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The premium cable network has bimanual out a pilot order to The Brink, a time unit dark comedy from government producers Boche Weintraub, Jay Roach and Roberto Benabib.

Brink focuses on a government crisis and its impact on 3 disparate and desperate men: music director Hollander, U.S. secretary of state, Alex Coppins, a lowly Foreign Service officer and Zeke Callahan, AN ace Navy combat pilot. These 3 compromised souls should pull through the chaos around them so as to avoid wasting the earth from war III.

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Weeds alum Benabib and his brother, Kim Benabib, can pen the script. Roberto Benabib, Weintraub and Roach can government turn out. Kim Benabib will be attributable as a co-EP credit on the comedy.

For Roach, the deal continues his relationship with HBO, wherever he's underneath a biennial overall deal. He antecedently directed and White House made Emmy-winning TV movies Game modification and Recount for the premium cable network, aggregation statuettes for his guiding work on each.

The comedy marks the newest collaboration for HBO with Weintraub, UN agency is additionally developing a Benghazi show for the cabler. The prolific producer's Behind the Candelabra is additionally up for outstanding mini or show at Sunday's Emmys.

Brink is HBO's second comedy pilot, change of integrity the Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson vehicle Pain & Gain. Ought to either (or both) move forward, it might be part of a comedy lineup that already includes women and Veep. the long run of kindred remains undecided and eastward & Down can conclude once its coming fourth season. A come back of Larry David's Curb Your Enthusiasm, meanwhile, remains up to star Larry David.

Weintraub is repped by CAA; Roach is with WME, Mosaic and Behr & Abramson; Roberto Benabib (Ally McBeal) I s with CAA and Jackoway Tyerman.