Joe Otterson TV ReporterNBC is developing a series adaptation of the 2000 film “Finding Forrester,” Variety has confirmed.The film version followed a high school basketball star (Rob Brown) with a secret passion for writing who develops a friendship with a reclusive author (Sean Connery) who published a hit novel years before but then disappeared from public life.The NBC version explores the unique bond between two gifted black writers: a homeless 16-year-old orphan who leverages his basketball skills to hustle his way into an ultra-competitive elite boarding school, and a reclusive lesbian author whose career was ruined by a public scandal.TJ Brady and Rasheed Newson are writing and executive producing the project.
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