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Golden Globe-winning Empire star Taraji P. Henson and Ed Helms, most recently seen in WB’s ensemble comedy Tag, are attached to star in Coffee & Kareem, a Netflix film which Helms is producing with Mike Falbo under their banner, Pacific Electric Pictures Co. (Corporate Animals, The Fake News with Ted Nelms). Michael Do…

Screen Media has acquired North American rights to Corporate Animals, the horror comedy from Patrick Brice that bowed in January in the Midnight section of the Sundance Film Festival. Demi Moore, Jessica Williams, Karan Soni, Isiah Whitlock Jr, Dan Bakkedahl, Calum Worthy, Nasim Pedrad, Martha Kelly, Jennifer Kim and E…

NBC has put in development a father-son autobiographical comedy from Jon and Josh Silberman, Ed Helms and Mike Falbo’s Pacific Electric Picture Co., Marlon co-creator Chris Moynihan and Universal TV, where Pacific Electric Picture Co. is based. Written by the Silberman brothers, the untitled comedy based on Josh…

STXsurreal, the VR and immersive content division of STX Entertainment just unveiled its new its VR slate which contains several new, original short-form series in development, including a new comedy series from 'The Office' star Ed Helms, an untitled Dave Bautista action-comedy, a spinoff of STX's 'Mile 22' film…

Here is your one-sentence logline for this new comedy: “Our group of friends have been playing the same game of tag for 30 years.” To which the new bride of one replies, simply, “What?” You might get the same reaction when people hear that it’s based on a true story. Behold the first trailer for Tag, starring Ed…

Fox has given a script commitment plus penalty to Re-Training Day, a single-camera comedy from Uncle Buck developers/executive producers Steven Cragg and Brian Bradley, Ed Helms and Mike Falbo’s Pacific Electric Picture Co., Storied Media Group and Universal TV. Written and executive produced by Cragg and Bradley and…

Comedy Central has set the premiere date for The Fake News With Ted Helms comedy special toplined by Daily Show alum Ed Helms. The satire special will debut December 13 at 10 PM on Comedy Central. The one-hour comedy special will featured absurd, made-up news that closely resembles real news, delivered by an absurd…

Brothers Kyle and Peter Reynolds grew up without a father. Turns out their mom raised them on the lie that Dad had checked out when they were little. But now they’re hip to the truth and set out to find their old man. Along the way, the guys learn a little more about their eccentric mother than they probably want to…

EXCLUSIVE: The Clapper, the Dito Montiel comedy starring Ed Helms and Amanda Seyfried that bowed at the Tribeca Film Festival this spring, has been acquired by Momentum Pictures, which plans an early 2018 release. The deal was just finalized at the Toronto Film Festival but does not include streaming; Netflix has…

When is your wife ovulating? Apparently there’s an app for that. Why won’t your midlife-crisis-addled husband take his boss biker helmet off at a restaurant? (“You do look mentally challenged.”) Why would a couple give their friends a gift that’s illegal to import? (“We have a guy.”) Maybe the biggest question is why…

We live in the era of fake news, and Comedy Central is celebrating it with a special starring and produced by Ed Helms. The Fake News with Ted Nelms is exactly what it sounds like: a comedy special featuring absurd, made-up news that closely resembles real news, delivered by an absurd, made-up guy who closely…

EXCLUSIVE: Annabelle Wallis is Tag‘s it girl. She’s been set to star in the New Line comedy alongside Jeremy Renner, Ed Helms, Jake Johnson and Hannibal Buress. The film is based on a true story featured in the Wall Street Journal about a group of friends who have been playing a no-holds-barred version of the…