Ben Stiller will star in and direct an HBO comedy being produced by Scott Rudin. The project, written by novelist Jonathan Safran Foer, "revolves around the daily and life-altering dramas of a Jewish family in Washington, DC.," according to Deadline.com. Stiller will also serve as an executive producer for the show.
Filming is tentatively slated for fall 2012 and Alan Alda is reportedly in talks to co-star. The series is working under the title 'All Talk.'
As an actor, director, writer and producer, Stiller's films have grossed over five billion dollars in worldwide box office revenues. Stiller received rave reviews for his lead role in Noah Baumbach's Greenberg, which earned him a 2011 Independent Spirit Award nomination for Best Lead Actor. He most recently starred on stage in the Broadway revival of John Guare's award-winning play The House of Blue Leaves alongside Edie Falco and Jennifer Jason Leigh. He made his Broadway debut in the 1986 production of the same name.
In 2008, Ben Stiller starred in, co-wrote and directed Tropic Thunder under his Red Hour Films production banner. Starring Robert Downey, Jr., Jack Black and Tom Cruise, the film garnered several award nominations including an Academy Award®, BAFTA, SAG and Golden Globe® for Robert Downey Jr. as well as a Golden Globe® nomination for Tom Cruise. The film also won the Broadcast Film Critics Award and Hollywood Film Festival Award for Comedy of the Year. Red Hour's other production credits include the upcoming film, The Big Year, starring Steve Martin, Owen Wilson and Jack Black; the dark comedy 30 Minutes or Less, starring Danny McBride and Jesse Eisenberg, the animated feature Megamind starring Will Ferrell and Brad Pitt, Submarine, which premiered at the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival, Blades of Glory, Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story, and Starsky and Hutch.
For many years, Stiller has been involved with and supported numerous charities and foundations, including Project ALS, Artists for Peace and Justice, Centre for Environmental Education, Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation, Michael J. Fox Foundation, Oxfam, Red Cross, and Starlight Children's Foundation, among others.
