You are viewing the archive: “James Bobin”

Hot Parody: Disney’s ‘The Muppets’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Thursday September 15, 2011 @ 11:11am PDTTags: Amy Adams, Chris Cooper, Disney, James Bobin, Jason Segel, The Muppets
Mike Fleming

Taking a page from the quick-cut teaser trailer done by director David Fincher for The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, the makers of The Muppets have generated their own to promote the family comedy that premieres November 23 through Disney. James Bobin directs and Jason Segel, Amy Adams and Chris Cooper star.

Comments (11)

Director-Producer James Bobin Signs First-Look Deal With HBO

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Wednesday September 7, 2011 @ 2:59pm PDTTags: HBO, James Bobin
Nellie Andreeva

British director-writer-producer James Bobin, co-creator/director of Flight of the Conchords and series director of Sacha Baron Cohen’s Da Ali G Show, has signed a first-look deal with HBO to develop and produce comedy projects through his shingle, The Honourable Company of Gentleman Film-Makers. Bobin’s longtime collaborator Paul Roemen has joined the company as VP development. Honourable Company already has  two half-hour projects in development at HBO: Marbury vs. Madison, a comedy set in the world of academic rivalry written by Bobin, and Permanently Temporary, a female inter-generational comedy written by Bobin’s sister, actress Joanna Bobin. Read More »

Comments (0)