OLD PALS
writer
Rick Cisario
Director
Wendey Stanzler (MADE FOR LOVE)
STARRING
Brian Cox (SUCCESSION), Henry Winkler (BARRY), Emma Roberts (MADAME WEB), Evan Rachel Wood (WESTWORLD)
PARTNERS
Debbie Liebling (65, PEN15)
SALES
Neon International, CAA Media Finance, Verve Ventures
lOGLINE
Two politically opposed, lonely widowers are set up as friends by their daughters, who then fall in love and have to come out to their dads.
DIRECTOR BIO - WENDEY STANZLER
WENDEY STANZLER is an Award-winning director who won an Emmy last year for her directing work on THE MYSTERIOUS BENEDICT SOCIETY, and a GLAAD Award for DOLLY PARTON'S HEARTSTRINGS. Most recently, she was an Executive Producer on the upcoming series HYSTERIA! for Peacock. Previously, Wendey directed on PARKS AND REC, PARTY DOWN, MADE FOR LOVE for Paramount TV/HBO Max, FOR ALL MANKIND for Apple TV+, the Carlton Cuse and John Ridley series FIVE DAYS AT MEMORIAL for Apple TV+/ABC, as well CARNIVAL ROW for Amazon.
She got her start as an editor, first with Michael Moore, and ultimately as the Emmy Award-nominated editor of SEX AND THE CITY, where she made the transition to directing. Her pilots include RIDE for FXP and Freeform, THE NINE LIVES OF CHLOE KING for ABC Family, THE CLIENT LIST for Lifetime, and YOUTH & CONSEQUENCES at YouTube Red. She has served as a producing director on YOU'RE THE WORST for FX, among others, and has extensive experience directing episodes of both comedies and dramas, such as CAMPING, DIVORCE, ONE MISSISSIPPI, FUTURE MAN, and MOZART IN THE JUNGLE.
STATUS
PRE-PrODUcTION, Q3 2025