Word is that Iain Armitage, currently on HBO’s Big Little Lies, has been cast as Sheldon Cooper, an younger version of the character played by Jim Parsons on the mothership series. And the producers are keeping these as authentic as they can in the genes department with the casting of Sheldon’s mother, Mary Cooper, with Zoe Perry whose mother, comedy veteran Lauri Metcalf, plays the part on Big Bang. CBS and WBTV declined comment.
Negotiations between CBS and WBTV for the Sheldon project have been going on for more than four months. They are yet to formally close — this the parties’ unwillingness to confirm the project — as the network and the studio also are finalizing a two-season pickup for Big Bang.
Details of the Sheldon project are still sketchy but it is described as a Malcolm in the Middle-esque single-camera family comedy centered on the child prodigy Sheldon character at age 10. He lives in Texas with his older brother George, fraternal twin sister (Missy), their mother Mary Cooper, an overtly devout Evangelical Christian; and father George Cooper, an alcoholic who was never around.
Negotiations between CBS and WBTV for the Sheldon project have been going on for more than four months. They are yet to formally close — this the parties’ unwillingness to confirm the project — as the network and the studio also are finalizing a two-season pickup for Big Bang.
Details of the Sheldon project are still sketchy but it is described as a Malcolm in the Middle-esque single-camera family comedy centered on the child prodigy Sheldon character at age 10. He lives in Texas with his older brother George, fraternal twin sister (Missy), their mother Mary Cooper, an overtly devout Evangelical Christian; and father George Cooper, an alcoholic who was never around.
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