PHILADELPHIA — Old City-based 9.14 Pictures is working on an untitled documentary about comedian Bob Saget, the Philly-bred funny man who rose to fame in the 1980s as the affable Danny Tanner on the ABC sitcom “Full House.”

The announcement comes on the heels of the studio’s successful projects centering celebrities with local ties including Disney+’s “Taylor Swift: The End of an Era” and Prime Video’s most watched documentary, “Kelce.” Both were directed by the studio’s owners Don Argott and Sheena M. Joyce.

According to Deadline, Argott and Joyce will direct this piece, too. The directors, Deadline reports, were given access to Saget’s rare home videos and to never-before-seen footage about the actor.

“The film will reveal the complex life, devastating losses and enduring kindness behind the laughter,” the article stated.

The documentary will ultimately help viewers understand how and why Saget’s comedy turned so dark and raunchy before his untimely death in 2022 at a Ritz-Carlton hotel in Orlando, Florida, from what medical examiners said was an accidental blow to the head. He was 65 years old.

Saget, who also hosted “America’s Funniest Home Videos” for eight seasons, was born in Mount Airy in northwest Philadelphia, moved to Virginia, and moved back to the area when he was a teenager. He graduated from Abington Senior High and went on to attend Temple University, where he studied film.

While at Temple University, he practiced his stand-up at then Philadelphia restaurateur Stephen Starr’s Queen Village Club. He also won a student Oscar in 1978 for his 11-minute documentary, “Through Adam’s Eyes,” the story of an 11-year-old boy who underwent a grueling facial surgery.

After Temple, he moved to the West Coast and attended the University of Southern California’s film school, but dropped out to do stand-up.

For the next seven years, he was the emcee at the Comedy Store, working among such comedians as David Letterman and Robin Williams, Michael Keaton, Billy Crystal, Jay Leno, Johnny Carson and Richard Pryor.

He also warmed up the crowd before tapings of “Bosom Buddies,” the Tom Hanks-Peter Scolari sitcom. The producer later hired Saget to play Danny Tanner on “Full House,” on which he portrayed a morning TV host in San Francisco.

Before Saget was 38, he’d lost one sister to a rare autoimmune disease and another to a brain aneurysm, he told the Philadelphia Inquirer in a 1994 article.

Those losses, he said, helped him prioritize his life and led to his maudlin sense of humor.

The Bob Saget documentary will be produced by Story Syndicate, Revue Studios and 9.14 Pictures.

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NEW YORK — Oscar-winner Michael Douglas will have a memoir out this fall, a “raw, sweeping” account he says will illuminate his storied personal and professional lives.

“After being asked for many years, I’ve finally decided it’s time to tell my story on my own terms,” Douglas said in a statement released Wednesday through Grand Central Publishing, which has set an Oct. 6 release date.

“Not the highlight reel, not the version shaped by headlines or box office numbers, but the real one. I’ve lived a life that unfolded in public while being deeply private at the same time, and there’s a difference. This is about where I came from, what I fought against, and what I chose for myself. Fame can blur the truth; this is my attempt to bring it back into focus.”

Douglas’ book, written in collaboration with Michael Fleming, is currently untitled. Financial terms were not disclosed; Douglas was represented by Shane Salerno of the Story Factory.

The 81-year-old actor has been on screen, and in the news, for decades. The son of Hollywood giant Kirk Douglas, he broke through in the 1970s in the hit TV series “The Streets of San Francisco” and went on to star in such cultural touchstones as “Fatal Attraction,” “Wall Street” and “Basic Instinct.” He also produced the Oscar-winning “One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest,” a project that Douglas’ father had longed to take on himself.

Michael Douglas has survived cancer and substance abuse and otherwise fought to set himself apart from the elder Douglas. His marriage in November 2000 to fellow actor Catherine Zeta-Jones, more than 20 years his junior, was initially met with doubts that their union would last.

“For the first time, Douglas is ready to tell the unfiltered story of his life in a raw, career-sweeping memoir that traces his journey from his father, Kirk Douglas’ shadow to his own stardom,” Grand Central's announcement reads in part.

Along with baring his demons and disappointments, Douglas “shares his triumphs: his victorious fight against Stage 4 cancer and his enduring 25-year marriage to Catherine Zeta-Jones, which has proved skeptics wrong and become one of Hollywood’s most enduring love stories,” Grand Central announced.

Beyond his Academy Awards for acting in “Wall Street” and producing “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest,” Douglas has won five Golden Globes, a Primetime Emmy and an AFI Lifetime Achievement Award. Douglas is also a longtime philanthropist and activist who in 1998 was appointed a Messenger of Peace by United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan.

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NEW YORK — Chappell Roan has confirmed her exit from the Wasserman Agency after its founder, Casey Wasserman, was named in the recently released batch of Epstein files.

“As of today, I am no longer represented by Wasserman, the talent agency led by Casey Wasserman,” the singer-songwriter wrote in an Instagram story Monday.

“I hold my teams to the highest standards and have a duty to protect them as well,” Roan continued. “No artist, agent or employee should ever be expected to defend or overlook actions that conflict so deeply with our own moral values. I have deep respect and appreciation for the agents and staff who work tirelessly for their artists and I refuse to passively stand by.”

The “Good Luck, Babe!” artist also expressed her belief that artists deserve representation aligned with their values. “This decision reflects my belief that meaningful change in our industry requires accountability and leadership that earns trust,” she said.

And the Grammy winner isn’t alone in leaving the agency after the Epstein file revelations, with multiple agents also planning to exit, per TheWrap.

Documents released by the Justice Department revealed email correspondence between Wasserman and Ghislaine Maxwell. In the emails, Maxwell suggests giving Wasserman a massage.

Wasserman has since released a statement to The New York Times saying he “never had a personal or business relationship with Jeffrey Epstein.”

The agency owner added, “I deeply regret my correspondence with Ghislaine Maxwell which took place over two decades ago, long before her horrific crimes came to light.”

As the chairman of the 2028 Los Angeles Olympic Games, Wasserman is now facing growing pressure to step aside.

In 2020, Maxwell was arrested for her ties to sex offender Epstein. She went on trial for six felony sex trafficking charges, was convicted on five, and received a 20-year prison sentence.

Epstein died by suicide in a Manhattan jail cell in August 2019, one month after he was indicted on federal sex trafficking charges.

Other musicians represented by the Wasserman Agency include Kendrick Lamar, SZA, Ed Sheeran and Coldplay.

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From combined wire services