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Joel Silver Developing Female-Led Nice Guys Series Adaptation at Fox
Joel Silver is adapting his 2016 buddy cop comedy The Nice Guys into a female-led drama series at Fox, Variety has learned.
The Nice Girls is a described as a one-hour contemporary female take on Silvers acclaimed feature film, which starred Russell Crowe and Ryan Gosling and was co-written and directed by Silvers frequent collaborator Shane Black. Fox has ordered a script for the project from Silver Pictures Television with a significant penalty attached.
Michael Diliberti will write and executive produce, with Silver and his president of television Rodney Ferrell also executive producing. Ken Kao will also executive produce. Diliberti wrote the comedy film 30 Minutes or Less for Sony/Columbia which starred Jesse Eisenberg and Danny McBride and is next set to direct his script Miami, PI for RatPac and Pulse Films.
The project is a co-production between Lionsgate, 20th Century Fox Television, and Silver Pictures Television. It falls under Silvers first-look deal at Lionsgate.
Joel Silver is adapting his 2016 buddy cop comedy The Nice Guys into a female-led drama series at Fox, Variety has learned.
The Nice Girls is a described as a one-hour contemporary female take on Silvers acclaimed feature film, which starred Russell Crowe and Ryan Gosling and was co-written and directed by Silvers frequent collaborator Shane Black. Fox has ordered a script for the project from Silver Pictures Television with a significant penalty attached.
Michael Diliberti will write and executive produce, with Silver and his president of television Rodney Ferrell also executive producing. Ken Kao will also executive produce. Diliberti wrote the comedy film 30 Minutes or Less for Sony/Columbia which starred Jesse Eisenberg and Danny McBride and is next set to direct his script Miami, PI for RatPac and Pulse Films.
The project is a co-production between Lionsgate, 20th Century Fox Television, and Silver Pictures Television. It falls under Silvers first-look deal at Lionsgate.
