Mike Epps to Star in ABC’s ‘Uncle Buck’ Pilot

ABC is moving forward with Will Packer’s TV adaptation of John Hughes’s 1989 film Uncle Buck, and according to Deadline, the multi-cam comedy just cast Mike Epps in the lead role. The series will follow Epps as Buck Russell, “a childish man who learns how to be an adult by taking care of his brother Will’s kids in a very childish way.� Nia Long (The Cleveland Show, House of Lies) will play Will’s wife. The project is moving forward despite the protests of John Hughes and John Candy’s family members, who released a statement last year voicing their disapproval: “Recalling that the director was displeased with first Uncle Buck TV show effort which failed on CBS in 1990, it is well expected that he would not be supportive of this current attempt.�