EXCLUSIVE: Acting couple Melissa Benoist and Chris Wood are set to play one on TV in Duo, a drama in development at NBC.
Written by Wood with Rina Mimoun (Mistresses) as showrunner, the project, which has a script commitment, comes from Warner Bros.
Television, where Benoist’s Three Things Productions and Mimoun are under overall deals. In Duo, when a soft-spoken, blue-collar worker (Wood) and a magnetic performer (Benoist) looking for her next break unexpectedly cross paths, their fateful meeting leads to a partnership that changes them both forever.
The project is described as a family drama centered around a new two-person band and the disruption their rapidly rising career has on both their lives and the lives of those closest to them.
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