Pitch Sale: “Untitled Ansari & McBride Comedy Project”

Per Deadline.com:

In a real cross-pollination of series TV and film, Mandate Pictures has acquired an untitled comedy pitch from Aziz Ansari and 30 Rock writer Matt Hubbard, that Harris Wittels will write as a star vehicle for Ansari and Danny McBride. Wittels is a writer on the NBC sitcom Parks and Recreation, which stars Ansari, and McBride jumps between features and East Bound and Down, the HBO sitcom that he created with Jody Hill.

No plot details.

Per THR:

Rising comic star Ansari was most recently tapped to host the upcoming MTV Movie Awards and is about to embark on a summer stand-up tour across the U.S. The comedian, who is repped by UTA and 3 Arts Entertainment, will be seen on screen this summer in the comedy “Get Him to the Greek.”

McBride is shooting his second season of HBO’s “Eastbound and Down,” which he co-created, co-writes and produces with Hill. He was last seen in the Academy Award nominated feature “Up in the Air.” He and his production company are repped by CAA and Forefront Media.

Wittels is repped by CAA and 3 Arts Entertainment.