Fox has given a pilot production commitment to “The Middle Man,” a new drama produced by Fox and Pearl Street Films, and executive-produced by Academy Award winner Ben Affleck (Argo, upcoming Superman/Batman movie) and Emmy Award nominee Glenn Gordon Caron (“Medium,” “Moonlighting“), who wrote the pilot script. Affleck is attached to direct the pilot. Pearl Street Films’ Chay Carter (Argo, The Town, Gone Baby Gone) will also serve as an executive producer on the project. Production is scheduled to begin in early 2014.
Set in 1960s Boston, “The Middle Man” explores the unique relationship between Rudy MacAteer, an FBI agent charged with taking down the Italian-American mafia, and his confidential informant, Irish-American gangster Mickey Flood. As Rudy finds himself forced to bend the laws he pledged to enforce, the duo’s actions inadvertently give rise to the Irish-American mob in this timeless Boston crime saga.
The project dates back to 2009, when Carter and Affleck met actor and screenwriter Michael Yebba (Ordinary Man) and screenwriter Emilio Mauro (God Only Knows) during production of The Town. The current script is based on a story developed by Caron, Yebba and Mauro.
