The Emmy-winning team of
Anthony and Joe Russo have come on board to direct Fox's comedy pilot
Council of Dads, from writer-executive producer Peter Tolan and Sony Pictures TV. Last year, the Sony TV-based directors who won an Emmy for directing the pilot of
Arrested Development, helmed 2 pilots, ABC's
Happy Endings and Fox's
Running Wilde, both of which got picked up to series. The Russos also directed the pilot for the NBC comedy series
Community. 
Feature director
David Slade (
Eclipse) is in negotiations to direct
REM, Kyle Killen's drama pilot for NBC and 20th described as an
Inception-style thriller about a cop� living in two different realities. This is the second consecutive pilot for Killen, who last year had
Lone Star. Both attracted feature directors, Marc Webb and Slade, respectively, with both helmers making their pilot debuts.
Chris Koch, who directed the pilot for Fox's midseaosn series
Traffic Light, is on board to direct another single-camera comedy pilot, ABC's
Bad Mom, created by and co-starring
British writer-actress-comedienne Sharon Horgan and produced by ABC Studios and Kapital Entertainment. Veteran multicamera helmer
Andy Ackerman has signed on to direct the ABC family comedy pilot
Smothered, from
Friends alums Andrew Reich and Ted Cohen. He is already attached to direct another half-hour pilot this season,
I Hate My Teenage Daughter for Fox, ...
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The Emmy-winning team of Anthony and Joe Russo have come on board to direct Fox's comedy pilot Council of Dads, from writer-executive producer Peter Tolan and Sony Pictures TV. Last year, the Sony TV-based directors who won an Emmy for directing the pilot of Arrested Development, helmed 2 pilots, ABC's Happy Endings and Fox's Running Wilde, both of which got picked up to series. The Russos also directed the pilot for the NBC comedy series Community. 
Feature director David Slade (Eclipse) is in negotiations to direct REM, Kyle Killen's drama pilot for NBC and 20th described as an Inception-style thriller about a cop� living in two different realities. This is the second consecutive pilot for Killen, who last year had Lone Star. Both attracted feature directors, Marc Webb and Slade, respectively, with both helmers making their pilot debuts. Chris Koch, who directed the pilot for Fox's midseaosn series Traffic Light, is on board to direct another single-camera comedy pilot, ABC's Bad Mom, created by and co-starring British writer-actress-comedienne Sharon Horgan and produced by ABC Studios and Kapital Entertainment. Veteran multicamera helmer Andy Ackerman has signed on to direct the ABC family comedy pilot Smothered, from Friends alums Andrew Reich and Ted Cohen. He is already attached to direct another half-hour pilot this season, I Hate My Teenage Daughter for Fox, ... Read More »
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