After making a name for himselves in feature films like Step Brothers and the recent Bachelorette, as well as TV shows like Parks and Recreations and Eastbound & Down, comedic actor Adam Scott is taking the next step into producing. After dipping into that side of filmmaking with Party Down and his indie film Passenger Side, The Hollywood Reporter brings news of a newly formed company.
Along with his wife Naomi Scott, the duo have launched Gettin’ Rad Productions, and knowing Scott’s humor, it’s easy to see how they picked a name that he calls “stupid and aspirational.” And they are already off to a great start, optioning a novel for their first feature film.
They’ve set The Kitchen Sink‘s Oren Uziel to adapt the 2008 novel Downtown Owl, from author Chuck Klosterman, who recently popped up in LCD Soundsystem‘s Shut Up and Play the Hits. The novel follows three intertwined characters in a fictional North Dakota town and Scott describes it as ” lovely and moving and funny.” But before they get to the big screen, the Scott family have also served up a first, promising example of their work.
Their first project is a TV special for Adult Swim titled The Greatest Event in Television History. Airing last week on the Cartoon Network channel, it brings together some of Scott’s friends like Jon Hamm, Paul Rudd, Kathryn Hahn, Paul Scheer and even Survivor host Jeff Probst to re-create the opening sequence of the 1980s detective series Simon & Simon. With three more of these specials in this vein planned, check out the hilarious results below.
Did you like the special? What did you think of their first feature film?