Variety is reporting that Oscar winner Timothy Hutton has joined FOX untitled fertility drama pilot. He’ll be playing Dr. Leon Bechley, a handsome, highly-respected fertility specialist.
Based on Australian series Sisters, with Annie Wiesman (The Path) writing and Jason Katims (Friday Night Lights) producing, the pilot follows only child Julia (Brittany Snow) as she finds out her fertility doctor father used his own sperm to conceive dozens of children during his career. The series follows Julia as she tracks down her half-siblings and becomes close with her two new sisters.
The untitled FOX fertility drama pilot joins a slate that includes Deputy, about a career lawman forced to act as Los Angeles Country Sheriff upon the assassination of his predecessor; dramedy Filthy Rich, which follows what happens when the CEO of the world’s largest Christian network dies; artificial intelligence drama neXt; Prodigal Son, centering on the son of a serial killer who becomes a criminal psychologist; and an untitled dramedy from Tom Kapinos that takes place at a wedding.
Hutton’s television credits include American Crime, How to Get Away with Murder, and The Haunting of Hill House. He joins a cast that also includes Vixen actress Megalyn Echikunwoke.
