Kumail Nanjani to Star in Time-Traveling Comedy 'Any Person, Living or Dead'

Kumail Nanjiani is set for a "Bill and Ted"-style time-traveling adventure in " “Any Person, Living or Dead," but with a big twist.

In the comedy (based on the short story by former "SNL" writer Simon Rich), a brilliant scientist uses his time machine to bring geniuses of the past, from Shakespeare to Aristotle, into the present. He expects them to solve all of humanity's problems: Instead, their ancient ways only bring about murder and mayhem. Now our hero has no choice but to hunt them down and blast them back to the past.

We imagine it will be a bit like the classic "Simpsons' Treehouse of Horror" ep where Homer guns down famous zombies: "Eat lead Einstein!" "Is this the end of zombie Shakespeare?"

Rich will adapt the script with Jonathan Krisel (the exec producer of FX's Baskets") directing. Rich earned several Emmy nominations for his work on "SNL." He also wrote the upcoming Untitled Pickle Comedy starring Seth Rogen.

Nanjiani will next be seen in "Men in Black: International." He also stars in the premiere episode of Jordan Peele's just-debuted reboot of "The Twilight Zone." It's on CBS All Access, but right now you can watch it for free on YouTube.He's also expected back for the sixth season of "Silicon Valley," which isn't starting production until this summer, because the showrunner has been busy with his new show, "Barry."

[Via Variety]