Shonda Rhimes, 'Veronica Mars' Air Sell Drama to Fox

Shonda Rhimes Fox is certainly going in to the Shonda Rhimes business. The network has acquired Wildwood, a 1985-set coming-of-age dramedy from ABC Galleries and her Shondaland shingle. Veronica Mars executive producer Diane Ruggiero will pen the project and executive produce alongside Rhimes and her Shondaland partner Betsy Ales. STORY: The Quiet Mystery of Shonda Rhimes Fox has given a put-pilot resolve for Wildwood, which involves a smart-beyond-her-years teen who poses being an adult to be able to land employment in a bar around the Jersey Shoreline in Wildwood, N.J. During the period of the summer time, she discovers to balance obligations together with her chaoitic Irish-Italian family together with her new secret existence full of romance, intrigue and ྌs music. Wildwood may be the third hourlong drama purchase this development season for Rhimes and first outdoors of ABC. The Gray's Anatomy and Practice showrunner in August offered period luxury hotel drama Gilded Lillys to ABC with Gossip Girl scribe K.J. Steinberg attached. Recently, the network also acquired an untitled drama project from Rhimes protégé Jenna Restrictions (From the Map) turning around a youthful, idealistic and lately fired defense lawyer who struggles to begin their own firm. STORY: Top 50 Energy Showrunners 2011 Longtime partners Rhimes and Ales are affixed to executive produce the 3 projects through their Shondaland shingle. Additionally to executive creating Veronica Mars, Ruggiero's credits range from the Ex List, Cupid and Dirty Sexy Money. She also lately composed a chapter from the now-canceled NBC comedy Free Agents. Additionally to Gray's and, that are within their eighth and fifth seasons, correspondingly, Rhimes and Ales possess the Kerry Washington legal drama Scandal looking for midseason on ABC. The purchase marks the most recent inside a trend this development season of high-profile showrunners moving projects outdoors their "home" systems. On Thursday, Glee's Ryan Murphy and Ali Adler offered one half-hour comedy to NBC and recently, CW staple Kevin Williamson (The Vampire Journals, The Key Circle) offered a serial killer drama to Fox. Ruggiero is repped by WME and Principato-Youthful Entertainment Rhimes is by using ICM Ales with UTA. Email: Lesley.Goldberg@thr.com Twitter: @Snoodit Shonda Rhimes Private Practice Grey's Anatomy TV Development