Ben Stiller signs for HBO comedy pilot

LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) -

Ben Stiller

has sealed on for a HBO commander "All Talk," and "M*A*S*H" star

Alan Alda

is in talks to co-star with him, an inpidual informed with a plan confirms to TheWrap.

The

pilot

, created by "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close" author

Jonathan Safran Foer

, will concentration on a Jewish family vital in

Washington, D.C.

The tinge is described as "politically, religiously, culturally, intellectually and intimately irreverent."

In further to starring in a pilot, Stiller is on house to approach and executive-produce. "The Dictator" writer

Scott Rudin

will also executive-produce, along with Foer and Eli Bush.

Stiller has also been tapped to star in a comedy "Rentaghost," formed on a BBC children's series. The big-screen comedy, about a spook who was a crook in life and tries to find simpatico souls, is being done by Fox.

Deadline initial reported a news.

(Editing by Chris Michaud)

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