Miramax has secured the film rights to I Won’t Be Home For Christmas, a holiday film written by Lauren Iungerich, who is also set to direct the feature as her first directorial outing. Iungerich is best known as the creator behind MTV’s Awkward series, which ran for five seasons, and co-creator of Netflix’s…

Netflix has officially unveiled a ten-episode order to On My Block, a half-hour comedy co-created by Awkward creator Lauren Iungerich and All Eyez On Me writers Eddie Gonzalez & Jeremy Haft.

On My Block, which has assembled a young cast of mostly up-and-coming actors, is described as a coming-of-age comedy about four…

NBC has nabbed Big of Me, a half-hour comedy from Awkward creator Lauren Iungerich and producers Will Packer and Eva Longoria. The project hails from Universal TV where Packer’s Will Packer Prods. and Longoria’s UnveliEVAble Entertainment have deals.

Created and written by Iungerich, Big of Me centers on two women…

Universal Pictures has staked Eva Longoria and her UnbeliEVAble Entertainment banner to a two-year, first-look deal. Universal president of production Peter Cramer made the pact. First up is Universal’s acquisition of rights to My Daughter's Quinceañera, a pitch from Lauren Iungerich, creator of the MTV series…

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ICM Partners has signed Lauren Iungerich, creator of MTV’s flagship comedy series Awkward. She was previously at WME. In addition to creating Awkward, Iungerich served as executive producer/showrunner for the series’ first three seasons. She also has had three other comedy projects go to pilot, Dumb Girls and Hot Mess…

A project, which represents a departure for both Awkward creator Lauren Iungerich and producer Jerry Bruckheimer, has landed at ABC with a put pilot commitment. Couch Detective, from Jerry Bruckheimer TV and Warner Bros. TV, is described as an irreverent hourlong comedic mystery. In the tradition of <img…

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I’ve learned that MTV has decided not to go forward with comedy pilot Hot Mess following the recent departure of the project's creator/executive producer Lauren Iungerich. The decision comes as MTV brass are screening pilots for potential series pickups. Hot Mess had been considered a top contender based on strong…