Comedy news: Judd Apatow and Universal Pictures pick up three new comedy scripts

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Judd Apatow, the man behind Russell Brand's breakthrough Hollywood film Leaving Sarah Marshall, has picked up three films from up-and-coming writing duo Aziz Ansari and Jason Woliner on behalf of Universal Pictures.

The duo, who have previously worked on MTV's cult hit Human Giant, met with Apatow for a breakfast meeting and walked away with a three-movie deal. The writing pair are set to work with Apatow on plotlines for all three films, with a good chance of at least one making it to the big screen. 

Ansari announced on his website that the writers are currently working on three ideas but are unsure which to go with first.

The first, which has been given a working title of Lets Do This is based one around two motivational speakers, the second follows a disgraced Cosmonaut (to be played by Ansari) and the third is a based on Ansari's character Randy in the show Funny People.

Ansari, who won HBO's Best Stand Up award at the 2006 Aspen Comedy Festival, wrote on his blog: "Needless to say, we are very excited to be working with Judd on these projects. Unfortunately, this does however put Jason and I’s plan to remake Short Circuit 2 (with myself playing the Michael McKean role in a revolutionary new makeup technique called “peachface”) on hold indefinitely."

Find out more about Aziz Ansari on his blog: http://azizisbored.tumblr.com