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‘The Descendants’ scribe bags TV role

Faxon will play Kate's brother,a character based on writer Dana Fox's brother.

After nabbing an Oscar statue for ‘The Descendants’,scriptwriter Nat Faxon has been tapped to star in TV comedy ‘Ned Fox is My Manny’.

The project revolves around Abby Elliott’s Kate,a single mother who gets an assist from her brother who moves in with her to help raise her baby in the project previously known as ‘Ben Fox is My Manny’.

Faxon will play Kate’s brother,Ned Fox,a character based on writer Dana Fox’s brother,Ben Fox,media reports said.

In addition to adapting the George Clooney starrer ‘Descendants’,Faxon’s credits include voice roles on Allen Gregory,’The Cleveland Show’ as well as episodes of ‘Happy Endings’,’Party Down’ and ‘Happy Hour’.

He joins a cast that also includes Lucy Punch,Maggie Jones and Echo Kellum.

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