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[08/30/12 - 11:04 PM]
Development Update: Thursday, August 30
Updates include: CBS in talks for Robin Williams-led comedy from David E. Kelley; Taylor Schilling tapped as lead in Netflix's "Orange Is the New Black"; and Julia Ormond to star in Lifetime's "Witches of East End."







PUNCHING THE CLOWN (SHOWTIME)
DEVELOPMENT HISTORY:
8/30/12
STATUS:
previously in development (2013-2014 season)
DEVELOPMENT STAGE:
script
DESCRIPTION:
comedy based on Gregori Viens's 2009 film of the same name about singer-songwriter Henry Phillips, a hapless modern troubadour whose dumb-luck fame and fortune quickly goes bust
PRINCIPAL CAST INFORMATION:
· Henry Phillips as Henry Phillips
CREW INFORMATION:
· Chuck Martin as CRTR/EP
· David Permut as EP
· Gregori Viens as CRTR/EP
· Henry Phillips as CRTR/EP
· Sarah Silverman as EP
GENRE(S):
· comedy (all)
· comedy (single-camera)
STUDIO INFORMATION:
· no information is available