John Goodman & Danny McBride to Star in HBO Televangelist Comedy!

John Goodman and Danny McBride are teaming up for a new comedy series!

HBO has ordered the pilot for the new comedy series The Rightous Gemstones from the 41-year-old Pineapple Express actor – which he created, wrote executive produced, directed, and starred in alongside the 66-year-old Roseanne actor.

The Righteous Gemstones follows “a world-famous televangelist family with a long tradition of deviance, greed and charitable work, all in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ,” according to THR.

John will be portraying Eli Gemstone, the patriarch of the Gemstone family while Danny will be playing the Jesse Gemstone – John‘s character’s eldest son and heir to the throne.