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EXCLUSIVE: HBO has passed on the half-hour comedy pilot Spring/Fall. Set in New York City against the backdrop of the fashion world, the project centered on the dysfunctional partnership between Margo (Tea Leoni) and Eden (Hope Davis), two women with different approaches to career, family and friendship. Kate Robin wrote the pilot, which was directed by Jake Kasdan, with R.J. Cutler executive producing alongside Leoni and Robin. Since doing Spring/Fall together, Robin and Kasdan have teamed for a new project, a female-driven drama, which sold to Fox last month with penalty. Meanwhile, Leoni has already been approached for new pilot lead roles.
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Tea and Hope and Kasdan aren’t good enough? I don’t know the writer, but the work has got to be more than good enough to attract these other talents. Another great example of the suits not knowing jack shit about what is solid storytelling.
another great example of an (admitted) uninformed person claiming to have all the answers while typing away at a keyboard. you haven’t read the script, seen the pilot, or done much of anything besides demonstrate your ignorance and cynicism.
WIth that pedigree, it didn’t get on the air. Everyone says HBO is all about f%#king.. But these are stars. This is how difficult is to get a show up and running. There isn’t enough real estate out there. Start putting these busted pilots on HULU so we can see them.
Tea Leoni is not a star. She’s been given many chances to become one, but she’s never successfully headlined anything. And I don’t find her all that appealing.
Bummer. I was looking forward to this.
How bad must this pilot have turned out, to pass up a series with these actors?
I guess it was no Bored to Death or Enlightened or How to Make it in America…
No kidding. If the network that gave us HUNG gave up on this, it must’ve been truly awful.
I like those shows. Go watch CBS.
The concept had a distinct “broadcast network” smell to it right from the moment it was announced. HBO’s interest in the project was always baffling, so I am glad they have finally seen sense.
It was a pretty flat pilot script; well written but missing any real reason to be on cable other than its pedigree. I’m glad Robin and Kasdan have another pilot cooking, I don’t think the failure was based on lack of talent, just a flat concept. Like Californication without sex, drugs or anything remotely dangerous.
HBO is becoming the place where big stars go to NOT get on the air!
HBO dumbed it down. They never really understood what it could be. Michael Lombardo especially. They also picked the wrong writer. It was an avalanche of mistakes from the word go. There is a series here. Just not this series.
Its a combo of Lombardo overly second-guessing himself; he is not a creative and does not understand shows that are really geared for women; Kasdan is the emperor who wears no clothes…anyone see Bad Teacher? He has been lucky lately that is all and nepotism goes a long way in this town. he doesn’t recognize comedy even when it hits him like a softball in the face, he messed this pilot up tonally. good luck Fox – what a combo.
Joebob knows what of he speaks. HBO has no good shows for women and blew the chance to develop one with an amazing cast. Robin’s script was moderately humorous at best and Kasdan made it flatter still. HBO tried to recut it after they left, but the damage was done. I’m sorry, but he adds nothing to a project without an Apatow, Feig or White writing for him. Good for them that they closed some deals before this came out – they should be grateful no one at Fox bothered to talk to anyone from this project.
Finally passing on a series before it fails miserably on television.