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Tim Robinson and Zach Kanin’s HBO comedy pilot The Chair Company has added five new cast members, Variety has learned exclusively.
Lake Bell (Harley Quinn, Mother Couch), Sophia Lillis (IT, I Am Not Okay With This), Will Price (After the Hunt, Complete Unknown), Joseph Tudysco (Brooklyn Love Story, FBI) and Lou Diamond Phillips (Search Party, Easter Sunday) will star in the pilot. Phillips will guest star, while the other four will be series regulars. Bell will play Barb Trosper, Lillis will play Natalie Trosper, Price will play Seth Trosper and Tudysco will play Mike Santini. Phillips will play Jeff Revman.
As previously announced, Robinson will star in the pilot. The official logline for “The Chair Company” reads, “After an embarrassing workplace incident, one man finds himself investigating a far-reaching conspiracy.”
Bell is in rep with UTA, Entertainment 360 and Johnson Shapiro Slewett & Kole. Lilith is in rep with CAA, Untitled Entertainment and Jackoway Austen Tyerman. Price is in rep with Buchwald and Brillstein Entertainment Partners. Tudisco is in rep with Prestige Management Group. Phillips is in rep with Global Artists Agency and Thruline Entertainment.
In addition to starring, Robinson also co-created The Chair Company with Zach Kanin. The two also serve as executive producers. Adam McKay and Todd Shulman will executive produce through their Hyperobject Industries, and Andrew DeYoung will also direct the pilot. Hyperobject currently has a first-look TV deal with HBO.
Kanin and Robinson have been frequent collaborators since their days working together on the writing staff of “Saturday Night Live.” They later co-created the popular Comedy Central series “The Detroiters,” starring Robinson and Richardson, along with Sam Richardson and Joe Kelly, and the Netflix sketch comedy series “I Think You Should Leave,” starring Robinson. The latter show won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Short Form Series in 2023, and Robinson is a two-time Emmy winner for Outstanding Actor in a Short Form Series.
