Yesterday myself, Rashida Jones, and Amy Poehler finally discussed our new (still untitled) NBC show we’re doing with Greg Daniels and Mike Schur from “The Office” with the TCA (Television Critics Association).
You can Google around for a bunch of news stories, but here’s the the jist of it.
– The show takes place at the Parks and Recreation Department of a small town in Indiana, where Leslie Knope (Amy) is the head.
– I play Tom Haverford, her co-worker/underling. I’m smart and capable, but I’m also one of those douches that’s really into ‘networking’ and making ‘power moves.’ I’m also constantly kicking game to the ladies, despite the fact I’m married.
– Rashida plays Ann Logan. Her boyfriend gets hurt when he falls in this empty construction pit and she comes to our department to get the hole fixed. Leslie decides it will be her special project to turn the pit into a park.
– Aubrey Plaza, who I’ve also been working with on “Funny People,” plays an intern that works in our office.
– Vin Diesel plays Xander Cage, a.k.a. xXx, a law-breaking extreme sports enthusiast, with a propensity for rebellious behavior. After crashing a senator’s Corvette for banning extreme sports, Xander is given a choice by the NSA to work for them or serve a prison term for his misdeeds. He grudgingly chooses government employment and he becomes an undercover extreme superspy.
Aziz Ansari, on the Untitled Amy Poehler NBC project he’s part of

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