CollegeHumor makes its way into movie biz

CollegeHumor Media gets in to the movie business, tapping Kaira Copeland ("Arrested Development") to create his feature directorial debut with "Coffee Town" a comedy which will star TV thesps Glenn Howerton ("It Certainly Is Sunny in Philadelphia"), Steve Little ("Eastbound & Lower") and Ben Schwartz ("House of Lies"), in addition to Grammy-winning singer Josh Groban ("Crazy, Stupid, Love").A contemporary-day place of work comedy for present day job-hopping generation, "Coffee Town" follows three thirty-something buddies who band together when their freeloading existence is threatened.Howerton will have an underachieving web design service who intends to stage an imitation robbery to be able to preserve his daily routine in a local cafe, that is being converted to a pub.Wishing to construct upon its decade-lengthy history of making and marketing irreverent comedy content, CollegeHumor will finance and convey the R-ranked laffer, which is created by CollegeHumor co-founder Ough Van Veen."Kaira includes a sharp yet universal comic sensibility and we are confident he will be considered a fantastic director," stated Van Veen. "Combined using the amazing cast we've to date, we are incredibly passionate relating to this project."Production will start the following month in La, with no release date is presently set.UTA-repped Copeland, who authored the hit family comedies "Wild Hogs" and "Yogi Bear," is presently involved with several active projects, such as the giant screen adaptation from the classic sixties TV series "Gilligan's Island," in addition to a remake of Disney's "Flight from the Navigator." He's even the author-showrunner for "The Inbetweeners," that will premiere on MTV later this season.CollegeHumor Media is definitely an operating business of IAC and partner within the Electus multimedia studio system.WME reps Howerton, Schwartz and Groban, who're correspondingly handled by 3 Arts Entertainment, Tom Sawyer Entertainment and Q Prime, Corporation. Little is repped by Odenkirk Provissiero Entertainment. Contact Shaun Sneider at shaun.sneider@variety.com