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Rob Riggle To Star In Fox’s ‘Gabriels’ Pilot

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Friday February 1, 2013 @ 11:15am PSTTags: Rob Riggle, The Gabriels
Nellie Andreeva

Rob Riggle is in final negotiations to topline The Gabriels (formerly House Rules), Fox’s single-camera comedy pilot from 20th TV and Principato Young. I hear the deal also includes a producing/development component for Riggle. Written by Andrew Gurland and Justin Hurwitz and to be directed by Jason Winer, The Gabriels centers on a neurotic family with contempt for all things normal that tries their best to fit into their small Midwest town where everyone knows each other and politeness reigns. Riggle will play the family’s patriarch in the pilot, executive produced by Gurland, Hurwitz, David Dobkin, Peter Principato and Paul Young. READ MORE »

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WME Signs Rob Riggle

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Thursday October 11, 2012 @ 11:43am PDTTags: Rob Riggle, WME
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: Comic actor Rob Riggle has signed with WME in all areas. Riggle is shaping up to be one of the next comedy guys. He’s funny as the new comic relief on the Fox NFL Sunday pregame show; he appeared in 21 Jump Street and lent his voice to Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax, both big hits. Riggle, best known for his turns in the Will Ferrell comedies The Other Guys and Step Brothers, next lends his voice to the R-rated stop-motion animated comedy Hell And Back, alongside Mila Kunis and Susan Sarandon, and he’ll next be seen starring with Johnny Knoxville and Patton Oswalt in Nature Calls. Riggle, the former Daily Show correspondent, hosted the ESPY Awards and he’ll guest star in the Thanksgiving episode of Fox’s New Girl. Read More »

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HBO To Develop 1980s Wall Street Comedy Starring Rob Riggle With Adam McKay, Will Ferrell, Mark Wahlberg And Chris Henchy

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Monday May 14, 2012 @ 11:44am PDTTags: Adam McKay, Big Deals TV, HBO, Rob Riggle, Will Ferrell
Nellie Andreeva

Rob Riggle Wall Street HBOEXCLUSIVE: The Other Guys gang is back together, this time on HBO. The pay cable network is developing a comedy project for Rob Riggle to star and produce. The single-camera comedy, based on an … Read More »

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Comedian Rob Riggle To Host ESPYs

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Thursday April 19, 2012 @ 8:09am PDTTags: ESPN, Rob Riggle
Nellie Andreeva

Rob Riggle ESPYSFormer Daily Show correspondent Rob Riggle is set to host this year’s ESPYS, which will be broadcast live from the Nokia Theatre on Wednesday, July 11. Riggle is the latest comedian … Read More »

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Johnny Knoxville And Patton Oswalt Play Squabbling Sibs In Big Beach Comedy

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Monday August 22, 2011 @ 8:02am PDTTags: David Gordon Green, Johnny Knoxville, Marc Turtletaub, Patrice O'Neal, Patton Oswalt, Paul Rudd, Peter Saraf, Rob Riggle
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: Johnny Knoxville and Patton Oswalt have signed on to star in an untitled comedy that will be directed by Todd Rohal and financed by Marc … Read More »

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Rob Riggle Signs Development Deal With HBO, Set To Star In ‘Lifestyle Lemonaid’

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Monday August 1, 2011 @ 5:42pm PDTTags: HBO, Jordon Nardino, Mark Wahlberg, Rob Riggle, Steve Levinson
Nellie Andreeva

EXCLUSIVE: Actor Rob Riggle has inked a development deal with HBO. Under the pact, Riggle has come on board to help develop and star in Lifestyle Lemonaid, a comedy project based on LifestyleLemonaid.com, Nikki Joel’s tell-all blog about her … Read More »

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NALA Sets Steve Carr To Direct Rob Riggle And Thomas Lennon In ‘The Boondoggle’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Wednesday June 22, 2011 @ 1:02pm PDTTags: Ben Garant, Joe Roth, Max Winkler, Palak Patel, Rob Riggle, Steve Carr, Thomas Lennon, Will Ferrell
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: NALA Films has set Paul Blart: Mall Cop helmer Steve Carr to direct and Rob Riggle and Thomas Lennon to star in The Boondoggle, the comedy that the producer/financier bought in January as a spec. Riggle and Lennon … Read More »

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Taylor Swift, Danny DeVito Lead Voice Cast For Animated ‘The Lorax’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Thursday March 17, 2011 @ 10:52am PDTTags: Betty White, Danny DeVito, Dr. Seuss, Ed Helms, Illumination Entertainment, Rob Riggle, Universal Pictures, Zac Efron
Mike Fleming

Taylor Swift, Danny DeVito, Ed Helms, Zac Efron, Rob Riggle and Betty White will provide the principal voices for The Lorax, the Illumination Entertainment 3D CGI animated film. The pic is based on the Dr. Seuss tale that follows the … Read More »

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Rob Riggle To Star In CBS Comedy Pilot ‘Home Game’ Produced By Mark Wahlberg

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Friday February 11, 2011 @ 7:31pm PSTTags: CBS Pilots, Home Game, Mark Schlereth, Mark Wahlberg, Rob Riggle, Rob Riggle CBS Holding Contract, Stephen Levinson, TV, TV Deals, TV Pilots
Nellie Andreeva

EXCLUSIVE: Home Game has won the Rob Riggle sweepstakes. Riggle is set to star in the CBS multicamera comedy, from Mark Wahlberg and Stephen Levinson’s Leverage. The project, loosely based on the experiences of former NFL star Mark … Read More »

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Tom Lennon, Rob Riggle At Center of ‘The Boondoggle’ Spec Laffer

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Friday December 3, 2010 @ 4:16pm PSTTags: Movies, Rob Riggle, Robert Ben Garant, Tom Lennon
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: Beyond the Jay Roach-directed political comedy pitch that has Will Ferrell and Zach Galifianakis attached, studios have a hot spec script to think about this weekend. CAA is out … Read More »

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Adult Swim Picks Up Crime Drama Parody Series With 12-Episode Order

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Tuesday November 23, 2010 @ 2:37pm PSTTags: Adult Swim, Brandon Johnson, Cable TV, Rob Riggle, TV, TV Deals
Nellie Andreeva

EXCLUSIVE: Adult Swim’s next series is a mouthful. The network has handed a 12-episode order to Paul Scheer’s NTSF:SD:SUV which, as the title suggests, is a parody of the ubiquitous genre of crime procedurals. NTSF:SD:SUV, created by and … Read More »

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CBS Developing Comedy Starring Rob Riggle And Written by Robert Smigel

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Thursday November 18, 2010 @ 2:17pm PSTTags: CBS Development, Rob Riggle, Rob Riggle CBS Holding Contract, TV, TV Deals
Nellie Andreeva

EXCLUSIVE: CBS loves Rob Riggle. For a third consecutive development season, the network has made finding a starring vehicle for the former Daily Show correspondent a priority. CBS is in negotiations for a half-hour comedy project from Saturday Night veteran Robert Smigel to which Riggle is attached to star. The untitled comedy centers on a gregarious guy (Riggle) who winds up as a real estate agent working for the nerd he made fun of in high school. The project was pitched straight to the network and will be laid off at sister studio CBS TV Studios. Smigel, Riggle, Peter Principato and Paul Young are executive producing. Read More »

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