Steve Urkel Becomes a Screenwriter!
Filed under: Comedy, Documentary, Romance, Deals, Scripts
He spent a lot of time voicing Sonic the Hedgehog, but Jaleel White is much more well-known for playing Steve Urkell, that nerdy dude who annoyed his way from guest appearance to most memorable star on Family Matters. But, God, that was ten years ago now, and Jaleel has not only grown up, but stretched his way outside the acting world.The Hollywood Reporter posts that White has written a romantic comedy called Did You Get My Text, which Joel Zwick (My Big Fat Greek Wedding) will direct. The film follows a young man who somehow "starts a relationship with a girl on his friend's phone, turning their courtship into a comedy of technological errors." Just how does that happen, anyway? And by comedy of errors, I imagine that means this poor girl finally thinks the young man's friend is into her? Oh dear. Right now, there's no word on cast, but we'll probably hear more about the players soon enough.
Since the film is being produced by Matthew Cooke and Bert Marcus, the THR piece also mentions another project -- Propaganda. Adrien Grenier is on-board to produce the documentary, from writer/director Cooke, which deals with free speech struggles in the wake of the Patriot Act as well as Internet materials being removed due to copyright laws.
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11-14-2008 @ 2:45PM
Mr. R said...
As Watchman's The Comedian would say: "God help us all"...
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12-31-2008 @ 12:43AM
Diane said...
Jaleel, Steve I love every episode of Family Matters. one because I think you are..... a great actor and two because family does matter.........................God Bless you in your writing.basketball, and life and I watch you every night you stll aire 2 hours a night and I try and watch them all. I use to watch you years ago with my girls and now I find I'm still finding new episodes to my "Glory"
May God Bless You
Missy Di
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