Minnie Driver Takes Winding Route To Kari Lizers NBC Comedy Pilot

EXCLUSIVE: Minnie Driver is placed to star opposite Andrea Anders in Kari Lizers NBC comedy pilot Lady Buddies. The Warner Bros. TV-created project is all about two existence-lengthy female buddies who're living completely different lives but couldnt do without one another. Nicole (Anders) has everything opting for her.Her closest friend, Jen (Driver), has parents who've no belief in her own, terrible instincts that brought her to some 17-day marriage to some guy who left her, and she or he acquired 15 pounds around the lentil soup diet.But, in some way, she's Nicoles rock. Lady Buddies arrived Driver inside a nail-biter, following a month-lengthy pursuit. The producers cast another lead, Anders, at the outset of Feb once they also recognized Driver because the option for Jen. The issue was that Driver was within talent deal at ABC, which may not release her. Professionals and agents attempted persuasion, which didn’t work. Then your network, NBC, used gamesmanship by means of some traditional equine buying and selling. ABC wanted Kal Penn, who were built with a talent deal at NBC, to star in the comedy pilot Prairie Dogs. NBC provided to release Penn from his deal if ABC would let Driver go so she could do Lady Buddies. That didn’t work either. (Penn did finish up doing Prairie Dogs.) Ultimately, persistence and perseverance compensated off. ABC finally launched Driver and she or he rapidly closed an offer with Warner Bros. for Lady Buddies. The Oscar-nominated former Riches star is by using CAA and Untitled.