Fox’s Richard Lovely has discovered its Mr. Mouse. Seinfeld alum Jason Alexander has been tapped to voice the animated character on the middle of the comedy pilot from Grace and Frankie government producer Billy Finnegan and 20th Century Fox TV.
Written and government produced by Finnegan, Richard Lovely — which has an About a Boy vibe — is concerning the title character, performed by Thomas Lennon, the disgruntled creator of the best-selling Mr. Mouse kids’s ebook sequence. He doesn’t hate kids, however reasonably simply all the things about them. After a publicity fiasco involving an unexpectedly savvy 9-year-old child, Mr. Mouse (Alexander) seems in Richard’s actual life as he’s compelled into an unlikely father/son relationship that may change his life eternally.
The sequence common forged additionally contains Wendie Malick, Nicole Sun, Asif Ali, Nicole Richie, Mason Schneiderman, Kai Cech and Thom Nemer.
Alexander is finest recognized for his portrayal of George Costanza on Seinfeld, a task which earned him seven Emmy nominations. His different TV credit embrace The Grinder, Drunk History, Friends, Orville and Young Sheldon, and voice roles in Duckman, The Cleveland Show, American Dad, amongst many others. His stage credit embrace a starring position within the authentic manufacturing of Sondheim’s Merrily We Roll Along in addition to The Rink, Neil Simon’s Broadway Bound and Jerome Robbins’ Broadway, for which he gained a Drama Desk, Outer Critic Circle and Tony. He additionally starred with Martin Short within the Los Angeles manufacturing of Mel Brooks’ The Producers.
Alexander is repped by Yumkas Entertainment, Abrams Artists Agency and Marc Golden at Gendler-Kelly.
