NBC Lands Justin Lin Table Tennis Comedy (Exclusive)

NBC is walking in to the table tennis world. Carrying out a competitive putting in a bid war, the network is developing Pong, just one-camera comedy in line with the 2010 book All You Know Is Pong by Roger Bennett and Eli Horowitz. Justin Lin (The Short and also the Furious) will executive produce Pong, alongside Leverage duo Michael Colton and John Aboud, who'll pen the project. Pong involves a ping pong star living previously who attempts to survive within the real life. Bennett and Horowitz's highlighted book is really a tribute to table tennis and includes "tales in the table" from Nick Hornby and also the NY Occasions crossword puzzle editor Will Shortz, amongst others. From The new sony Pictures Television, Pong marks feature director-producer Lin's first project under his first-look TV cope with the studio and the first TV project since pointing three instances of NBC's Community. Lin is repped by CAA, Cinetic Management and John Sloss. Email: Lesley.Goldberg@thr.com Twitter: @Snoodit RELATED: 'Fast Five' Director Justin Lin Ink Universal Deal, Sets Production Slate NBC Justin Lin TV Development