Melissa McCarthy-Produced Comedy Lands Fox Script Deal

It sounds kind of exactly like Will Ferrell-John C. Reilly’s “Step Brothers,” except it’s on TV

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Fox has ordered a script deal for an untitled Warner Bros. Television project from executive producer Melissa McCarthy, an individual with knowledge of the project told TheWrap.

The half-hour comedy will follow two mismatched guys who become step brothers when their parents get married. Spoiler alert: They don’t quite get along.

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The single-camera comedy is also executive produced and written by Larry Dorf.

Ben Falcone, actor-writer and McCarthy’s husband, will also EP the project.

McCarthy and Falcone are repped by CAA, Dorf by Paradigm.

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