Mighty Hung Jane

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Thomas Jane's Penis is a subject that's near and dear to my heart. It's something that never far from the forefront of my mind. Passions may come and go, but my love for Thomas Jane's Penis will remain, eternal, etched into stone.

So I've had my ear to the ground for news of the TV series Hung, in which Thomas Jane's Penis gets co-billing alongside Thomas Jane, since the series was announced, and today some word emerged:

"HBO is hung up on "Hung."

The pay cable network has picked up the dark comedy pilot starring Thomas Jane to series.

The order for the project, from "The Riches" creator Dmitry Lipkin and Colette Burson, is said to be for 10 episodes, with the launch eyed for June.

Jane ("The Punisher") plays Ray, a well-endowed struggling high school basketball coach who figures out a way to use his best asset.

The sexual aspect will be a major source for comedy but not the main focus of the series, said Lipkin and Burson, who are already writing Episode 5.

"It has its sexual moments, but the show is very much about what's happening in the country, how people are trying to survive using what God had given them," Lipkin said.

Burson noted that the theme is even more relevant now, with the worsening economy, as is the Michigan setting for the show, picked long before the state became a focal point for the economic crisis as the home of the struggling Big Three automakers.

Most of the actors in the pilot, including Jane, Jane Adams, Sianoa Smit-McPhee and Charlie Saxton, will continue on the series, slated to begin production early next year.

"Sideways" director Alexander Payne, who shot the pilot, will stay on as an executive producer. "It was fun to do, and I am happy it is being picked up," Payne said."

I should step off my Thomas Jane's Penis soapbox for a moment to note that Jane Adams (I never forget an Oola!) is also in this show, thereby making this show more awesome than I can practically handle.
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