FX Gives Pilot Order to New Denis Leary Comedy SEX&DRUGS&ROCK&ROLL

Denis Leary is sticking with FX.

According to Deadline, the former RESCUE ME star will develop and star in a new pilot for the network, titled SEX&DRUGS&ROCK&ROLL.

The project follows Leary as a "middle-aged rock star" who longs for a rebound in his career, and comes from the Jim Serpico and Leary's Apostle, FX productions, and Fox Television Studios. Should FX network decide to move forward, SEX&DRUGS&ROCK&ROLL could either end up on the flagship network, or on the newly-launched FXX.

The project, "which has no connection to Eric Bogosian's play of the same name, is centered on Johnny Rock (Leary) who, as the magnificently talented lead singer of New York's legendary early 90′s band The Heathens, was on his way to the cover of Rolling Stone magazine. His best friend Flash was being called the next number one lead guitar player on planet earth. The critics loved them. Their live shows were selling out. But Johnny had a problem with booze. And coke. And weed. And pills. And cough medicine. And oh yeah - he slept with Flash's wife. And his bass player's fiancé. The band broke up the same day their first and only record was released. 25 years later Johnny is trying to get the band back together. Why? Because as his soon-to-be-ex manager Ira Feinbaum tells him: "Johnny, you're 50, broke and completely anonymous. In rock 'n roll you know what that makes you? A bartender." 25 years later the sex might be harder to find, the drugs might be Luvox and Crestor and Cialis - but rock 'n roll will never die. It just has a bigger prostate""

Since its founding in 1995 by Denis Leary and Jim Serpico, Apostle, a TV and Film Production Company based out of New York City, has produced an unprecedented amount of edgy, smart and groundbreaking projects. Not only have projects such as the television series, "Rescue Me," or a film like, "Blow," become a force in the entertainment industry, but they've also impacted the face of pop culture as we know it. While Apostle maintains its tone and darkly funny edge throughout its ventures, the production shingle's repertoire includes a wide variety of projects including scripted and non-scripted; animated and live action; drama and comedy.

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