‘My Name Is Earl’ and ‘Clerks’ star Jason Lee is heading back to our screens as the lead in “Delta Blues,” TNT’s pilot executive produced by George Clooney.

Disappointingly ‘..Earl’ was recently axed so it’s good to see him given an early lead role.

“Delta Blues,” focusses on Dwight Hendricks (Lee), a Memphis police officer who lives with his mother and moonlights as an Elvis impersonator. Sounds pretty cool to me!

Michael Wright, TNT and TBS head of programming, called Lee…

“the ideal choice to bring the compelling, off-kilter Dwight Hendricks to life.”

TBS tried to continue “Earl” following its cancellation by NBC, but budget issues thwarted the move.

Additionally, Lee has a live-action project in the works at Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim AND has signed on to direct the indie film “Get Back.”

‘Get Back’, which Lee will direct, tells the story of two music-obsessed friends who time travel back to 1966 London, where one gets caught in a love triangle with John Lennon and Yoko Ono.

Again – sounds awesome..

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