Former “Saturday Night Live” cast member Vanessa Bayer is set to star in a comedy, “Big Deal,” at Showtime, from Annapurna Television.
The project, which Bayer has co-created with former “SNL” writer Jeremy Beiler, is a comedy in which a woman (Bayer) overcomes childhood leukemia to achieve her lifelong dream of becoming an on-air host at a home shopping network. Bayer’s character is partly based on her own personal life story as a leukemia survivor, which she was diagnosed with in her freshman year of high school.
Michael Showalter, who directed “The Big Sick” is on board to direct the pilot.
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Bayer will pen the pilot script and executive produce with Beiler, along with former “Inside Amy Schumer” head writer Jessi Klein. Showalter and Jordana Mollick will also executive produce for Showalter Semi-Formal Productions, which has...
The project, which Bayer has co-created with former “SNL” writer Jeremy Beiler, is a comedy in which a woman (Bayer) overcomes childhood leukemia to achieve her lifelong dream of becoming an on-air host at a home shopping network. Bayer’s character is partly based on her own personal life story as a leukemia survivor, which she was diagnosed with in her freshman year of high school.
Michael Showalter, who directed “The Big Sick” is on board to direct the pilot.
Also Read: HBO Lands David Simon's Fascism Drama 'The Plot Against America'
Bayer will pen the pilot script and executive produce with Beiler, along with former “Inside Amy Schumer” head writer Jessi Klein. Showalter and Jordana Mollick will also executive produce for Showalter Semi-Formal Productions, which has...
- 11/9/2018
- by Tim Baysinger
- The Wrap
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