Paramount and Trevor Noah are teaming up for remake of The President’s Analyst, a political comedy initially made in 1967. Pat Cunnane, who served for six years as President Barack Obama’s senior writer and deputy director of messaging at the White House, wrote the script for the project, which is being developed as a potential star vehicle for Noah.
The comedian and The Daily Show host is producing the feature with Haroon Saleem, his partner at the duo’s Day Zero Productions.
Also producing are Norman Aladjem, Derek Van Pelt and SanazYamin Mainstay Entertainment. The 1967 movie starred James Coburn as a psychiatrist chosen to act as the President’s top-secret therapist.
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