NBC Orders Magical Family Comedy Pilot

NBC has passed out an airplane pilot order to Isabel, just one-camera family comedy having a twist from producer Aaron Kaplan. The network bought the project on spec, that was compiled by Howard Busgang and Tom Nursall. The 2 developed the comedy with Kaplan and French Canadian TV producer Jocelyn Deschenes through their Kapital Entertainment and Sphere Media, correspondingly. Inspired through the French Canadian series Le Monde P Charlotte now, Isabel focuses on a normally normal angry middle-class family that wrestles using the challenges every day existence while raising a daughter that has magical characteristics. Busgang, Nursall, Kaplan and Deschenes are required to executive produce. Casting is beginning immediately, using the pilot slated to shoot in La. Canadian-born Busgang and Nursall are La-based but have spent the final couple of years working mainly in Canada as designers/authors/executive producers. This marks the tenth pilot order for 28-month-old Kapital Entertainment. This year alone, it's the organization’s third, together with the Kirstie Alley-starring comedy The Manzanis at ABC and also the untitled Serta Fogelman comedy, also at ABC. That signifies 1 / 2 of all off-cycle aircraft pilots purchased through the broadcast systems to date this season. Using its magical elements, Isabel taps in to the fairytale genre that's red-colored-hot right now with breakout new series, ABC’s Not So Long Ago and NBC’s Grimm. For NBC, this is actually the second early pilot order together with the cast-contingent pickup for comedy Save Me. Busgang and Nursall are with Canada’s Figures Talent Agency and Circle Of Confusion.