Looking rather ruffled after a late night on the Croisette, Jack Black was up early for a Monday morning Yahoo panel. Black admitted: “Um, I drank a little bit too much last night. That’s what’s up!” But he did manage to pull it together to announce the Internet will be the venue for his next work, a project with Yahoo that’s a scripted Web comedy about female ghost hunters. “We’re excited about dipping our toe into the Internet world,” he said. “The show is about two really hilarious, beautiful girls who have a talent for contacting the other side. It’s kind of a ‘Ghostbusters’ for the new generation.” He said the Web is a great medium for comedy as it can allow more experimentation and cater to those with short attention spans. Black explained, “I think about the way I like to watch content on the Internet. I watch it on a small screen over short periods of time. I find that the smaller the screen, the shorter my attention span. And comedy nuggets are good in shorter time spans.” Black was joined by Yahoo’s Erin McPherson and whiz Nick D’Aloisio, who sold his news-aggregator app Summly to Yahoo for $30 million.
Jack takes on Net
