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IFC Developing Jake Fogelnest Father-Son Comedy From Ben Stiller’s Red Hour

March 26, 2015

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Immediately, a Jake Fogelnest father-son comedy conjures up a conversation between father and his son about how sea punk isn’t a thing.

IFC is beefing up their new development slate and have added to it a comedy from Jake Fogelnest that centers on an author who is trying to keep up with the times and his son. The project is coming from under Ben Stiller’s Red Hour banner and given the way Fogelnest deals with the Internet on a daily basis on Twitter, Tumblr, etc., we can definitely see potential here.

There’s Still a Chance for a Zoolander Sequel

June 20, 2014

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There’s Still a Chance for a Zoolander Sequel

While in a film festival in Sicily, Zoolander star Ben Stiller addressed the possibility of a Zoolander sequel. There’s a script being worked on but, Stiller commented, “I can’t say that it’s actually a reality yet, but I hope some day it is”

Hopefully, Ben will make time in his and Red Hour’s schedule to make this happen.

Fox Adds Funny or Die Exec Conor Welch as VP of Comedy

June 3, 2014

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Fox Adds Funny or Die Exec Conor Welch as VP of Comedy

With Kevin Reilly out, Fox is having to switching up their ranks quite a bit. Namely, Conor Welch will be joining Fox as their VP of Comedy after serving as an executive at Funny or Die and working at Ben Stiller‘s Red Hour.

Given how Fox tried to bring an Adult Swim/Funny or Die sensibility with Fox ADHD, we hope that Welch will continue to be in that ball park.

Ben Stiller’s Red Hour Films Inks Deal With Legendary Television & Digital

December 7, 2013

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Ben Stiller’s Red Hour Films Inks Deal With Legendary Television & Digital

Ben Stiller’s Red Hour, which has brought you Burning Love and will be part of bringing The Secret Life of Walter Mitty to theaters this holiday season, is partnering with Legendary TV & Digital to hopefully have the capacity to make more groundbreaking comedy.

Also, you might notice that Legendary, at this point, has aligned with themselves with both Red Hour Films and Nerdist Industries, which is a pretty smart move on their producing comedy through various formats in the years to come.

NBC Developing ‘Reality Bites’ Sitcom with Ben Stiller

August 23, 2013

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NBC Developing ‘Reality Bites’ Sitcom with Ben Stiller

NBC, in yet another surprising turn, has added an adaptation of the 90’s cult classic comedy Reality Bites to their development slate.

Interestingly, the adaptation will still take place in the early 90’s before the Internet, which we’re absolutely sure will be the source of so many jokes that will eventually be turned into .gifs if this show ever sees the light of TV screens.