{"id":18658,"date":"2021-03-19T15:36:12","date_gmt":"2021-03-19T20:36:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=18658"},"modified":"2021-03-19T15:36:12","modified_gmt":"2021-03-19T20:36:12","slug":"damon-wayans-jr-jessy-hodges-alex-karpovsky-nate-torrence-to-star-in-tbs-upcoming-scripted-comedy-pilot-kill-the-orange-faced-bear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2021\/03\/19\/damon-wayans-jr-jessy-hodges-alex-karpovsky-nate-torrence-to-star-in-tbs-upcoming-scripted-comedy-pilot-kill-the-orange-faced-bear\/","title":{"rendered":"Damon Wayans Jr., Jessy Hodges, Alex Karpovsky &#038; Nate Torrence to Star in TBS&#8217; Upcoming Scripted Comedy Pilot, &#8220;Kill the Orange-Faced Bear&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-18659\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/tbs-logo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"401\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/tbs-logo.jpg 650w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/tbs-logo-300x185.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>TBS announced today that it has cast Damon Wayans Jr. (&#8220;<em>Happy Endings<\/em>,&#8221; &#8220;<em>Let&#8217;s Be Cops<\/em>&#8220;), Jessy Hodges (&#8220;<em>Indebted<\/em>,&#8221; &#8220;<em>Barry<\/em>&#8220;), Alex Karpovsky (&#8220;<em>Homecoming<\/em>,&#8221; &#8220;<em>Girls<\/em>&#8220;), and Nate Torrence (&#8220;<em>Hello Ladies<\/em>,&#8221; &#8220;<em>Weird Loners<\/em>&#8220;) in its upcoming scripted comedy pilot, &#8220;<strong><em>Kill the Orange-Faced Bear<\/em><\/strong>&#8220;. The pilot is scheduled to begin shooting in Portland in May.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_18660\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18660\" style=\"width: 202px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/daman-wayans.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-18660 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/daman-wayans-202x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"202\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/daman-wayans-202x300.jpg 202w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/daman-wayans.jpg 440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 202px) 100vw, 202px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-18660\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Damon Wayans Jr. speaking at the 2014 San Diego Comic-Con International, for &#8220;Let&#8217;s Be Cops&#8221;, at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, California. Photo: Gage Skidmore<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8220;<em>Kill the Orange-Faced Bear&#8221;<\/em> is a comedy pilot about one man&#8217;s epic revenge journey after a bear eats his girlfriend.<\/p><div id=\"morty-1453894337\" class=\"morty-content\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4937602850188786\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4937602850188786\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"5227734695\" \ndata-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>Damon Wayans Jr. will play Hank, the charming, funny, and grieving man who&#8217;s hell-bent on tracking down the bear who attacked his girlfriend on a camping trip. 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