New Steph Curry comedy depicts NBA player coming home to Charlotte for ‘Second Half’
NBA superstar Steph Curry and actor Will Arnett have chosen Charlotte as the backdrop for a Fox comedy series they plan to produce, Hollywood trade magazines report.
“The Second Half” TV show will focus on a former NBA player who “struggles to reconnect” with family members after he returns to Charlotte and buys a car wash, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Curry graduated high school in 2006 from Charlotte Christian School and starred at Davidson College before turning pro with the Golden State Warriors. He is a three-time NBA champion and two-time league MVP.
He met his wife, Ayesha Alexander, in a youth group at Central Church of God in Charlotte, where both of their families attended.
In 2018, Curry’s Hollywood-based Unanimous Media production company inked a multiyear deal with Sony Pictures Entertainment to produce film, TV and other projects focused on family, faith and sports themes.
Fox Entertainment and Sony Pictures TV will co-produce “The Second Half,” according to The Wrap, a Los Angeles-based online Hollywood news site.
Arnett may best be known for his starring role as Gob Bluth in the Fox-Netflix sitcom “Arrested Development.” His Electric Avenue production company also partners with Sony.
Fox gave the go-ahead for “The Second Half” with an official script order on Nov. 21, Russ Espinoza, Forbes magazine’s Hollywood and entertainment writer reported.
This story was originally published December 3, 2019 at 2:07 PM with the headline "New Steph Curry comedy depicts NBA player coming home to Charlotte for ‘Second Half’."