Upon Transparent snagging a handful of Emmys – including Outstanding Lead Actor for Jeffrey Tambor – this past Sunday, Amazon has announced its slate of new pilots expected to debut this fall. There are six pilots in total coming from creators Shane Black (Lethal Weapon, Iron Man 3), Sacha Baron Cohen (The Dictator, Borat), Louis […]
Amazon orders comedy pilot Highston from Sacha Baron Cohen and Bob Nelson
Nebraska screenwriter Bob Nelson has just struck a deal with Amazon, landing his first official pilot order. The half-hour coming-of-age comedy Highston was written by Nelson and will be directed by Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris (Little Miss Sunshine) and exec produced by Sacha Baron Cohen. According to Deadline, Highston will be a single-camera project […]