EXCLUSIVE: Amazon MGM Studios is developing Funny Business, an animated feature from Aaron and Will Eisenberg, based on an original pitch from the duo.
Plot details are being kept under wraps, though the film has been described as a four-quadrant coming-of-age comedy set in the world of funny and evil clowns.
Jon Hurwitz, Hayden Schlossberg, and Josh Heald will produce for Counterbalance Entertainment, alongside Chris Viscardi. Dina Hillier of Counterbalance Entertainment will exec produce alongside Aaron and Will Eisenberg.
This is the Eisenbergs’ second original feature with Amazon MGM and Counterbalance, after previously selling their R-rated family vacation spec, Sporkinfeesten, with Bobby Farrelly directing, and Counterbalance aboard to produce.
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Known for their work on original comedies, Aaron and Will Eisenberg released their horror comedy Cursed Friends on Comedy Central in 2022, and their college admissions satire, Big Envelopes, as
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