Larry David is gearing up for one more return to HBO, and for a fairly good purpose. Fairly, fairly good.
The Curb Your Enthusiasm mastermind and Seinfeld co-creator is teaming up with the cable and streaming large as soon as once more, this time for a sketch comedy collection that takes on American historical past and all its absurdities.
Selection first broke the story on July 10.
David will star in and write the six-episode, half-hour comedy collection. He’ll share writing duties with Jeff Schaffer, Curb‘s showrunner, government producer, and occasional director. Each can even function government producers, alongside Barack and Michelle Obama, who’re producing via their Larger Floor banner, together with Vinnie Malhotra and Ethan Lewis.
The official logline on the still-untitled comedy present states: “President and Mrs. Obama needed to honor America’s 250th anniversary and rejoice the distinctive historical past of our nation on this big day…However then Larry David known as.”
“I’ve sat throughout the desk from a number of the world’s most tough leaders and wrestled with a few of our most intractable issues. Nothing has ready me for working with Larry David,” mentioned former President Barack Obama mentioned in an announcement.
“It’s arduous to recollect a time earlier than Curb, or with out Larry David’s perspective on fashionable life. We’re thrilled that Larry is coming again to HBO, this time with Larger Floor, to offer us a glimpse at our shared historical past as we rejoice our Semiquincentennial,” mentioned Amy Gravitt, EVP, Head of HBO & HBO Max Comedy Programming.
Curb Your Enthusiasm aired for 12 seasons from October 15, 2000, till April 7, 2024, starting with a one‑hour particular again in October 17, 1999. The collection formally concluded as a 12‑season run ending in April 2024. Over the course of its run, the present obtained 55 Emmy nominations.
When Curb Your Enthusiasm got here to an in depth, David gave an assertion to his followers (and enemies) that was dripping with sarcasm, in correct Larry David fashion: “As Curb involves an finish, I’ll now have the chance to lastly shed this ‘Larry David’ persona and turn into the individual God supposed me to be – the considerate, type, caring, thoughtful human being I used to be till I bought derailed by portraying this malignant character,” Larry David mentioned in an announcement. “And so ‘Larry David,’ I bid you farewell. Your misanthropy is not going to be missed. And for these of you who wish to get in contact with me, you may attain me at Medical doctors With out Borders.”
David is represented by WME, whereas Schaffer is repped by UTA and Hansen Jacobson. Larger Floor is represented by CAA and Fox Rothschild LLP.
Curb Your Enthusiasm, All seasons streaming, HBO Max