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Will He Have Harold and Kumar Getting High With Santa in 3D?
Some Penn in Hollywood bits and pieces for you ranging from a Penn alum TV show which debuts tonight to a Penn alum screenwriter in franchise heaven!: “Miami Medical”, the new Jerry Bruckheimer CBS drama that ER physician TV medical consultant Zach Lutsky (C’97, AEPi)‘s been working on debuts tonight (Friday, 4/2)! ….Next up for […]
From White Castle to American Pie: Penn Alum To Reboot Popular Film Franchise
Harold and Kumar writers Jon Hurwitz (W’00) and Hayden Schlossberg have been tapped by Universal to write a new script to reboot the American Pie film franchise. And by reboot, I mean not direct-to-DVD, but back in the theaters! I’m excited to see what Jon and Hayden will do to top that memorable pie scene! […]
NBC is Giving This Penn Alum “Friends with Benefits”…and How You Can Get A Studio To Produce Your TV Pilot
For all those aspiring Penn TV writers, here’s some advice for you, if you write a hit film, studios are more receptive to giving you your own TV pilot. Case in point for one talented Penn alum…Recently, NBC okayed the single-camera comedy pilot “Friends With Benefits” for (500) Days of Summer writer Scott Neustadter (C’98, […]
DT B&P: Hollywood Comes to Penn This Weekend + More!
This week, I’ve got tidbits about Penn “entertainment” alumni on TV, stage …and on Penn’s campus! Meet these film producers at Homecoming (Saturday, 2-5 pm)!: Todd Lieberman (C’95, Mask and Wig, AEPi) and Max Handelman (C’95, AEPi) will be screening their film Surrogates and answering your questions in a panel after the film! …And […]
DT’s B&P: Paul’s Taking Us “Behind the Green Room Door” + Gabe’s Big Record Contract
Here’s the scoop on some exciting news from 2 of our alumni: Paul Provenza (C’79, Mask and Wig) has a new Showtime half-hour comedy series coming to Showtime, called “Behind the Green Room Door“. If you recall, Paul directed and produced “The Aristocrats“. Per the Hollywood Reporter, “The six episodes, with host comedian Paul Provenza, […]
DT’s B&P: Television Writers, Actors and Musicians, Oh My!
This week’s roundup has Penn alumni acting, writing and performing music on TV shows…and then much more certain speculation about one alum becoming Hollywood’s big cheese… It seems pretty sure that Disney Channel’s Rich Ross (C’83) will be heading up Disney. More HERE Robert Gant (C’90, Penn Six) made an appearance on “CSI Miami” this […]
