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Mel Brooks not closing shop


June 02, 2008 The renowned funnyman said Friday that he's not shuttering his 30-year-old production shingle Brooksfilms, contrary to one New York gossip page report, and that he's developing a horror film with longtime writing collaborators Rudy De Luca and Steve Haberman. The latest project, "Pizzaman," is a serious horror film that marks Brooksfilms' return to the genre. Brooks said the project is in the script and rewrite stage and that he's hasn't shopped it to the studios yet.

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