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Pilots: ABC Pockets 'Change'

Post by: Sal

"Old School" and "Starsky & Hutch" director Todd Phillips is taking on his first TV project, a comedy pilot at ABC.

Phillips and writer Allan Loeb have earned a green light from the network for a single-camera pilot called "The More Things Change ...," which revolves around four male friends. They pitched the show over the past couple weeks and drew interest at several networks before striking a deal with ABC, the showbiz trade papers report.

The show will focus on the relationship between the four guys, all in their 30s but at different phases of their lives -- one is a newlywed, one is struggling as a single guy and the like. Loeb and Phillips worked on the idea while also collaborating on a feature project called "Men."

Phillips has also directed "Road Trip" and "School for Scoundrels" and is attached to an "Old School" sequel tentatively set for 2009. He earned an Oscar nomination earlier this year for co-writing the "Borat" screenplay.

Loeb's writing credits include "Things We Lost in the Fire" and the pilot of FOX's "New Amsterdam," which he penned with Christian Taylor.



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Sal