Netflix has given the greenlight to comedy series “I Suck at Girls,” which hails from “Abbott Elementary” co-showrunners Justin Halpern and Patrick Schumacker, as well as prolific TV producer Bill Lawrence, according to media reports.
Halpern and Schumacker, who helm “Abbott Elementary” alongside its creator Quinta Brunson, will write the new series based on Halpern’s book, “I Suck At Girls.” The project hails from Warner Bros. TV, where Halpern and Schumacker have an overall deal, as does Lawrence, who executive produces under his banner Doozer.
The series order from Netflix, however, is cast-contingent, per media reports, meaning that Netflix could scrap the project if they aren’t satisfied by the actors Halpern, Schumacker, Lawrence and Warner Bros. TV are able to attach.
Netflix declined to comment. A representative from Warner Bros. TV did not immediately respond to TheWrap’s request for comment.
“I Suck at Girls” centers on three high school sophomores who awkwardly navigate teen romance and identity, drawing from Halpern’s own romantic mishaps during his adolescence. The book, published in 2012 as a follow up to Halpern’s bestseller “Sh*t My Dad Says,” was optioned prior to its publication and was developed by Halpern, Schumacker and Lawrence in 2013 as a pilot for Fox.
The first adaptation of “I Suck at Girls” resulted in a Fox series, titled “Surviving Jack,” which starred Christopher Meloni as Jack Dunlevy, a dad raising his kids with an unorthodox approach in the early ’90s in Southern California. “Surviving Jack” was subsequently canceled after just one season.
The trio re-teamed to re-conceive the project last year, now titled “I Suck at Girls” and centering on the adolescent experience, which was greenlit by Netflix.
In addition to Halpern and Schumacker — who executive produce through their Delicious Non-Sequitur Productions alongside Chet Dave — EPs for the project include Doozer’s Lawrence, Jeff Ingold and Liza Katzer.
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