--- description: South Park writer Pam Brady is also onboard title: Laura Dern and Judd Apatow Join Forces for Female Football Comedy image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7ee2c1ef985ef183/6987642c35ba6f656ec04cfe/laura-dern.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [movies](/tag/movies/) ## movies Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Laura Dern and Judd Apatow Huddle Up on Female Football Comedy  by [Jack Linshi](/author/jack-linshi/)  ## Jack Linshi Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 4, 2014 10:31 PM CUT  Laura Dern attends The Hampton International Film Festival "Wild" Premiere-Conversation with Laura Dern at The Bay Street Theater on October 11, 2014 in Sag Harbor, New York. Laura Dern attends The Hampton International Film Festival "Wild" Premiere-Conversation with Laura Dern at The Bay Street Theater on October 11, 2014 in Sag Harbor, New York.Sonia Moskowitz—WireImage/Getty Images  by [Jack Linshi](/author/jack-linshi/)  ## Jack Linshi Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 4, 2014 10:31 PM CUT Golden Globe winner Laura Dern and _Girls_ producer Judd Apatow will join forces to produce a comedy centered around obsessive female football fans, according to _The Hollywood Reporter._ The unnamed project, produced for Universal Pictures by Apatow’s production company, has also enlisted _South Park_ writer Pam Brady to write the screenplay and _Bridesmaids_ producer Barry Mendel. Eric Baiers, Universal’s senior vice president of production, will oversee the project. Plot details have not yet been released. \[[_THR_](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/judd-apatow-laura-dern-team-746241?mobile%5Fredirect=false "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3557335/laura-dern-judd-apatow-female-football-comedy/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3557335/laura-dern-judd-apatow-female-football-comedy/"},"headline":"Laura Dern and Judd Apatow Huddle Up on Female Football Comedy","datePublished":"2014-11-04T22:31:51.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T11:13:36.946Z","description":"South Park writer Pam Brady is also onboard","url":"https://time.com/3557335/laura-dern-judd-apatow-female-football-comedy/","keywords":["movies","Television","celebrities","Pop Culture"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7ee2c1ef985ef183/6987642c35ba6f656ec04cfe/laura-dern.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Jack Linshi","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/jack-linshi/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7ee2c1ef985ef183/6987642c35ba6f656ec04cfe/laura-dern.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"2014 Hamptons International Film Festival - \"Wild\" Premiere","caption":"2014 Hamptons International Film Festival - \"Wild\" Premiere","creditText":"Sonia Moskowitz—WireImage/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/movies/","name":"movies"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3557335/laura-dern-judd-apatow-female-football-comedy/","name":"Laura Dern and Judd Apatow Huddle Up on Female Football Comedy"}}]}] ```