Transforming from an animated rat in Ratatouille to a Hamptons billionaire in NBC’s new series, Beach Lane, Patton Oswalt has certainly climbed the character ladder. Oswalt and Third Rock From the Sun‘s Kristen Johnston have joined Matthew Broderick in the pilot, about a millionaire (Oswalt) who hires a celebrity author (Broderick) to help his struggling newspaper in the Hamptons. Johnston’s role has not yet been announced. Oswalt became available for the project after his Broadway show Lips Together, Teeth Apart fell through last month.
Would you like to see Oswalt as a non-animated leading man, PopWatchers? He’s certainly due for his own TV series, don’t you think?
Heck yes! Loved him as Spence! Love his stand-up!
Does this mean he won’t be on Caprica or US of Tara anymore. He’s great on both of these shows.
NBC owns SyFy, plus Allison Brie seems able to star on Community and recur on Mad Men, so I wouldn’t worry about that.
He deserves it. He’s one of the funniest, sharpest stand up comics around. And he’s also a pretty damn good actor, Big Fan was fantastic. Love him.
with this cast theres no way it dosent get picked up
Think Megan Mulally make a guest appearance?
NBC trying to cash in on the 80′s dorky guy grows up routine, huh? Matthew Broderick was Bueller and Jon Cryer was Duckie…. Neither are funny!
Good for him – I hope he does well. And as a fellow William & Mary alum – GO TRIBE!
So long as he stays on Caprica too – he’s great on that show.