NBC to Develop Drama ‘Finding Forrester’

NBC is developing potential scripted drama “Finding Forrester” for 2021 based on the 2000 Sean Connery theatrical. The film followed a high school basketball star (Rob Brown) with a secret passion for writing who develops a friendship with a reclusive author (Connery) who published a hit novel years before but then disappeared from public life. The NBC version will explore the unique bond between two gifted black writers: a homeless 16-year-old orphan who leverages his basketball skills to hustle his way into an ultra-competitive elite boarding school, and a reclusive lesbian author whose career was ruined by a public scandal.

TJ Brady and Rasheed Newson from Showtime’s “The Chi”  are writing and executive producing the project. Tim Story is attached to direct and executive produce, with Sharla Sumpter Bridgett of The Story Co. also executive producing. Stephen Curry and Erick Peyton will executive produce via Unanimous Media. Sony Pictures Television will produce.