Comedian, filmmaker, actor and musician Tim Heidecker ("Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie", "Us") and Emmy winner Tatiana Maslany ("The Monkey", "Orphan Black) have signed on to star in the dystopian satire "The Comedy Hour" from Scythia Films ("The Apprentice") and producers Halee Bernard & Julian Higgins ("God’s Country"). The film marks the feature directorial debut of Colby Day ("In the Blink of an Eye", "Spaceman").
The story is set five minutes into the future when modern America is on the brink of collapse. Heidecker will play Jimmy, a late-night talk show host forced to produce his show through famine, fire, and plague. When the network assigns him a robot to be his co-host and help boost ratings, everyone in America loves the robot more than him. Maslany will play Priya, a corporate climber and Jimmy’s long-time producer.
Scythia Films' President Daniel Bekerman, who is producing the film, said the following: "After working on Colby's In The Blink of an Eye I was eager to find another project to do with him. I'm a maniacal fan of Tim's. The topical relevance is coincidental but welcome!"
Maslany can next be seen in Osgood Perkins' upcoming horror film "Keeper", and on the upcoming new series "Star Trek: Starfleet Academy". She is currently shooting Apple's new series "Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed", written and showrun by David Rosen.
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