Mark and Robb Cullen

Mark and Robb Cullen
Born
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
Occupations
  • Screenwriters
  • film producers
  • directors

Mark Cullen and Robb Cullen are brothers and American film and television writers and producers, who usually work together.

The brothers have created multiple primetime TV series – Hitz for UPN, Lucky for FX, Gary The Rat for SpikeTV, and Heist for NBC.[1][2][3] The Cullen brothers co-created and executive produced Back in the Game on ABC, as well as Mr. Robinson for NBC.[4] They have also written and produced multiple pilots for Fox, NBC, ABC, CBS, UPN, The WB, Comedy Central, MTV, TBS, TV Land, SpikeTV, FX, Syfy, HBO and Showtime.

The Cullen brothers wrote the screenplay for the 2010 Kevin Smith film Cop Out starring Bruce Willis, Tracy Morgan, Seann William Scott, Adam Brody and Kevin Pollak.[5][6] In 2010, it was reported that the Cullen brothers had written a screenplay for the remake of the movie Uptown Saturday Night for Will Smith and his Overbrook Entertainment.[7][8]

They were nominated for a Primetime Emmy in 2003 in the category of "Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series" for the pilot episode of Lucky.[9][10]

  1. ^ Rob Owen (April 6, 2003). "Pittsburgh native hits it 'Lucky'". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved May 29, 2015. "Lucky" creators and brothers Mark and Robb Cullen...
  2. ^ Susan King (April 13, 2003). "Corbett Places It All on a 'Lucky' Bet". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved May 29, 2015.
  3. ^ "Review: 'Gary the Rat'". Variety. June 25, 2003. Retrieved May 29, 2015. Exterminator Johnny Bugz (voiced by co-creator Robb Cullen) is a generic Looney Tunes bad guy.
  4. ^ David Sims (September 25, 2013). "Back In The Game". The A.V. Club. Retrieved May 29, 2015.
  5. ^ Ali Jaafar (May 16, 2015). "Bruce Willis Re-Teams With 'Cop Out's Mark And Robb Cullen For Private Investigator Comedy- Cannes". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved May 29, 2015.
  6. ^ "Kevin Smith's Cop Out Trailer Starring Bruce Willis and Tracy Morgan - Film Junk". www.filmjunk.com. Archived from the original on December 26, 2009.
  7. ^ Christopher Campbell (January 5, 2010). "Will Smith and Denzel Washington Remaking 'Uptown Saturday Night'?". Moviefone. Retrieved May 29, 2015. Pajiba further reports that Warner Bros. and Smith's Overlook Overbrook Entertainment are currently looking for writers to pen a new draft of the film, working from a previous script by Robb and Mark Cullen (of the upcoming Kevin Smith buddy comedy Cop Out).
  8. ^ Tambay A. Obenson (November 26, 2013). "Another (White) Writer Hired To Pen 'Uptown Saturday Night' Remake Script (The Scribe Carousel Still Spins)". Indiewire blogs. Retrieved May 29, 2015. It seemed like it would be a go about 2 years ago, when Warner Bros and Smith's Overbrook Entertainment brought on comedy writer Tim Dowling to rewrite the Uptown Saturday Night script (at the time, the most recent draft was penned by Cop Out's Mark and Robb Cullen).
  9. ^ Robert Seidman (July 14, 2011). "Actors Lead the Way for FX in Emmy Noms". Zap2it. Archived from the original on July 17, 2011. Retrieved May 29, 2015. C.K. is the first actor from an FX comedy series to be nominated for Outstanding Lead Actor, and the second writer to earn a nomination for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series (Robb Cullen & Mark Cullen received a writing nomination Lucky in 2003).
  10. ^ "FX Scores with Emmy Acting Nominations". The Futon Critic. July 14, 2011. Retrieved May 29, 2015. C.K. is the first actor from an FX comedy series to be nominated for Outstanding Lead Actor, and the second writer to earn a nomination for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series (Robb Cullen & Mark Cullen received a writing nomination Lucky in 2003).