Rob Huebel Joins Shawn Levy's Family Album For Fox

A bit of good news, bad news. FX has officially passed on the Thomas Lennon/ Robert Ben Garant pilot U.S.S. Alabama. The men behind Reno 911 and Night At The Museum had pitched the show as a crazy, sci-fi adventure a thousand years in the future about a UN Peacekeeping spaceship, but apparently, the project was either too expensive or just didn’t work creatively. One network’s loss is another’s gain though, as this has freed up visionary comedian Rob Huebel to sign on for Fox’s Family Album.

You probably remember Huebel as 1/3rd of MTV’s Human Giant, but he also turned in a very memorable performance as Tevin in the Paul Rudd/ Jason Segal comedy I Love You, Man. Family Album, curiously being directed by Night At The Museum helmer Shawn Levy, follows a bit of a throwback dad who decides to pile the family into the car for a stressful, joyless vacation. If the pilot works out, each season will follow one particular summer trip, sorta like 24 with presumably fewer murders and more awkwardness.

Rob Huebel will play the patriarch’s brother. No one else has yet been cast. With a high profile director and Huebel already on board, there’s a very good chance you’ll be seeing this on Fox’s fall schedule next year.

Mack Rawden
Editor In Chief

Mack Rawden is the Editor-In-Chief of CinemaBlend. He first started working at the publication as a writer back in 2007 and has held various jobs at the site in the time since including Managing Editor, Pop Culture Editor and Staff Writer. He now splits his time between working on CinemaBlend’s user experience, helping to plan the site’s editorial direction and writing passionate articles about niche entertainment topics he’s into. He graduated from Indiana University with a degree in English (go Hoosiers!) and has been interviewed and quoted in a variety of publications including Digiday. Enthusiastic about Clue, case-of-the-week mysteries, a great wrestling promo and cookies at Disney World. Less enthusiastic about the pricing structure of cable, loud noises and Tuesdays.