Matthew Broderick Signs on for Untitled CBS Comedy Pilot

According to Deadline.com, stage and screen star Matthew Broderick has signed on for an untitled comedy pilot for CBS. The project will be directed by James Burrows and will center on Jack (played by Broderick)- 'a recently widowed father who raises his 12-year old son while jumping back into the dating pool.'

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Matthew Broderick made his stage debut at 17 in Horton Foote's On Valentine's Day opposite his father, James Broderick. Broadway credits include: Nice Work if You Can Get It, Brighton Beach Memoirs (Tony, OCC, Theatre World awards), Biloxi Blues, How to Succeed in Business (Tony, DD, OCC awards), Night Must Fall, Taller Than a Dwarf, The Producers (Tony, DD, OCC nominations), Roundabout's The Foreigner and The Philanthropist.

Films include: Deck the Halls, Max Dugan Returns, WarGames, 1918, On Valentine's Day, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Project X, Ladyhawke, Biloxi Blues, Glory, Family Business, The Freshman, The Night We Never Met, The Lion King (voice of Simba), Infinity (directed by Mr. Broderick and written by his mother Patricia Broderick), The Cable Guy, Addicted to Love, Godzilla, Inspector Gadget, Election, You Can Count on Me, The Good Boy (the voice of Hubble), The Last Shot, The Stepford Wives, Marie and Bruce, Strangers with Candy, and the film adaptation of The Producers. TV: The Music Man on ABC and Master Harold and the Boys on Showtime. He also starred in Bee Movie, Then She Found Me, Finding Amanda, The Tale of Despereaux, Wonderful World, and Tower Heist.

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