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Fox orders pilot script for animated comedy from Amy Poehler and Mike Scully

August 20, 2017 by Gary Collinson

Fox has ordered a script and pilot presentation for an as-yet-untitled animated comedy series from Amy Poehler’s Paper Kite Productions and The Simpsons veterans Mike Scully and Julie Scully.

Deadline reports that the comedy series would follow “he family and friends of 15-year-old Duncan Harris, an average kid with dreams of being a UFC fighter, tech billionaire, video game champ, or any job where you make a ton of money and don’t have to wear a tie.”

Poehler’s Paper Kite banner currently produced the series Broad City and Difficult People, and is currently developing several other TV projects, along with a feature film adaptation of the upcoming YA novel Moxie.

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, News, Television Tagged With: Amy Poehler, Julie Scully, Mike Scully

About Gary Collinson

Gary Collinson is a film, television and digital content writer and producer, and the founder and editor-in-chief of the pop culture media brand Flickering Myth. As a producer, his work includes the gothic horror feature The Baby in the Basket and suspense thriller Death Among the Pines, and he is also the author of the book Holy Franchise, Batman! Bringing the Caped Crusader to the Screen.

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