Chernin Buys Forex Pitch Shawn Harwell Writing, Rob Tomsic To Direct

EXCLUSIVE: Chernin Entertainment has acquired Untitled Forex, a comedy pitch that Shawn Harwell will write and Rob Tomsic will direct. Peter Chernin, Dylan Clark and Jenno Topping will produce for Chernin Entertainment, which won the pitch getting a preemptive offer created in the organization’s discretionary fund. Tomsic can get the pointing job after helming numerous shorts, including I’m Obtaining A Difficult Time Killing My Parents, which first demonstrated within the 2011 Sundance Film Festival. He’s also directed shows for MTV and VH1 and campaigns for Dr. Pepper, Hasbro together with other brands. Harwell cowrote Dog Fight, the Warner Bros comedy that Jay Roach is pointing with Will Ferrell and Zach Galifianakis. More youthful crowd scripted Hench with Danny McBride for Warner Bros and Neal Moritz, and will be a staff author in McBride’s Cinemax Series Eastbound & Lower. Are both repped by CAA and Tomsic is handled by Generate.