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http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/blogs/live-feed/hbo-orders-white-house-comedy-33690

HBO has ordered a political comedy pilot titled Veep from satirist Armando Iannucci, with Seinfeld veteran Julia Louis-Dreyfus in talks to star.

Veep follows a female senator who becomes vice president of the United States and finds the job is "nothing like she expected and everything everyone ever warned about."

Iannucci will write (along with Simon Blackwell), direct and executive produce (along with Chris Godsick and Frank Rich).

Though relatively unknown in the States, Iannucci is a Scots-Italian writer-comedian with several British titles under his belt, such as political comedy The Thick of It and spoof Time Trumpet.

Dreyfus is in negotiations to star in the project, but there's no deal yet. If the plan works out, HBO could have comedies from both Dreyfus and her Seinfeld colleage Larry David, with Curb Your Enthusiasm.

 

[Bread]

She would play a good Christine O'Donnell

 

[Arnie]

It'll never be as funny as Partridge, ever.

 

[starchild excalibur]

It'll never be as funny as Partridge, ever.

I hate that show.

Loved In The Loop though.

 

[Visualante]

Time Trumpet was a good show, check out a clip on YouTube if you haven't seen it.

 

[Empty]

It'll never be as funny as Partridge, ever.

Well we are still getting Alan Partridge's Mid Morning Matters online from next week, and it's not inconceivable that we'll get Partridge film sometime in the foreseeable future, so we have the best of both worlds.

 

[WillyFive]

Time Trumpet?

Tempting, but this doesn't seem like it will be the same format.

 

[Burger]

Well we are still getting Alan Partridge's Mid Morning Matters online from next week, and it's not inconceivable that we'll get Partridge film sometime in the foreseeable future, so we have the best of both worlds.

Tell me more.

 

[Empty]

Tell me more.

Well the writers decided on a plot for the Partridge film earlier this year and started openly talking about its existence again, so that is still in development and will hopefully come out sometime.

Then before that, from November 5th onwards, we are getting 12 downloadable Partridge web episodes via Fosters' comedy promotion. You can see a trailer here

 

[BenjaminBirdie]

There is a god.