Larry Charles

The development of the script for ICON will be overseen by Charles , whose credits include Seinfeld and Curb Your Enthusiasm . Charles will also direct the pilot for the series, written by Dan Lyons, a technology consultant for Newsweek , and the creator of the popular Fake Steve Jobs blog. The satirical series centers on a fictional Silicon Valley CEO whose ego is a study in power and greed.

A scabrous satire of Silicon Valley and its most famous citizen. We needed a bold environment to nurture such a vision. One that was free of pre-conceived ideas. And EPIX made it clear they were that place. They asked us to make their home our home. And we have   -Larry Charles

 

This interview with Nick Thune is great. He talks about his new CD, working on the infamously ill-fated The Jay Leno Show and about his mother's reaction to his comedy. Larry Charles is teaming up with Fake Steve Jobs to create a satirical sitcom about silicon valley.  

James McDaniel ("NYPD Blue"), Shaun Majumder ("Unhitched") and Erin Cummings ("Spartacus: Blood and Sand") will round out of the cast of the drama pilot, about a top homicide division as seen through the lens of a fictional documentary crew. McDaniel will play Sgt. Jesse "Long Haul" Longford, a 30-year veteran, with Majumder as his partner, Det. Aman Majan, himself a seven-year vet. Cummings then is believed to be playing the sole remaining female role, Dr. Shelby Cork, "a pretty woman (35) but looks like  

 

D.J. Cotrona ("Windfall") is the latest addition to the drama pilot, about a top homicide division as seen through the lens of a fictional documentary crew. Jeff Nachmanoff is helming the project from a script by Jason Richman. BREAKOUT KINGS (FOX) - Malcolm Goodwin ("Leatherheads") has scored a role on the drama pilot, about "a U.S. Marshal (Laz Alonso) who has hand-picked three criminals to help catch dangerous fugitives on the run."  

"Sex and the City" alums Jenny Bicks and Michael Engler have both joined the upcoming comedy, about a suburban wife and mother (Laura Linney) whose cancer diagnosis forces her to shake up her life. Bicks will serve as the half-hour's showrunner while Engler is set as a co-executive producer and in-house director. Linney, Neal Moritz and Vivian Cannon also serve as executive producers for Sony Pictures Television.