Good news, fans of Eighties coming-of-age comedy: Zoltar has granted your wish for a half-hour TV showloosely based onBig, the 1988 classic starring Tom Hanks. According to Variety, Fox has acquired the project from Kevin Biegel and Mike Royce, executive producers of that networksEnlisted.
The as-yet-untitledshow will explorethemes similar to the movie, specifically what it means to be an adult and what it means to be a kid, and how in todays world those two things are more confused than ever. Biegel, who also co-created the comedy Cougar Town,and Royce, who co-created the short-lived TNT dramedy Men of a Certain Age,will team up to executive produce and write theshow.
TV networks have been capitalizing on Eighties and Nineties pop-culture nostalgia throughout 2014. Last month, Lifetime went behind the scenes of a hormonal sitcom staple forThe Unauthorized Saved By the Bell Story,and in July, the Disney Channel premiered Boy Meets World sequel/spin-offGirl Meets World, which focuses on the 12-year-old daughter of Cory and Topanga.
And, asVarietynotes, there are more revivals in the works including NBCs single-camera adaptationof the 1990 film comedyProblem Child. In August, rumors began swirling about a potential reunionof Bob Danny Tanner Saget and theFull Housecast, which is reportedly in the early stages of development and being championed by original cast member John Stamos and series creator Jeff Franklin.