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Zooey Deschanel to Star in Fox Pilot by Playwright Elizabeth Meriwether

| Los Angeles |

February 11, 2011

Elizabeth Meriwether
Elizabeth Meriwether

Zooey Deschanel will play the lead character in an untitled comedy pilot by Elizabeth Meriwether, according to a report in Variety. Jake Kasdan is set to direct.

The project is described as an ensemble piece ” that explores the sexual politics of men and women via a woman who moves in with three boorish men.”

Meriwether is the author of the plays Heddatron, Oliver Parker!, and The Mistakes Madeline Made.

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