A really big David Cross/Bob Odenkirk project only happens once every ten years. mr show The duo recently reunited for a Netflix production bob and david In 2015. will do They were planning to get another product soon, but Cross said Paramount+'s “marketing and analytics department” screwed everything up. As a great man once shouted, quite oftena multi-year career in comedy and drama: Oh my!
This is around varietythis comes from a podcast interview that Cross actually did last month, where he talked about with andrew santino whiskey ginger podcast About comedy and his career. (The relevant portion begins at his 18:15 in the link above.) During the conversation, Kloss launched into the following topic: Guru Nationhis and Odenkirk's show Developed in the early 2020sAnd it ultimately ended up partnering with Paramount+ after what he described as a low-key bidding war between multiple networks. According to Cross, he and Odenkirk wrote half of the eight-episode show (about two rival cult leaders trying to outdo each other), planned the rest, and brought it to their new partners. So…and all of them were turned down. by streamer.
Cross (speaking diplomatically but clearly disappointed) was told by Paramount that the company's marketing and analytics department ultimately vetoed the entire project, that it didn't want the series, or that it didn't want the series. He said he was told he didn't “understand” how to sell. that. “They have all the power!” Cross noted the similarities between this latest project and his and Odenkirk's notoriously messy projects. mr show movie, Run, Ronnie, run. And, we would argue, if streaming TV didn't exist; in particular There's no real reason to exist to have David Cross and Bob Odenkirk do eight episodes of a truly bizarre idea once every ten years, and we ourselves have no involvement in the marketing of either. yeah or They don't have all the abilities, including analysis. ah!
