'Book of Mormon' Star Lands Lead in NBC Comedy From 'Glee' Duo

Andrew Rannells may be going from Broadway to NBC."It of Mormon" Tony nominee has inked a talent deal with 20th Television and NBC which will see him star inside the untitled combined family comedy from "Glee" co-creator Ryan Murphy and also the year 3 scribe Ali Adler.The only real-camera project, known to love a comedy of a gay couple as well as the lady who becomes their surrogate simply because they start a family, showed up within the network getting a substantial penalty commitment carrying out a multiple network investing in an offer war.Murphy and Adler are professional creating and penning 20th Television the script for your project alongside Dante Di Loreto, who also produces Murphy's Foreign exchange horror anthology "American Horror Story." Murphy will direct the pilot should it proceed. An option round the status in the project is predicted soon.Rannells and also the "Book of Mormon" co-star, Josh Gad, each acquired Tony nominations for roles inside the Broadway production. The theater veteran, whose credits have "Hairspray" and "Jersey Boys," may even guest star on HBO's approaching Lena Dunham comedy "Women." The Hollywood Reporter