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Walt Becker-Produced Comedy Nears Pilot Order At Spike TV; Cast & Director Tapped

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Tuesday April 19, 2011 @ 5:14pm PDTTags: Andy Tennant, Pilot, Spike TV, Walt Becker
Nellie Andreeva

EXCLUSIVE: I hear Spike TV is finalizing a deal for a pilot order to an untitled comedy from writers and executive producers Jim & Steve Armogida (Grounded For Life) and executive producer Walt Becker (Wild Hogs). Jay Hayden, Steve Monroe and Ethan Embry have been cast as the leads in the pilot, which will be directed by Hitch helmer Andy Tenant. The project, aka Thunderballs, was one of six comedies on Spike’s development slate announced in October. Developed by the Armogidas at the Walt Becker Co., it follows three life-long friends (Hayden, Monroe, Embry) who comprise a beer-league bowling team called the Thunderballs. The show chronicles their efforts to balance their battle for supremacy at the lanes with their crazy personal and family lives. Production on the pilot is expected to begin May 7 in Spokane, Wash. Hayden is with Venture IAB and Precision.

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Angela Lansbury To Play Katherine Heigl’s Daughter In ‘Adaline’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Friday November 12, 2010 @ 10:48am PSTTags: Adaline, Adaline Casting, Andy Tennant, Andy Tennant Adaline, Angela Lansbury, Katherine Heigl, Katherine Heigl Adaline, Movie Deals, Movies, Sal Paskowitz
Mike Fleming

Give director Andy Tennant credit for thinking outside the box. Faced with having to cast an actress to play the daughter of Katherine Heigl, he chose Angela Lansbury. No, really.

The film is Adaline, the Sidney Kimmel Entertainment?Lakeshore co-production that stars … Read More »

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Another Katherine Heigl Film For Sidney Kimmel And Lakeshore

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Tuesday July 20, 2010 @ 12:16pm PDTTags: Adaline, Allison Burnett, Andy Tennant, Julie Anne Robinson, Katherine Heigl, Katherine Heigl Adaline, Lakeshore Entertainment, Movie Casting, One for the Money, Sal Paskowitz, Sidney Kimmel
Mike Fleming

katherine_heigl_112Sidney Kimmel, the schmatta magnate who verged on quitting the movie biz after making a bunch of good indie films that flopped, seems reinvigorated with a new strategy: make every film possible with Katherine Heigl.

Kimmel has joined forces with Lakeshore Entertainment … Read More »

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