Film & TV Russell Peters gets sitcom deal

[ToopackShaker]

The new shingle launched earlier this summer by Tom Werner, Jimmy Miller and Eric Gold has struck its first talent deal, signing rising comedian Russell Peters.
As part of the pactpact, Werner-Gold-Miller -- which is set up at Warner Bros. TV -- is looking to develop a half-hour sitcom for Peters.
Peters is an up-and-coming comic in the U.S. but is well known in his native Canada, where he's appeared in several independent films. He also hosted two seasons of the BBC talker "Late Night East" in the U.K.
Here in the States, Peters caught the attention of execs after sound clips from the comedian's 2004 Canadian TV special started making the rounds on the Internet. Much of his routine centers on his life as a man of East Indian descent growing up in Toronto.
Werner-Gold-Miller and Peters have started meeting with writers to help develop the comedian's vehicle.
Peters' brother Clayton, who handles his brother's business, said they chose Werner-Gold-Miller because of the principals' comedy success in both TV and film.
"For the past two months, we had different offers, but Werner-Gold-Miller seemed like a real exciting place to be and the best opportunity for Russell," Clayton Peters said.

Good we're going to finally an Indian guy on TV that's not playing a taxi driver :thumb:

 

[tanj]

cool, i like russell peters, i saw his stand up, hes very funny.

 

[Casey]

WOOHOO! been waiting for some more shit from russ for a while, ill have to call him and say congratz (drummer in my band is a friend of his)

 

[ToopackShaker]

^tell him to perform at my uni, i'll blaze him

 

[Lord Tyranus]

I love Russell Peters! "Somebody gonna get hurt real bad!"

BTW Iam seein Iam seein George Lopez live at the Pond in Anahiem this Saturday, i love his stand up too.

 

[EriMakaveli]

i dont think he can handle that. he is a stand-up comic, not an actor.

 

[S O F I]

Who?

 

[Salar]

Mitch Hedberg said it best when he was saying that when your a comedian they want you do do everything that is related to comedy but not comedy itself. Like act, write etc. Like asking a cook that spends his whole life practising to be the best cook in the world "can you farm?"

I love russel peters, i think he's a very funny guy. My friends and i still quote him in some of our jokes "Say MY NAME... oh my god !xobele"

But unless he has a BIG part in assisting writing this sitcom,then this show will just be like every other sitcom.

 

[ToopackShaker]

i dont think he can handle that. he is a stand-up comic, not an actor.

Do you have any idea how many actors started off as stand up comedians? Plus he has been in lots of independent films already

but yeah, i agree with the one. he'll have to be heavily involved in writing to make the show interesting

 

[KAMIKAZI]

Good we're going to finally an Indian guy on TV that's not playing a taxi driver

John Redcorn isn't a taxi driver asshole.

 

[Lord Tyranus]

I also love his asian impressions, man he cracks me up "TAPSUMBONG!"

 

[Illuminattile]

i dont think he can handle that. he is a stand-up comic, not an actor.

They said that about Robin Williams.

 

[Bigg Limn]

John Redcorn isn't a taxi driver asshole.

1) Wrong typa Indian
2) ...I think you already know

 

[shammi]

Yo Thats Slick News, Hes Harsh Funny, Good To See A Desi Guy Getting Lotta Hype..funiiest Thing He Said Was Talkin Bout Throwing Rice At Brown Weddings, And Throwing Mashed Potatoes At White Peoples...:d

 

[Khalistani Soldier]

What exactly is this sitcom going to be about?

 

[G.Litt]

Russell is the man. One of my bestfriends is a good friend of his. Peters performaed at my uni a few years back, he killed it. One of my best nights at Western.