Mel Brooks Doc Set At HBO From Judd Apatow
deadline.comHBO is working on a two-part documentary about comedy legend Mel Brooks. Judd Apatow is directing the untitled doc with Michael Bonfiglio after the pair directed George Carlin’s American Dream together.
It is now in production. The docu is an “expansive yet intimate look at one of comedy’s most hilarious and influential minds, whose work has had audiences around the world laughing for more than 70 years”, per HBO.
It comes from HBO Documentary Films and Apatow Productions with Kevin Salter exec producing and Joe Beshenkovsky editing. It marks the latest Mel Brooks doc to air on HBO; the network aired Mel Brooks: Unwrapped, originally a BBC production, in 2020. “I went into comedy because of my love for Mel Brooks.
This project is the dream of a lifetime,” said Apatow. It is the latest documentary for Apatow, who directed Bob and Don: A Love Story and The Zen Diaries of Garry Shandling.
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