There's Something About Pete Jones

by Erik Davis Sep 19th 2005 // 2:00PM

Filed under: Comedy, Deals, Scripts, ScriptSales

Pete Jones, best known as the first time writer/director in way over his head during Project Greenlight's first season, has finally picked himself up and landed a high six-figure deal for his script, Hall Pass. Deciding to lay off the Irish-American family dramas for the time being, Jones went after the "easy money" with a high-concept comedy picked up by none other then funnymen Peter and Bobby Farrelly. The brothers, who will produce the pic, may also wind up directing this spec script (yay for original ideas!) about a husband who is allowed a "free pass" by his wife to, well, get down and do the nasty with another woman. I would imagine things don't go so well from that point on.

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Tags: Hall+Pass, HallPass, Pete+Jones, PeteJones, The+Farrelly+Brothers, TheFarrellyBrothers

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9-19-2005 @ 8:12PM

Ed W. said...

I loved Project Greenlight and Pete Jones is just way too likeable. All the best for him. But did anyone actually see Stolen Summer? I haven't. I never made it past the torture that was the first 15 minutes.

9-20-2005 @ 2:48AM

Joe Swanberg said...

This idea sounds like one of the plotlines from the 4th season of CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM.

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