Coupland's JPod to become TV comedy series
Last Updated: Monday, July 16, 2007 | 10:07 AM PT
CBC Arts
Canadian author Douglas Coupland, who wrote his first film screenplay with last year's Everything's Gone Green, has written a new TV series based on his novel, JPod.
The 13-part series will be a look into Vancouver's video game industry and is scheduled to air on CBC Television in January 2008.
The show's pilot was produced November 2006 by Larry Sugar and directed by Mike Clattenburg of Trailer Park Boys.
The quirky novel JPod follows the lives of a group of video-game developers as games are created, twisted into a new shape by the marketing department and eventually cancelled without seeing the light of day.
The main character has a father trying to break into the film business and a mother who runs a grow-op.
The comedy series is expected to incorporate Coupland's witty take on corporate culture and has been compared to the TV series Weeds or Arrested Development.
JPod's cast will include Emilie Ullerup, Steph Song and Alan Thicke.
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