IFC Orders ‘Spoils of Babylon’ Sequel ‘The Spoils Before Dying’
JULY 7, 2014 | 07:37AM PT
Variety Staff (http://variety.com/author/variety-staff/) IFC (http://variety.com/t/ifc/) has ordered a sequel to the Funny or Die (http://variety.com/t/funny-or-die/)-produced “Spoils of Babylon,” the cabler announced Monday. The comedy miniseries, “The Spoils Before Dying,” will again be executive produced by Will Ferrell (http://variety.com/t/willferrell/), Adam McKay (http://variety.com/t/adam-mckay/), Matt Piedmont, Andrew Steele and Nate Young. Piedmont will direct, while Steele and Young will write the comedy, which will premiere in summer 2015 with six new episodes.
Star Will Ferrell will return as author-director-writer Eric Jonrosh, the wineloving bon vivant who opens and closes each episode with his personal insights on the process of filming the “adaptation” of his novel.