Lorne Michaels is producing a new pilot for HBO. THR reports that the pay network is currently developing a comedy pilot called Brothers in Atlanta from former Late Night with Jimmy Fallon writers Diallo Riddle and Bashir Salahuddin. The duo will star as “struggling entertainers and best friends Langston (Riddle) and Moose (Salahuddin) trying to navigate relationships and life in the black mecca of Atlanta.” SNL alum Maya Rudolph and Jaden Smith have both signed on for recurring roles – Rudolph will play Moose’s boss and former “R&B diva” Shirle, while Smith will play Curtis, Langston’s “rowdy neighbor with unpredictable interests and suspicious income.” Riddle and Salahuddin had a similar Atlanta-set pilot in the works at HBO in 2013, but the project was not ordered to series by the network.
Maya Rudolph and Jaden Smith Join Lorne Michaels’ New HBO Pilot
