John Pasquin To Reteam With Tim Allen On New Sitcom “Shifting Gears”
Recently, it was revealed that 20th Television was developing a pilot for a brand-new multi-camera comedy. The project, which is currently going by the working title “Shifting Gears,” will star Tim Allen and Kat Dennings, both of whom will also be producing it.
This new pilot is going to star Tim Allen, who will be playing the lead role of Matt, who is the stubborn, widowed owner of a classic car restoration shop. When Matt’s estranged daughter Riley, who is played by Kat Denning, who is now divorced and forced to move back in with her dad’s house, along with her two teenage kids.
Deadline has revealed that John Pasquin has joined the project as an executive producer and as a director. John has previously worked with Tim Allen on “The Santa Clause”, Last Man Standing”, “Jungle 2 Jungle” and “Home Improvement”.
Mike Scully and Julie Thacker Scully are writing the show. They will also executive produce along with Marty Adelstein, Becky Clements, Richard Baker, and Rick Messina.
“Shifting Gears” is being developed as a pilot for ABC, so should the pilot get picked up for a series, we should expect to see it released on the ABC linear channel, along with Hulu and Hulu On Disney+ in the United States, and released as a Star Original exclusively on Disney+ internationally.
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