Dr. Owen Maestro is downscaling his life a little. Childrens Hospital and Human Giant star Rob Huebel has signed on for the IFC pilot American Storage as a man who lives in a storage unit and could not be happier about it. According to Deadline the pilot is based on a 2006 short film that starred Steve Carell and David Krumholtz, with Huebel and newcomer John Karna taking over the leads for IFC’s television project....
- 12/13/2013
- Pastemagazine.com
Childrens Hospital star Rob Huebel is set to topline American Storage, IFC’s comedy pilot based on the 2006 short film that starred Steve Carell and David Krumholtz. Andrew Jay Cohen and Brendan O’Brien (the upcoming Neighbors), who co-wrote the short, also co-penned the pilot, with the short’s director Cohen helming. American Storage follows the unlikely friendship between a straight-laced employee (newcomer John Karna) at a storage facility and Kurt (Huebel), the eccentric man he discovers living in one of the units like it was an apartment. Kurt steals Internet from next door, pays the lowest rent you could imagine, and basically thinks he’s got life figured out. He’s charming and interesting, and might be a genius or crazy. The pilot is produced by Troy Miller of Dakota Pictures. Huebel, repped by UTA, Principato-Young Entertainment and attorney Karl Austen., is shooting the independent feature Barely Lethal and...
- 12/13/2013
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
IFC television has started to expand its quirky comedy offerings. The original series "Garfunkel and Oates," featuring the female comedy-folk duo Riki Lindhome and Kate Micucci, has just been greenlit to join the network’s 2014 line-up. The show, which joins the likes of "Portlandia," will focus on the duo's personal and professional lives singing satirical and sometimes dirty songs. "We are huge fans of Riki and Kate; their humor is fresh and accessible and they’ll be a great fit alongside 'The Spoils of Babylon,' 'Portlandia,' 'Maron' and other shows on the horizon," said Jennifer Caserta, IFC's president and general manager. "Everyone we work with shares our sensibility and passion for creating authentic comedies, and these new relationships will further complement our expanding roster of original programming."IFC has also ordered a pilot presentation of "American Storage" based on the short film of the same. Written...
- 10/1/2013
- by James Hiler
- Indiewire
Par swings at pitch based on 'Storage' short
Paramount Pictures' specialty division has acquired a comedy pitch based on the short American Storage. Andrew Cohen will direct from a screenplay penned by Brendan O'Brien and Cohen based on their screenplay for the short. The story centers on a man who is trying to turn around a failing storage facility by leasing out units as low-rent apartments to random people on the Internet. Beau Bauman is producing. Cohen and Bauman also produced the short.
- 5/15/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Par swings at pitch based on 'Storage' short
Paramount Pictures' specialty division has acquired a comedy pitch based on the Steve Carell starring short American Storage. Andrew Cohen will direct from a screenplay penned by Brendan O'Brien and Cohen based on their screenplay for the short. The story centers on a man who is trying to turn around a failing storage facility by leasing out units as low-rent apartments to random people on the Internet. Beau Bauman is producing. Cohen and Bauman also produced the short.
- 5/14/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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