LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Fox 2000 has pre-emptively bought Canadian author Tish Cohen's debut novel "Town House," which is seeking a publisher.
Described as a character-driven comedy, "Town House" centers on an agoraphobic man living with his teenage son in a Boston townhouse that he inherited from his rock star father. He falls in love with the real estate agent assigned to sell the home after the bank forecloses on it.
Cohen is the niece of Paul Sills, co-founder of Compass Players and Chicago's Second City improvisational comedy troupes.
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Warner Bros. Pictures has picked up "Worst Friends," a comedy script about a yuppie whose life is turned upside-down when his two loser friends from high school show up for a surprise visit the week before his wedding. It was written on spec by Ian Roberts and Jay Martel.
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