• TV Bits: TBS Buys Conan O'Brien's 'Fat Chance', Plus: Judy Greer, Mandy Moore, 'How To Be A Gentleman', 'Once Upon A Time', And More

    By Angie Han October 21st, 2011

    Good things are happening to good people in today's TV Bits, which sees new sitcoms in the works for Conan O'Brien, Judy Greer, and Mandy Moore, among others. After the jump: TBS orders a sitcom from Conan O'Brien ABC develops new projects with Judy Greer, Mandy Moore, and Desperate Housewives creator Marc Cherry The CW…

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  • Self-Help Book 'Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus' To Be Adapted By 'Can't Hardly Wait' Writers/Directors Harry Elfont And Deborah Kaplan

    By Adam Quigley January 28th, 2011

    We've entered a new frontier, so desperate for preexisting properties on which to base films that any semblance of an actual narrative has become strictly optional. The latest up-and-coming trend: self-help books. After the box office success of He's Just Not That Into You, studios have been actively scrounging up other self-improvement books to make…

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  • Anand Tucker To Direct Amy Adams In Leap Year

    By Peter Sciretta November 24th, 2008

    Shopgirl director Anand Tucker is in talks to helm the Amy Adams romantic comedy Leap Year for Spyglass. Adams will play a woman who comes up with an idea to travel to Dublin to propose to a man on February 29th, when according to Irish tradition, men must say yes. And as would be expected…

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