Shaquille O'Neal is no stranger to branching out. Along with spending nearly two decades in the NBA, he's also tried his hand at rapping and acting, among other pursuits. Now he's ready to take on another challenge by shooting a sitcom pilot.
The New York Post reports the show, coined "Shaq Inq." at this stage, is being developed for TruTV. O'Neal is slated to both star in the show and help produce it. The focus will be a workplace with some semblance to his many business ventures:
There's no word on who will co-star with O'Neal in the pilot, which he is co-executive-producing with Mike Tollin ("Smallville," "Arli$$.")
Jeremy Garelick ("The Wedding Ringer," "The Breakup") will write the pilot episode.
O'Neal currently works as an analyst for Inside the NBA. He's made numerous cameos over the years, starred in the infamous film Kazaam and dipped in the reality realm with Shaq Vs. This would be a new type of addition to his wide-ranging resume.
Madeline Roth of MTV News compares the basis for the show to Veep, the award-winning HBO series starring Julia Louis-Dreyfus:
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