Culkin inks deal to form comedy show with NBC

0 Comments | Deseret News (Salt Lake City), Nov 2, 2003

"Home Alone" star Macaulay Culkin has signed a deal with NBC to develop several projects, including a possible comedy show in fall 2004, according to the trade paper Variety.

Culkin, 23, has met with "Late Night" host Conan O'Brien and may also work on a project with him, NBC's president of prime-time development, Kevin Reilly, said.

"We're going to use him in an unconventional way," Reilly said. "I don't think you'll see Macaulay as a straight-down-the-middle romantic lead. I think you'll see him in something surprising, a little offbeat."

Reilly said Culkin has "always had uncanny instincts" as an actor, and a guest spot last season on NBC's "Will & Grace" reinforced that point.