Louis C.K. Releases His Film Directorial Debut “Tomorrow Night”

Louis C.K. is offering his fans a blast from his filmmaking past…

The 46-year-old Mexican American comedian and actor has just released his feature film directorial debut Tomorrow Night online, some sixteen years after its Sundance Film Festival premiere.

Louis C.K., Tomorrow Night

Louis C.K. wrote and directed the black and white 16mm dark comedy, about a photo shop owner obsessed with ice cream, and took it to festivals back in 1998.

But according to C.K., distributors didn’t step up to the plate and the movie sat fading into obscurity in his storage locker.

That’s all changed now though…

Louis C.K. has made Tomorrow Night available for download for $5. The film stars comedians Robert Smigel, Chuck Sklar, Rick Shapiro, Heather Morgan, Nick Diapolo, and Joseph Dolphin and features a number of future comedy stars in small roles including Amy Poehler, J.B. Smoove, Steve Carell, Wanda Sykes, and Conan O’Brien.

Louis C.K. recently hit the promo circuit and stopped by The Daily Show with friend Jon Stewart, who lent Louis C.K. money to make the movie years ago as did Chris Rock, Denis Leary, Spike Feresten and Brett Butler.

He also notably put out his 2011 comedy special Live at the Beacon Theater on his own website for $5 a pop, trusting fans not to pirate it, and took in $1M with the self-release strategy.

Louis C.K. Sells Comedy Pilot to CBS…

Louis C.K. has his eye on a brand new comedy series for the “Eye Network”…

The 44-year-old part-Mexican actor/comedian and Emmy-nominated FX star—who recently donated some of the proceeds from his web-only comedy special to charity—has just received a comedy pilot order from CBS.

Louis CK

Louis C.K. is teaming with Spike Feresten (Seinfeld) to develop the untitled project, an ensemble comedy about “young people trying to achieve their creative dreams in these tough financial times.”

It has Louis C.K., Feresten, Gail Berman, Lloyd Braun and Gene Stein as executive producers.

No word on whether Louis C.K. will star in the show, which was reportedly conceived by the former SNL writer and Feresten some 13 years ago.