EXCLUSIVE: Brooke Shields is able to revisit the setting that made her a worldwide star within the 1980 film The Blue Lagoon, with SNL alum David Spade becoming a member of her for the journey. Fox is creating Nearly Paradise, a multi-camera sitcom from comedy veteran Danny Zuker (Trendy Household) and Aaron Kaplan’s Kapital Leisure.
Written by Zuker, Nearly Paradise is described as The Blue Lagoon meets Gilligan’s Island. Its logline reads: Simply your on a regular basis, regular married couple going through all of the on a regular basis, regular challenges of being stranded on a desert Island for many years. Suppose Blue Lagoon, the household sitcom.
The concept originated from a normal assembly between Shields and Kaplan. The 2 then approached Spade, on whose NBC sitcom Simply Shoot Me! Shields had visitor starred and Zuker had labored for 2 seasons as consulting producer/co-executive producer.
Shields and Spade don’t have any offers for Nearly Paradise, which has a two-script order from Fox, however have been concerned within the growth and current at pitches. If the mission is greenlighted, the intention is for them to star because the lead characters whose names are Brooke and David, topic to availability. Spade, Kaplan and Zuker have present relationships with Fox the place Spade not too long ago hosted sport present Snake Oil whereas Kaplan govt produced and Zuker was a consulting producer on animated comedy HouseBroken. Like Spade, Shields additionally has headlined an NBC multi-camera sitcom, Out of the blue Susan.
Government produced by Zuker and Kaplan, Nearly Paradise is a part of an effort by Fox to get again into the multi-camera house after a string of single-camera comedy sequence during the last couple of years, most not too long ago flagship Animal Management and freshman Going Dutch.
Zuker is repped by Brillstein Leisure Companions.
