IFC has greenlit two half-hour original comedy series scheduled to air later this year.
The first one, called The Spoils of Babylon, has been picked up for six episodes and comes from Will Ferrell, Adam McKay and Funny or Die. The series is the "television adaption of a best-selling epic novel by fictional famous author Eric Jonrosh" Ferrell will star as Jonrosh, giving IFC quite a bit of star power to promote for the series. The story spans three generations and takes viewers "from the oil fields of Texas to boardrooms in New York City, through world war battlefields and velvet sheeted bedrooms."
"This is a crazy and maybe even a stupid idea," said Ferrell. "IFC is either really courageous or really stupid which makes them the perfect partner for us."
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