EXCLUSIVE: Following the success on their hit HBO series Silicon Valley, Mike Judge and Alec Berg have found their next comedy to partner on. Sources tell Deadline Picturestart is financing and will produce Automated Trucking, a new feature film comedy based on an original idea from Judge and Berg. Judge will direct with Rob Turbovsky and Matteo Borghese penning the script.
Judge will also produce via his Bemco Productions with Berg’s Steaming Pile of Art also producing. Erik Feig, Samie Kim Falvey, and Royce Reeves-Darby will serve as producers for Picturestart.
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Automated Trucking follows a young engineer who pitches a fully automated trucking system to one of Silicon Valley’s most successful billionaires and must prove the technology’s viability by driving cross country with a real trucker to present his breakthrough at the International Truckers expo.
For Picturestart, the company is coming off strong reviews on its recent adaptation of Luckiest Girl Alive starring Mila Kunis. The movie recently appeared on Netflix and came in as top movie on the streamer since its debut.
The duos Silicon Valley ran six seasons on HBO racking up a number of Emmy nominations and earning a strong fan following even following its series finale in 2019. On their own, Judge most recently returned to his animated roots rebooting his legendary 90s animated comedy Beavis and Butt-Head, which was rebooted for Paramount Plus. On top of that he also produced the movie Beavis and Butt-Head Do The Universe. He is repped by WME.
As for Berg, he is coming off another critically acclaimed season of his hit Emmy-winning series Barry. This latest season earned several nominations including Best Comedy series. He is repped by UTA.
Turbovsky and Borghese’s writing credits include the smash hit comedy Only Murders in the Building, Black Monday, Lady Dynamite, It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, and Silicon Valley, among others. They are represented by UTA and Mosaic Media Group.
James McGough and Christina Tajalli brokered the deal on behalf of Picturestart.
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