Nat Faxon Lands Title Role In Fox Comedy Pilot Ned Fox Is My Manny

Nat Faxon is on the hot streak. The actor-author, who just won an Oscar on Sunday for co-writing The Descendants together with his writing partner Jim Rash and Alexander Payne, just arrived the title role opposite Abby Elliott in Foxs single-camera comedy pilot Ned Fox Is My Manny (formerly Ben Fox Is My Manny), directed by Mike Kasdan. The project, from author Dana Fox, 20th TV and Chernin Entertainment, focuses on an uptight single mom Kate (Elliott) whose aimless older brother Ned (Faxon) moves directly into help raise her daughter (Maggie Johnson). Co-starring within the pilot is Lucy Punch. Faxon, repped by Innovative and Principato-Youthful, is really a familiar face (and voice) at Fox. He co-starred around the network’s short-resided comedy Happy Hour and it has voiced figures on animated comedies The Cleveland Show and Allen Gregory. Faxon’s writing partner Rash is also on the primetime comedy series, he co-stars on NBC’s Community.