Yeah, like that. Director/Moviegoer Upper Alexander Payne (Sideways, Election) will take a dip into TV to direct HBO’s new dark comedy series, Hung. Variety reports that Payne is also expected to hop on as an executive producer. Personally, another show, even a good one, examining the psyche of a middle-aged American man, a former high school sports star and father at that, risks treading a well-worn road, but the hook to Hung is that the guy’s dick is huge. And apparently, he’ll learn to use this to his advantage. So, that’s different. The show was created by husband/wife team Dimitry Lipkin and Colette Burson (The Riches) and Burson had this to say…
“Think of him like Spider-Man. He’s an average guy who gets in touch with his innate superpowers.”
What, no Dream On comparison? This really cool news arrives on the heels of vague news about a future HBO series based on the doc Cocaine Cowboys from Jerry Bruckheimer and Michael Bay, so it looks like new HBO Entertainment prexy, Sue Naegle, is making very high profile and provocative moves. More on this/these shows as it develops…
Discuss: Who doesn’t want to watch this show with Payne involved? Â
May 9th, 2008 at 10:43 am
I do not want to watch this
May 9th, 2008 at 10:48 am
@ Hunter
The clipart is absolutely hilarious. That should seriously be the show’s logo.
May 9th, 2008 at 10:57 am
Why would I want to watch a show about a dudes beef stick?
Can you imagine the homo shit youd hear? What dude is gonna say “OH dude! Did you watch Hung last night! OMG it was great, the guy totally used his meat to get him into an advantageous situation! It was so great!”
Yea I think not.
Count me out.
May 9th, 2008 at 11:00 am
if the dude’s junk is fighting arch enemies and/or the head of an organized crime family, it will get viewers, but can HBO be any more transparently desparate to be controversial and edgy?? Limp.
and…now I notice that the ad copy on the left of the page reads “Meet Your Meat.” What exactly is going on here?!
May 9th, 2008 at 11:05 am
I think I’ll stick with Boogie Nights.
May 9th, 2008 at 11:10 am
sounds like it could become very similar to californication, lemme give it a shot:
a guy who use to be great, hasn’t lived his life to his fullest, yet somehow he beds some amazingly beautiful women, all the while trying to reconnect with his better side/family/ on the road to a better future…
that was fun, but i could be very wrong, and this could take an original turn.
May 9th, 2008 at 2:57 pm
Not only do we have Boogie Nights, we still have Nip/Tuck.
May 9th, 2008 at 7:29 pm
Wow. Are you guys all 14 or just homophobic rednecks?
In answer to the question posed i’d watch anything involving Alexander Payne - except maybe Chuck and Larry. Would like to hear some more details on this show though…