Mark Steilen is hitting the road for Screen Gems. The scribe has signed on to direct the road-trip comedy Weiners. Gregory Smith, Kenan Thompson, Zachary Levi and Fran Kranz have boarded the project, which revolves around best friends who travel across the country in a homemade weinermobile to face their inner demons and battle a nefarious talk show host. Gabe Grifoni and Suzanne Francis penned the screenplay. Susan Johnson and Smith will produce, while Anonymous Content's Scott Bankston and Beverly Strong will executive produce. The film also marks the debut effort from Braveart Films, an indie production company recently formed by Smith and Johnson. The two met last year when Smith was filming Nearing Grace, which Johnson produced.
TNT has cast Tom Everett Scott in the lead role of the drama pilot Saved. Scott stars as Wyatt Henry, a medical school dropout and compulsive gambler who becomes a paramedic in San Francisco. Saved is from Fox 21 and Imagine Television with executive producer David Manson (Nothing Sacred). Saved is one of several drama pilots under series consideration at TNT, including the cop drama Grace from Spelling Television and Talk to Me, a series about hostage negotiators from Lions Gate Television and Electric Entertainment. Saved begins production this week in Vancouver. TNT is expected to decide early next year if it will pick up the series. Scott is repped by Gersh Agency and manager Scott Bankston of Anonymous Content.
- 10/25/2005
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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