Fox May Now Redevelop THE ASSISTANTS, Starring Brittany Snow

According to The Hollywood Reporter, the FOX network and Warner Bros. Television have extended the options on stars Brittany Snow, Stephen Root, Catherine O'Hara and Jillian Bell who had been cast in the proposed pilot series, TO MY FUTURE ASSISTANTS (now titled 'The Assistants'.)

Based on Lydia Whitlock's blog and upcoming book To My Assistant by Lydia Whitlock, the comedy follows "assistants at a big New York law firm who band together as a family to help one another cope with the obnoxious, overbearing bosses who challenge their sanity on a daily basis."

Snow was cast in the role of 'Jen,' described as "a pretty, athletic, ambitious and tightly wound aspiring attorney who just passed the bar and is hoping for a promotion." O'Hara was to play Magda, one of the "bitchy attorneys at the firm, while Joe Egender plays a paralegal and Melissa Tang is Claire, a meltdown-prone assistant.

Friends' scribes Sherry Bilsing-Graham and Ellen Kreamer wrote the Warner Bros. Television pilot and executive produce with Dan Lin and Jennifer Gwartz. While FOX had originally passed on the project last month, it is now possible that a formal pilot order will soon be announced.

Snow's TV credits include starring roles in Harry's Law and American Dreams. She appeared in the role of 'Amber' in Adam Shankman's film adaptation of the Broadway musical 'Hairspray'. Her other film and TV credits include "Nip/Tuck," The Pacifier and the teen comedy 'John Tucker Must Die.'