Coto, Ratner team for 'Wild Boys'
Fox gives action comedy a script order
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Net has given a script order, with penalty attached, to "Wild Boys," a project about ex-soldiers turned suburban dads.
Project revolves around three dads who are working as contractors in the Washington, D.C., suburbs -- until the economic downturn puts them out of work. The Iraq war vets decide to get back in touch with their previous lives and sell themselves as guns for hire.
"It's the most personal thing I've ever written," Coto said. "It takes place in a suburban tract neighborhood like (mine). And it's about the balancing act that I think all fathers and mothers have to do these days."
In "Wild Boys," however, the lead characters must balance their domestic chores while embarking on dangerous assignments. Show will contain closed-ended elements -- the assignment of the week -- in addition to ongoing relationship-driven storylines.
"Wild Boys" comes from 20th Century Fox TV, where Coto is in the middle of an overall deal. Execs at the studio suggested that Coto meet with Ratner, who's also set up at there.
"He immediately got it, said it was totally in his wheelhouse," Coto said. "Fox took it off the table, and we never pitched it anywhere else."
Depending on his schedule, Ratner is in line to direct should "Wild Boys" go to pilot.
Coto, meanwhile, continues work on "24," which has six more episodes to go before wrapping this upcoming season order. He'll turn his attention to "Wild Boys" after that.
Coto's other credits include "Journeyman" and "NCIS."
