Bored To Death
Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2008 11:21 pm
Looks like Ted Danson is doing an HBO pilot based on the Bored. I'm not sure which of us will be portrayed by Ted or by Jason Schwartzman. It sounds as if parts of it may be fictionalized and some of us may be combined into composite characters.
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Ted Danson in for HBO pilot
Actor gets lead role in comedy 'Bored to Death'
By Nellie Andreeva
Sept 3, 2008, 12:00 AM ET
Following his Emmy-nominated turn on FX's drama "Damages," Ted Danson is staying on cable with a lead role in HBO's comedy pilot "Bored to Death."
The project, penned by Jonathan Ames and to be directed by Alan Taylor, stars Jason Schwartzman as a struggling Brooklyn writer with a drinking problem who pretends to be a private detective in the vein of his heroes from Raymond Chandler and Dashiell Hammett novels. Danson will play Jonathan's friend and quasi-mentor, a pompous but articulate magazine editor.
Danson's role as the sinister Arthur Frobisher on "Damages" earned him his first Emmy nomination in 15 years, since "Cheers." He is set to reprise his "Damages" character, who was shot in the first season finale, in at least three episodes on the legal thriller's second season.
Find this article at:
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/con ... dfb8862c3c
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Ted Danson in for HBO pilot
Actor gets lead role in comedy 'Bored to Death'
By Nellie Andreeva
Sept 3, 2008, 12:00 AM ET
Following his Emmy-nominated turn on FX's drama "Damages," Ted Danson is staying on cable with a lead role in HBO's comedy pilot "Bored to Death."
The project, penned by Jonathan Ames and to be directed by Alan Taylor, stars Jason Schwartzman as a struggling Brooklyn writer with a drinking problem who pretends to be a private detective in the vein of his heroes from Raymond Chandler and Dashiell Hammett novels. Danson will play Jonathan's friend and quasi-mentor, a pompous but articulate magazine editor.
Danson's role as the sinister Arthur Frobisher on "Damages" earned him his first Emmy nomination in 15 years, since "Cheers." He is set to reprise his "Damages" character, who was shot in the first season finale, in at least three episodes on the legal thriller's second season.
Find this article at:
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/con ... dfb8862c3c
