Show’, as well as a de facto revival of it for Netflix, ‘W/ Bob & David’. The pair have previously worked together on the nineties cult classic sketch show, ‘Mr. Meanwhile, he’s also lining up a wholesale return to comedy by re-teaming with his long-time partner, David Cross, for another new show, ‘Guru Nation’. After reaffirming his dramatic chops in action thriller ‘Nobody’, he released his first memoir, ‘Comedy Comedy Comedy Drama’, last month, and went out on a UK tour in support of it. It marks the latest development in Odenkirk’s bounce back from a heart attack suffered on the set of ‘Better Call Saul’ last July. I am drawn to the tone of humanity and humor in the novel and I look forward to playing this role - something lighter than my recent projects but still closely observed and smart.” This milieu seems very pertinent to the conversations we’re all having. Once again a project with AMC with a focus on character depth and sensitivity. In a press release, Odenkirk said: “I loved Paul and Aaron’s take on Richard’s excellent, entertaining novel. He then worked with the network in the leading role in his own spin-off, ‘Better Call Saul’, which ends with a final batch of 13 episodes that begin this month (April 19 in the UK).

Odenkirk was already a respected comedy veteran when his first collaboration with AMC, ‘Breaking Bad’, shot him to global prominence in a dramatic role. ‘Straight Man’ its being lined up for a 2023 premiere date. In short, Straight Man is classic Russo-side-splitting, poignant, compassionate, and unforgettable.Bob Odenkirk to Star in Dramedy Series ‘Straight Man’ in Development at AMC - Variety April 6, 2022 All this while coming to terms with his philandering father, the dereliction of his youthful promise, and the ominous failure of certain vital body functions. In the course of a single week, Devereaux will have his nose mangled by an angry colleague, imagine his wife is having an affair with his dean, wonder if a curvaceous adjunct is trying to seduce him with peach pits, and threaten to execute a goose on local television. Devereaux's reluctance is partly rooted in his character-he is a born anarchist-and partly in the fact that his department is more savagely divided than the Balkans. William Henry Devereaux, Jr., is the reluctant chairman of the English department of a badly underfunded college in the Pennsylvania rust belt. Hilarious and true-to-life, witty, compassionate, and impossible to put down, Straight Man follows Hank Devereaux through one very bad week in this novel from Pulitzer Prize-winning author Richard Russo.

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