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EXCLUSIVE: With his HBO comedy series Entourage recently wrapping production on its final season, Doug Ellin is shifting attention to his next project for the pay cable network, half-hour pilot 40. Michael Rapaport has been tapped to star opposite Ed Burns in the ensemble comedy, which revolves around four lifelong friends who help each other navigate life at 40, which isn’t all they expected it to be. Burns plays one of them, a married guy and a father who used to work at Bear Stearns making over $2 million a year but has now been out of work for almost a year. Rapaport, repped by Paradigm and Brillstein Entertainment, will play another friend, also married, who is described as a neurotic everyman. Rapaport’s series credits include comedies The War at Home and My Name Is Earl and drama Prison Break.
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Or… people could just watch Men of a Certain Age.
“Men of a Certain Age” who will occasionally “hug it out!”.
I do not get all the love for Men of a Certain Age. To me it was slow and boring.
That’s because life after 40 is slow and boring.
first of all, MOACA certainly wasn’t a homerun every episode, but it was a decent show. secondly, if your life is slow and boring after 40, you’re doing something wrong and you may want to question every decision you’ve made prior to that. and i’m sure that’s what the premise of this series is. of course without some decent writers attached, they’re going to miss what could be nuanced and poignant about it the way entourage missed out on some great story telling. but having Ed and Mike attached is definitely a step in the right direction and may help the series transcend the writing. i look forward to seeing how they handle it.
Great casting. I’ll watch anything with MR in it. I saw him a while ago in Target with his kids, acting like a neurotic everyman. It was awesome.
Entourage had some great episodes but ultimately it became a cartoon because the characters were never allowed to deepen. It is possible to be funny and interesting. Hopefully they’ll have someone writing it that is capable of that. Ellin doesn’t have that speed.
I second that. Let Ellin write the pilot, let EVERYONE ELSE write and break the series arcs.
Ed Burns is incredible. Knowing him for years. Here is a guy who was average in school as far as smarts, puts his mind to what he really wants to do in life and succeeds. Love guys like this. Go Ed Burns!
How many times do we have to prove that watching men be men is just depressing?
LOL!
Michael Rapaport is gonna make this good. He is the best.
Burns plays a guy who made $2 million a year and now has been out of work for a year? Who the f*ck can identify with a guy like that? .01% of the audience?
Fools.
The problem is someone who makes 2 million a year should never have to work again. In hollywood that means you’re broke and pathetic and worthy of sympathy from America. Ed Burns is one of the good ones. I hope they don’t portray him as not having any money. A real American could easily retire on 2 million dollars and live comfortably for 20 years. In D bag hollywood that’s what you pay for your cars. Like a big yellow hummer and a 45,000 hand bag to use once. Entourage celebrates D bags hopefully this won’t.
Wow – back-handed insult much…someone sounds like a green-eyed monster.
They should call it Cuarenta, just for the hell of it.
Four life-ling friends (presumably from New York with the casting). So it’s Entourage, 10 years later. Glad they’re trying fresh stuff.
oy vay
This series has a lot of potential. I’ll watch it. And frankly, Doug Ellin did an incredible job with Entourage and yes, it became stale toward the end and the quality dropped like an anchor but truth is all shows have a shelf life. A major factor in quality control was his collaboration with Ally Musika. She isn’t a writer. On top of that she’s just not that bright. If Rob Weiss hung around the show would have continued to be good. Fact.
i only hung around made in america for the first five or six episodes, did it get good after that?
Jason is absolutely right on all points. But that’s what happens when Doug Ellin promotes his assistant to be an exec producer / writer just because they’re having a romantic relationship. Gosh, men just don’t ever think with the proper head!
Mike Rappaport’s head shot looks like it was lifted from his IT Department ID badge.
Michael Rapaport is the best.First the “Tribe” doc and now this.Hes the realest,funniest NY actor we’ve got.
I look forward to this. Sounds like an “entourage” of normal guys not portrayed by blithering idiots. I’ve always been a fan of Burns and Rappaport, both of whom have done their best work in male camaraderie films.
Wow. Rapaport, Burns, Ellin…that’s one likable and easy to work with bunch. Not.
Hey, if it keeps Ed Burns from directing any more movies, I’m all for it.
This is good.
Well, that killed any interest I had in this project. Can’t stand Michael Rapaport.
I met Ally Musika at a showrunner seminar and quite honestly she acted like she was David Kelly. Someone who has been doing this for years. What struck me odd was not her feeling of entitlement but how nasty she was to everyone around.
Why isn’t Stephen Levinson involved in this show? Isn’t he partners with Doug Ellin?
Love Raps! Good for him!!!
The haters here aren’t wrong in the case of Musika. An insecure headcase. I’ve heard numerous stories from female writers who interviewed on the show with Doug Ellin. Her behavior consisted of eyerolls, reading the trades during the interview, deep sighs and whispering into Doug’s ear. Sad but true.