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Minnie Driver is set as the female lead opposite David Walton in About A Boy, NBC‘s single-camera pilot based on the Nick Hornby book and the 2002 movie. Written by Friday Night Lights and Parenthood executive producer Jason Katims, and directed by Revolution’s Jon Favreau, About A Boy follows the relationship between Will (Walton), a bachelor man-child who is going through a revolving door of women, and the young boy who moves in next door with his kooky single mother, Fiona (Driver). The role was played by Toni Collette in the movie. This marks the second NBC comedy pilot for Driver, repped by CAA and Untitled, who starred in Lady Friends last year. Michelle Lee serves as producer on About A Boy, from Katims’ True Jack Prods, Universal TV, Working Title and Tribeca Prods.
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This sounds really great. Loved Minnie in The Riches.
Bring it on!
Finally a good script that Driver chooses. Seriously, what was she smoking when she picked Hail Mary?
What a project- the combo of producers, and now this level of talent? Just order to series already.
The casting for this is great so far, and the premise sounds like a winner, but am I alone in thinking that it would be more unique (especially from the movie, and from what you’d expect) if it were changed to About a Girl, featuring a young girl who needs a father figure and an adult who needs to grow up? that sounds much more interesting of a premise to me
the genius of nick hornby’s title about a boy is it references not just the young boy at hand but the male adult who can’t grow up and is still a “boy” himself. that’s the whole point.
yea i got the title, i dont know if thats what makes the story genius… i think that same relationship of them both growing up can still happen with a young girl, and it would seem more unexpected (not to mention different from the book and movie, so we wouldn’t be seeing the same exact plot again)
David Walton is a show killer so….
Geez, give the guy a shot. Bent was a decent show and David Walton showed his chops in it. The fact the show died is the fault of NBC burying it, not his. It’s more often than not that working TV actors end up on failed pilots and shows. That’s just the statistical rarity of shows becoming hits. To call him a show killer is just not fair.
Well I won’t be watching now…
Minnie was great in Lady Friends. She lends a lot of class to these american comedies. You go girl.