Connor Hines is making the leap from the digital screen to television. The producer of the YouTube series Local Attraction has landed a pilot deal for a new comedy series with ABC.
According to Variety, who originally broke the news, Hines will write, executive produce, and star in a series currently titled For Now. Hines, who has guest starred on the TV show Person of Interest, will develop the pilot of For Now, a show set to explore the lives of several twenty-year-olds living in New York City. Variety notes this new ABC deal comes after Hines originally landed a pilot with the network for a half-hour comedy in the summer of 2014.
Hines is predominantly known for his work on the web series Local Attraction, a comedy production satirizing the world of Tinder dating. Hines wrote and directed six episodes of the series, also starring as the male lead in...
According to Variety, who originally broke the news, Hines will write, executive produce, and star in a series currently titled For Now. Hines, who has guest starred on the TV show Person of Interest, will develop the pilot of For Now, a show set to explore the lives of several twenty-year-olds living in New York City. Variety notes this new ABC deal comes after Hines originally landed a pilot with the network for a half-hour comedy in the summer of 2014.
Hines is predominantly known for his work on the web series Local Attraction, a comedy production satirizing the world of Tinder dating. Hines wrote and directed six episodes of the series, also starring as the male lead in...
- 8/18/2015
- by Bree Brouwer
- Tubefilter.com
Interviewing Connor Hines is a little like stepping into an episode of "Local Attraction," the YouTube series he wrote, directed and starred in. Each 15-20 minute episode features two new and original characters - a man (played by Hines) and a woman - on a date after meeting on Tinder. Read More: Tribeca: 'High Maintenance' Creators On Short Filmmaking Opportunities Online Usually uncomfortable, often funny, the series is simple but relatable and can be watched in any order. The first installment, as of this writing, has just over 343,000 views, the most of the series, but the sixth episode has perhaps the highest fame quotient; it stars Glenn Close. Maybe thanks to that, the series caught the attention of ABC Studios, who offered Hines the pilot deal he's been working on for nearly a year. Hines spoke to Indiewire about the making -- and, more terrifying, the posting -- of those first few episodes,...
- 5/10/2015
- by Elizabeth Logan
- Indiewire
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