. Such a world can be pretty funny and great when the likes of Tig Notaro, Ken Marino, Demetri Martin, Nick Offerman, and Fred Melamed in what might be one hell of a supporting role as a father.

Watch the trailer here.