EXCLUSIVE: Samuel Goldwyn Films has acquired U.S. rights to the Richard Kind sci-fi movie Auggie from Myriad Pictures. Directed and written by Matt Kane and co-written and produced by Marc Underhill of Thundercane Productions, Auggie follows early retiree Felix Greystone (Kind) who falls in love with an augmented…

It was bound to be a freewheeling discussion about comedy on television in the #MeToo era at the AMC Networks Summit when moderator Jill Kargman, creator and star of the Bravo series Odd Mom Out, began asking stars, writers and showrunners about the challenges of being funny in the "political hellscape sh*t-show"…

IFC’s Documentary Now! has cut a vinyl record of the music from an upcoming episode,Original Cast Album: Co-op. Six new Sondheim-ian songs were written for the send up of Original Cast Album: Company, the 1970 D.A. Pennebaker documentary about the grueling overnight cast recording of Stephen Sondheim’s hit…

EXCLUSIVE: Richard Kind (Red Oaks, A Serious Man), Stephanie March (Law & Order SVU), Jackie Hoffman (Feud) are attached to star in The Social Ones, the first long-form content film from The New Potato Studios. Debra Jo Rupp (That 70s Show) and Peter Scolari (Girls) will also co-star in the indie written and directed…

Richard Kind will star in the indie film, Auggie, from first-time feature director Matt Kane, who co-wrote the script with Marc Underhill. Kind will play Felix, a family man who, after being forced into an early retirement, falls in love with an Augmented Reality companion to the detriment of his relationship with his…

Brad William Henke (Orange is the New Black) is set for a recurring role opposite Giovanni Ribisi on the upcoming Amazon drama series Sneaky Pete. It revolves around Marius (Ribisi), a con man who after leaving prison takes cover from his past by assuming the identity of his cellmate, Pete. He moves in with Pete's…

Some Bernie Sanders supporters scarfed beans as part of a fart-in protest at the DNC in Philly,  Stephen Colbert noted at the top of his final night of DNC live shows. “Some might question this tactic, but it’s part of a long tradition of political activism,” Colbert continued, nothing it was Patrick Henry who said…

Richard Kind (Spin City, Argo) rounds out the cast of USA Network's single-camera comedy pilot Love Is Dead. Written and executive produced by Zev Borow based on a French short film, Love Is Dead is set at an agency that specializes in breaking up romantic relationships on behalf of those who are willing to pay to not…

Richard Kind, who plays screenwriter Max Klein in the Oscar-nominated Argo, will host the 65th Annual WGA Awards‘ New York ceremony, set for February 17 at B.B. King Blues Club. Among the presenters are Beasts Of The Southern Wild co-writer Lucy Alibar, Sleepwalk With Me writer-director and comedian Mike Birbiglia…

EXCLUSIVE: Vin Di Bona and Bruce Gersh’s FishBowl Worldwide Media has begun production on a pilot episode for The Potts, an original animated web series. The show, whose voice cast includes Dave Coulier and Richard Kind, follows a family in search of fame and fortune who will do just about anything to get on reality…

HBO has ordered the Dustin Hoffman-starring pilot Luck to series. Luck, from Michael Mann and David Milch, takes a provocative look at horse racing – the owners, gamblers, jockeys and diverse gaming industry players.  Production is set to begin this fall at Santa Anita Park and other Los Angeles locations. "Michael…