EXCLUSIVE: Funny or Die and Riverside Entertainment are partnering on Hookers , a high-concept fishing comedy originating from a spec by Brian Loschiavo, Edward McDonald and Jeff Venable. Set to direct is Daniel Robbins , whose breakout feature Bad Shabbos won the Audience Award at last year’s Tribeca Festival and is currently in theaters.

Set on the shores of an idyllic lake community, Hookers follows a washed-up TV fishing legend, his oddball son, and their ragtag crew as they wage an all-out lake war to save the family business from a loudmouthed mogul hellbent on turning their beloved lake into a gaudy tourist trap.

Riverside commissioned and developed the spec before bringing on Funny or Die for a co-production. The project is currently being packaged for casting and

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