Fake Steve Jobs Working on TV Comedy ''iCon''
MRC Studios has said it has assembled a team to work on a sitcom based on Steve Jobs.
Media Rights Capital this week announced that the studio, along with EPIX, has put together a team that will work on iCon, a comedy series pilot that will be developed by Larry Charles, one of the Seinfeld writers and the director of Borat and Bruno.
While Charles is a very talented comedy writer, he will not be the one penning the pilot. According to MRC, founder of the Fake Steve Jobs blog Dan Lyons will write the episode, with direction from Larry.
MRC says the show’s lead character, Tom Rhodes, is a composite of Jobs and other Silicon Valley titans. The comedy is described as a savage satire, a study of ego, power and greed.
“We are attempting to do nothing less than a modern Citizen Kane,” Charles said. “A scabrous satire of Silicon Valley and its most famous citizen. We needed a bold environment to nurture such a vision. One that was free of pre-conceived ideas. And EPIX made it clear they were that place. They asked us to make their home our home. And we have.”
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pswenne ReplyMRC says the show’s lead character, Tom Rhodes, is a composite of Jobs and other Silicon Valley titans. The comedy is described as a savage satire, a study of ego, power and greed
Reminds me a lot of the webcomic http://www.ubersoft.net/ -
Honis In before Titans of Silicon Valley sue in an attempt to destroy the show/studios budget paying their defense lawyers.Reply -
doc70 If this is the same guy (Lyons)that writes the so-called tech column for Newsweek, then it will be a flop. The guy writes as if the ONLY tech out there is the one produced by Jobs' company. Talk about un-biased journalism...Reply