Fox Buys Animated College Comedy Pilot From Jake Kasdan And Lew Morton

EXCLUSIVE: In his first foray into animation, director-producer Jake Kasdan has teamed with writer-producer Lew Morton for comedy Wentworth Hall, which has been put in development by Fox. 20th Century Fox TV, where Kasdan is under an overall deal, will produce. Based on an idea by Morton, who will write the script, Wentworth Hall follows a group of misfit college students making plenty of bad decisions while attending a once-prestigious university. Morton and Kasdan executive produce, and Kasdan’s producing partner Melvin Mar is producing. This marks Morton’s return to animation. The former Futurama writer-producer, repped by CAA, most recently co-created and executive the CBS comedy Rob. Wentworth Hall reunites Kasdan and Morton; they previously worked together on Fox series Undeclared and the movie Walk Hard.

This marks Kasdan’s third sale this development season, following deals at ABC for a Kate Robin family soap and at NBC for comedy High Life. WME-repped Kasdan executive produces Fox’s New Girl, whose pilot he directed, along with the pilot of the network’s freshman comedy Ben And Kate.