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Amy Poehler Will Direct the Pilot for Her NBC Comedy

What's the show about?

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Malcolm Venable

Proving she can pretty much do it all, Amy Poehler is now directing the pilot for the NBC comedy she's also executive producing.

Deadline reports that the tentatively titled Dumb Prince, which Poehler is producing with Charlie Grandy, is about a prince who comes home to compete with his brother for the family throne. Poehler and Grandy previously worked together onSaturday Night Live.

This marks the pilot directorial debut for Poehler, although she's directed episodes of Broad Cityand Difficult People. The pilot is from her her company Paper Kite Prods., giving us all a real-time lesson in how to be a badass #girlboss.

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