The Bubble (Judd Apatow Pandemic Comedy for Netflix)

[CyberpunkCentral]

Judd Apatow is developing a pandemic comedy for Netflix and will direct, produce and co-write the untitled project through his Apatow Productions.

The film will follow a group of actors and actresses stuck inside a pandemic bubble at a hotel attempting to complete a film. Apatow will co-write the script with “South Park” writer Pam Brady. Apatow’s partner Barry Mendel will executive produce the project.

Apatow’s directing credits include “The 40-Year-Old Virgin,” “Knocked Up,” “Funny People,” “Trainwreck, “The King of Staten Island” and HBO’s “The Zen Diaries Of Garry Shandling,” which won an Emmy in 2018. He also worked with Netflix on the series “Love,” which he co-created and executive produced.

The comedic filmmaker also has extensive producing credits. He produced and developed the television series “Freaks and Geeks,” “Undeclared,” “Funny or Die Presents,” “Girls,” “Love” and “Crashing.” He also produced the feature films he directed along with “The Cable Guy,” “Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy,” “Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby,” “Superbad,” “Pineapple Express,” “Forgetting Sarah Marshall,” “Get Him to the Greek,” “Bridesmaids,” “Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues” and “The Big Sick.”

Apatow also announced in August that he was teaming up with HBO on a two-part documentary about the late comic legend George Carlin, who starred in numerous comedy specials and appeared on the “Tonight Show” more than 130 times. Apatow and Michael Bonfiglio will direct the project, which will include interviews with Carlin’s family and friends, as well as material from the comedian’s archives and clips from his TV appearances.

Apatow and Brady are is repped by UTA, Mosaic and Ziffren Brittenham. Brady is represented by UTA, Mosaic and Sloane, Offer, Weber & Dern. The news was first reported by Deadline Hollywood.

https://variety.com/2020/film/news/j...ix-1234833137/

[Monterey Jack]

Reading the word "pandemic" in a movie synopsis is an automatic...

[Gacivory]

I’m interested in this!

[Kaiju]

[Monterey Jack]

Gee, think his wife and kids will be in it...?

[kylor]

I'll give it a shot. Hope the comedy is good!

[Koller70]

I'm interested in who will be in it.

[Hoke Moseley]

Can't wait for a 160 minute pandemic comedy.

[Chaotic]

Apatow & pandemic....I'm out.

[Damon1281]

Lost me at Apatow but I'd love a pandemic comedy from someone funny.

[Aclea]

You mean he'll be taking time out from his busy schedule of tweeting about people who shouldn't be working in the industry even if, say, they've been investigated by police at great length on two occasions over allegations of sexual abuse and no charges were pressed because no evidence was found, as long as they aren't personal friends of his like James Franco, in which case the situation is 'too complicated' to reduce to a tweet so he won't say anything, to actually make a film? And will the self-appointed posterboy for the #lookatmebeingsosupportivetoo Twitter movement furiously demand an apology from and then set the media Hellhounds with years of endless lists of negative stories on one of his leading ladies that he's not married to if she dares to say in an interview that she thinks the film is funny but just a little bit sexist?

[Markgway]

I can't think of anything I'd rather not see than this.

[Mystic]

Yeah, I'm sure there's a lot of humor to be found in a global health crisis.

[indisposed]

"Judd Apatow Developing Pandemic Comedy for Netflix"

Of course he is.

[Monterey Jack]

Has any comedy filmmaker hit a home run with their first movie (40 Year Old Virgin) only to whiff with virtually everything he's done since? Knocked Up was amusing, but everything since then has been TERRIBLE.

[Himmel]

Title: The Bubble

Casting Update:

-Maria Bakalova
-Karen Gillan
-Iris Apatow
-Fred Armisen
-Pedro Pascal
-Keegan-Michael Key
-Leslie Mann
-Peter Serafinowicz
-David Duchovny

[Foggy]

Originally Posted by Hoke Moseley

Can't wait for a 160 minute pandemic comedy.

A film that’ll leave you begging to leave the house.

[Hoke Moseley]

Bakalova and Duchovny? I'm in tbh.

[CrazyBlu-RayFan]

Originally Posted by Mystic

Yeah, I'm sure there's a lot of humor to be found in a global health crisis.

There's a lot of humor to be found in anything, including terrible things like murder and other horrific stuff we do to each other. It's about the quality of writing that can make it work or fall apart.

[Creed]

Originally Posted by Himmel

Title: The Bubble

Casting Update:

-Maria Bakalova
-Karen Gillan
-Iris Apatow
-Fred Armisen
-Pedro Pascal
-Keegan-Michael Key
-Leslie Mann
-Peter Serafinowicz
-David Duchovny

In for Bakalova, Pescal and Gillan. Just let the writing be good, I beg.