SHORT TAKES : Landis Will Direct ‘Dream On’
From Times Staff and Wire Service Reports
John Landis will direct the new HBO comedy series “Dream On” starring Brian Benben, it was reported.
The show, expected to debut on the cable channel in mid-1990, features Benben in the role of Martin Tupper, a divorced New Yorker who views much of his life through the images of old TV movies and series.
The series will focus on Tupper’s relationship with his 10-year-old son, the Hollywood Reporter said today in disclosing the Landis-HBO deal.
Landis directed “National Lampoon’s Animal House,” “Coming to America,” “Trading Places” and the Michael Jackson “Thriller” video. He also directed the controversial segment from “Twilight Zone: The Movie,” in which actor Vic Morrow and two children were killed in a helicopter crash.