EXCLUSIVE: Comedy Dynamics is set to produce a new comedy special from Paul Reiser — the first from the veteran performer in more than 30 years, which will tape live at the Newman Center for Performing Arts in Denver, CO on November 17.
Details as to topics he’ll cover in the special haven’t been disclosed. But his latest comes on the heels of Paul Reiser: 3 ½ Blocks from Home and Paul Reiser: Out on a Whim, which were respectively released in 1991 and 1987. “People don’t always believe me when I tell them that getting out and doing standup is the most fun part of all these projects,” Reiser told Deadline. “But it’s always been my first love and I’m so excited to be doing another special!”
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Comedy Dynamics Founder Brian Volk-Weiss is directing and will exec produce alongside Cisco Henson, Reiser, and Michael Pelmont. Said Volk-Weiss, “Knowing and working with Paul on the Mad About You reboot, There’s… Johnny!, and other productions, have been some of the absolute highlights of my life! And a lot of laughs along the way!”
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An 11-time Emmy nominee, Reiser is perhaps best known for starring opposite Helen Hunt on the NBC sitcom Mad About You, which ran for seven seasons and spurred a recent revival from Spectrum.
A television writer, author and musician, in addition to a comic and actor, he’s also recently been seen on shows like Reboot (Hulu) and The Boys (Amazon), as well as the Netflix hits Stranger Things and The Kominsky Method. His new film, The Problem with People, which he wrote, produced and starred in opposite Jane Levy and Colm Meaney, had its world premiere at the Austin Film Festival days ago and will also screen at the DTLA Film Festival before arriving in theaters next year.
Set to reprise his role as Detective Jeffrey Friedman in Netflix’s anticipated Beverly Hills Cop: Axel Foley, Reiser will also be seen starring in a comedy feature from Blumhouse out next year.
Over the last decade, Comedy Dynamics, a Nacelle company, has become one of the largest independent producers and distributors of comedy, having produced award-winning comedy specials for Kevin Hart, Ali Wong, Pete Davidson, Tiffany Haddish, Jim Gaffigan, Tom Segura, Iliza Shlesinger, Jimmy O. Yang, Ilana Glazer, Eddie Izzard, Joel McHale, and David Cross, among many others.
Past projects from the company, in addition to the aforementioned, include Netflix’s Emmy winner Down to Earth with Zac Efron, The Movies That Made Us, The Toys That Made Us, Behind The Attraction for Disney+, Netflix’s Kevin Hart’s Guide to Black History, The CW’s Discontinued, All The Way Black for BET+, Animal Planet’s Animal Nation with Anthony Anderson, History’s Join or Die with Craig Ferguson, MTV2’s Wild ‘N On Tour, and History’s Center Seat: 55 Years of Star Trek, to name just a few.
Reiser is repped by UTA, Nacelle Company, and Del Shaw Moonves.