ITEM: ABC, who is reportedly looking to beef up their weak comedy selection, has signed Larry Charles to a 2 and a half year development deal in which he will likely write, direct, and produce a series of original projects, if he can find enough time between shooting an anti-religion documentary with Bill Maher, working with Kanye West on an HBO reality series, and making the Motley Crue biopic.
ITEM: The aforementioned network is also developing Carpoolers, starring Fred Goss, Jerry O'Connell, and Jerry Minor as three guys who...can you guess it?...carpool to work together. Sounds pretty bland, but Kid in the Hall Bruce McCulloch wrote the script for the pilot, which will be directed by the Russo brothers, who helmed many of the best episodes of Arrested Development (+5 points) and the recent film You, Me, and Dupree (-10 points.)
ITEM: According to Norm News, Norm Macdonald will be reprising his deliciously awesome Burt Reynolds impression on an upcoming guest spot for My Name is Earl. Unfortunately, he's also announced that his Court Appointed Lawyer script he wrote for himself and Will Ferrell is dead in the water.
ITEM: Hit-and-miss oddball Adam Rifkin has posted a mess of clips from his new prehistoric comedy Homo Erectus, including the official trailer. Mosey over to his YouTube channel if you like to see guys getting conked in the head a lot, or you want to see David Carradine and Gary Busey continue to drive nails into the coffins of their careers.
ITEM: At the recent WonderCon, Sergio Aragonés revealed that writer Mark Evanier has completed a screenplay for a CGI movie version of Sergio's popular Groo the Wanderer comics, and the rights are currently being negotiated. Please take note that this is the second caveman story in this particular article alone, and the third this week if you count the new ABC show based on those Geico commercials, which we didn't even bother to report on. Either way, we have to reluctantly declare this Comedy Caveman Week at the Comedyblog. Please dress accordingly.
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