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" Greg Mottola has reportedly signed up to direct a new HBO drama pilot from writer Aaron Sorkin. The project, provisionally titled More As The Story Develops, will focus on cable news anchor Will McCallister and his staff. Pleasantville star Jeff Daniels was previously reported to be in final talks for the McCallister role. Deadline now reports that Superbad director Mottola will helm the pilot. Mottola&amp;#039;s recent film projects include sci-fi comedy Paul  and 2009&amp;#039;s Adventureland, while his past television credits include episodes of Undeclared and Arrested Development.  Confirming the news on Twitter, Mottola wrote: &amp;quot;[Aaron Sorkin has] got a first-class brain. Very excited about it.&amp;quot; Sorkin recently revealed that he is &amp;quot;loving the idea&amp;quot; of returning to television. He explained: &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;m... taking the same combination of idealism and romanticism and realism that made government sexy on The West Wing and seeing if we can&amp;#039;t do the same with the news and journalism, which are held in at least as much contempt.&amp;quot; &amp;amp;gt; Click here to read Digital Spy&amp;#039;s pick of the pilots "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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