Time Travel Comedy From ‘Last Man on Earth’ Producers Nabs Fox Pilot Pickup

Fox is expanding its relationship with The Last Man on Earth producers.

The network has picked up an untitled time travel comedy from The Grinder‘s Julius “Goldie” Sharpe and Last Man trio Phil Lord, Chris Miller and Seth Cohen, The Hollywood Reporter has learned.

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For their part, Lord and Miller have been in particularly high demand. The duo, who also are adapting popular podcast Serial, are prepping a workplace comedy for NBC as well as a reboot of Greatest American Hero for Fox. The untitled time travel pilot is their latest collaboration with Fox, where they’re under an overall deal with studio sibling 20th TV. The pair also have Last Man as well as Son of Zorn at Fox, which picked up the hybrid comedy to series after screening a pilot presentation. The time travel comedy becomes the network’s first official order of the traditional pilot season.

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