Pitch Sale: “Untitled Treverrow and Connolly project”

Producers Parkes and MacDonald dip into their development fund to purchase comedy pitch from writers Colin Trevorrow and Derek Connolly:

The original idea sprang from research Trevorrow had done into the practice of police departments recruiting improv actors to help with low-level stings. With a “Tropic Thunder” feel, Trevorrow and Connolly’s storyline involves three actors who are brought in to help bust a DVD-bootlegging operation. When it turns out to be a front for much more nefarious activities, the comedy trio ends up on the run from crooks and cops alike with only their ad-lib skills as weapons.

This demonstrates the value of reading / research. Who would have thought that police departments hire improv actors for sting operations? Great comedic premise.



The writers are repped by ICM and 3 Arts Entertainment.