Nick Stoller Comedy Close To Landing At CBS With Put Pilot Commitment

EXCLUSIVE: Feature author director and Undeclared alum Nick Stoller is returning to television with Hot Mess, only one-camera project that attracted multiple bidders which is now in discussions to go to CBS getting a wealthy put pilot commitment. Stoller is writing and installed on direct the comedy, from last century Fox TV and Chernin Entertainment. Loosely based on Stoller’s real-existence encounters, Hot Mess can be a twenty-something ensemble comedy of a guy who'll get his heart broken by his girlfriend now has to use one cubicle from her. Stoller is executive creating with Peter Chernin and Katherine Pope. CBS’ aggressive play for warm Mess underscores the network’s recent change toward youthful, edgier and more personal and much more personal comedies with shows like Generate An Earnings Met Your Mother and new fall entry Two Broke Women together with the choice to exchange Charlie Sheen with Ashton Kutcher on two and a half Males. It marks an infrequent going into the single-camera format for your network, recognized for its model of multi-camera sitcoms. The acquisition also continues comedy projects’ hot streak this summer season just like a slew of half-hour pitches have showed up large obligations. Stoller can be a part of the Judd Apatow’s gang. He got his break on Apatow’s Fox comedy series Underclared, and like his boss, he segued to movies soon after. UTA-repped Stoller did several films with Apatow, including Negelecting Sarah Marshall, which Stoller directed, which is offshoot Lead him to the Greek, they written and directed. Stoller’s feature credits have Yes Guy as well as the approaching The Muppets, they co-written, as well as the Five-Year Engagement, they co-written and directed. His co-author on was another frequent collaborator and Apatow cohort, Jason Segel, who's also at CBS just like a star generate an income Met Your Mother.