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Jason Schwartzman cast in HBO pilot


June 30, 2008 Jason Schwartzman has been tapped as the lead in HBO's comedy pilot "Bored to Death," lifting the contingency on the project. The Jonathan Ames-penned "Bored" centers on Jonathan (Schwartzman), a struggling thirtysomething writer with a drinking problem in Brooklyn who, following a painful breakup with his girlfriend, decides to emulate his heroes from the novels of Raymond Chandler and Dashiell Hammett. "Bored" is one of two pilots greenlighted by new HBO entertainment president Sue Naegle; the other is the Alexander Payne-directed dark comedy "Hung," which is casting the lead.

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