ABC Builds up Serta Fogelman Alien Comedy With Pilot Production Commitment

EXCLUSIVE: ABC has handed an plane pilot production persistence for a comedy spec by feature author Serta Fogelman (Crazy, Stupid, Love, Cars) The untitled project, initially developed at Warner Bros. TV, concentrates on an regular family who moves in to a condominium complex to uncover that everyone living there but choices are aliens. Helmer Chris Koch (Modern Family) is positioned to direct the pilot, that's executive produced by Fogelman, Koch and Aaron Kaplan of Kapital Entertainment. ABC Art galleries is creating the pilot, that's likely to train on a casting director shortly. That is ABC’s next then-cycle pilot order this season, with the Kirstie Alley-starring The Manzanis, also executive produced by Kaplan for ABC Art galleries. In addition, Kaplan is executive creating the midseason ABC/ABC Art galleries dramedy Good Christian Belles. Fogelman, repped by WME and manager Eryn Brown, has partners with ABC parent Disney Co. round the feature side. He co-written animated hits Cars, Cars 2 and Twisted. Koch is to apply UTA.