NBC Orders Sitcom Pilot About Gay Couple By Glee’s Ryan Murphy
Ryan Murphy, one of the creator’s of Glee, is a busy man, and he’s about to get busier. In addition to Glee and American Horror Story, TVLine reports NBC has ordered a pilot for a new series by him.
The potential series, titled The New Normal, is a single-camera sitcom about a blended family made up of a gay couple and the surrogate helping them have a baby of their own.
Andrew Rannells, who starred in Broadway’s Book or Mormon, is on tap to play one of the serie’s main characters.
Loading ...Matt Bomer to Play Gay in New Ryan Murphy Film
Matt Bomer, along with Julia Roberts, Jim Parsons and Alec Baldwin have been cast in Ryan Murphy’s upcoming big-screen adaption of Larry Kramer’s The Normal Heart, says The Hollywood Reporter. The play “details the rise of HIV/AIDS in New York’s gay community in the 1980s.” Ryan Murphy is the creator of Glee.
No Glee Spin-Off, Chris Colfer May Leave Glee
At least that’s the rumor, based on Fox entertainment president Kevin Rielly’s statement: “No spin-off. Characters graduating. Cool season next year.” TVLine reports Rielly continued and said:
We are graduating the characters that are [due] to graduate, and what’s come out of it is [series boss] Ryan [Murphy] and the guys have come up with a really cool idea. There will not be a Glee spinoff but those characters will graduate and it’s led to a very interesting idea that I think is going to really give us something cool to dig into next season.
Rielly confirmed Lea Michele will be back next season, but “hedged when asked about co-star Chris Colfer,” apparently due to contractual negotiations. Let’s hope Chris Colfer’s back!
