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Rob Corddry To Star In ABC Comedy Pilot ‘Spy’

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Monday January 28, 2013 @ 6:15pm PSTTags: ABC, Rob Corddry, Spy
Nellie Andreeva

Rob Corddry has been tapped as the lead in Spy, ABC‘s single-camera comedy pilot based on the 2011 Sky 1 comedy produced by Hat Trick Prods. Spy centers on Tim (Corddry), a well intentioned father of a highly intelligent and verbal son, who also happens to be his complete opposite, who inadvertently takes a job at the Secret Service in order to prove himself a worthy father. On the British series, the role is played by Darren Boyd. Corddry’s casting is in conjunction with an overall deal he has signed with ABC. The original series’ creator Simeon Goulden wrote the U.S. version, produced by ABC Studios and Hat Trick and executive produced by Goulden and Hat Trick’s Jimmy Mulville. Corddry, creator/exec producer/star of Adult Swim’s Childrens Hospital, which won an Emmy in September, also created and exec produces Adult Swim’s new series Newsreaders. As an actor, he recently did arcs on ABC’s Happy Endings as well as on Fox’s Ben & Kate. Corddry, repped by WME and Principato Young, had 3 films at Sundance: In A World…, Hell Baby and The Way Way Back, which landed a blockbuster $10 million distribution deal with Fox Searchlight.

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Trio Of Actors Join ‘The Way, Way Back’

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Thursday June 21, 2012 @ 3:01pm PDTTags: Maya Rudolph, Rob Corddry, The Way Way Back

EXCLUSIVE: Maya Rudolph, Rob Corddry and Amanda Peet have been added to the cast of Nat Faxon and Jim Rash’s comedic drama … Read More »

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Rob Corddry, Leslie Bibb To Star In ‘Hell Baby’, Co-Directing Debut Of Lennon & Garant

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Tuesday March 20, 2012 @ 1:08pm PDTTags: Leslie Bibb, Rob Corddry, Robert Ben Garant, Thomas Lennon
Mike Fleming

Darko Entertainment and Principato-Young will produce Hell Baby, a comedy scripted by Thomas Lennon and Robert Ben Garant that will mark the co-directing debut of the Night At The Museum writers. Rob Corddry and Leslie Bibb will star as an … Read More »

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Heather Graham To Star In Fox Comedy Pilot ‘Little In Common’

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Wednesday August 24, 2011 @ 9:57pm PDTTags: Fox, Heather Graham, Little In Common, Rob Corddry, Rob Thomas, TV Casting, Warner Bros. TV
Nellie Andreeva

EXCLUSIVE: Heather Graham has been tapped to star opposite Rob Corddry in Fox’s comedy pilot Little In Common. Rob Thomas’ single-camera comedy, produced by WBTV, centers on the Wellers (Corddry, Graham), who move from California to Texas but find that their adjustment won’t be quite that easy considering their Latina single-mother neighbor (Alana Ubach) has a radically different approach to child-rearing than they do, while their other new neighborhood acquaintances, the African American Burlesons (Kevin Hart, Gabrielle Union), take sports very seriously. Graham’s role, which has been recast, was played by Paula Marshall in the original pilot, in which Ubach had a husband played by Lombardo Boyar. This is a rare series gig for Graham, who has been focused primarily on features. She previously toplined the short-lived ABC comedy Emily’s Reasons Why Not and recurred on Scrubs. Read More »

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Adult Swim Renews ‘Childrens Hospital’ For Fourth Season

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Tuesday August 16, 2011 @ 3:15pm PDTTags: Adult Swim, David Wain, Jonathan Stern, Rob Corddry, Warner Bros. TV
Nellie Andreeva

EXCLUSIVE: Adult Swim has renewed Rob Corddry’s comedy series Childrens Hospital for a fourth season with a 14-episode order. Production on the series, which creator/star Corddry executive produces with fellow writers Jonathan Stern and David Wain, will … Read More »

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Animated Film ‘Escape From Planet Earth’ Gets Voice Cast

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Tuesday August 2, 2011 @ 8:35am PDTTags: Brendan Fraser, Craig Robinson, Escape From Planet Earth, Film Castings, James Gandolfini, Jessica Alba, Rob Corddry, Sarah Jessica Parker, Weinstein Co.
Mike Fleming

NEW YORK, NY August 2, 2011 – The Weinstein Company (TWC) and Rainmaker Entertainment announced today the all-star voice cast for ESCAPE FROM PLANET EARTH which includes Brendan Fraser, Sarah Jessica Parker, Jessica Alba, Rob Corddry, James Gandolfini and Craig Robinson. The 3D animated family comedy is currently in full production.

The announcement was made today by Donna Gigliotti, TWC’s President of Production, and Catherine Winder, President and Executive Producer, Rainmaker Entertainment. Both Gigliotti and Winder serve as producers on the animated feature film.

ESCAPE FROM PLANET EARTH is directed by Cal Brunker, best known for his work on the animated feature films DESPICABLE ME, 9 and HORTON HEARS A WHO! Producers Gigliotti and Winder are joined by Rainmaker’s Luke Carroll as a producer on the film. TWC Co-Chairmen Bob and Harvey Weinstein are executive producers. The film was written by Cal Brunker and Bob Barlen based on an original screenplay by Tony Leech and Cory Edwards.

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Rob Corddry To Lead Cast Of Fox Comedy Pilot ‘Little In Common’, Two Join ‘Tagged’

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Friday February 18, 2011 @ 3:12pm PSTTags: Little In Common, Little in Common Pilot, Rob Corddry, Rob Thomas, Tagged, Tagged Casting, Tagged Pilot, TV, TV Casting, TV Deals, TV Pilots
Nellie Andreeva

EXCLUSIVE: Rob Corddry is set to star in Rob Thomas’ single-camera comedy pilot for Fox Little in Common. Paula Marshall is finalizing a deal to join him in the pilot, from by Warner Bros. TV, which is about 3 … Read More »

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TCA BITS: Ricky Gervais On Science, Mike Tyson On Pigeons, Ray Romano On Kissing

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Thursday January 6, 2011 @ 4:23pm PSTTags: Animal Planet, Karl Pilkington, Mike Tyson, Ray Romano, Ricky Gervais, Rob Corddry, Stephen Merchant, TCA, Television Critics Association, TV

From Ray Richmond, who is contributing to Deadline Hollywood’s TCA Coverage:

Ricky Gervais is Now a Man of Science
Nobody has more fun than Ricky Gervais, as he proved Thursday afternoon during a TCA panel that originated live via satellite from overseas. Gervais was joined by his writer-producer partner Stephen Merchant and … Read More »

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