Hulu Nabs ‘Phony’ Comedy From ‘Marcel The Shell’s Nick Paley With Big Commitment; Drew Goddard To EP
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: In a six-way bidding war, Hulu has landed Phony, a half-hour project from Marcel the Shell with Shoes On co-writer Nick Paley.
Hulu would not comment, but I hear the project, which has been laid off at ABC Signature, has received a script-to-series commitment with a big, seven-figure penalty.
ABC Signature-based Drew Goddard, writer of The Martian and creator of Marvel’s Daredevil series, is joining as an executive producer.Written by Paley, Phony is a coming-of-age mystery described as Freaks and Geeks trapped in The Twilight Zone.
It follows Sonny, a popular high school kid who wakes up after a strange car accident and discovers his mom has been replaced by an impostor.Paley executive produces with Charlie Alderman as well as Goddard and Sarah Esberg through Goddard’s ABC Signature-based Goddard Textiles production company.Paley made his feature writing debut with 2021 indie breakout Marcel the Shell with Shoes On, which he co-penned with the film’s director Dean Fleischer Camp and Jenny Slate based a series of shorts written by Slate and Fleischer Camp.
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