Actor Sayeed Shahidi is set to star as one of the young leads in Uncle Buck, ABC‘s single-camera comedy pilot based on the classic John Hughes film starring John Candy:
Mike Epps has been tapped for the title role in Uncle Buck, ABC‘s single-camera comedy pilot based on the classic John Hughes film starring John Candy. Also cast in the project, from Universal TV and Will Packer Prods., is Nia Long.
Like the movie, the series adaptation, written by Steven Cragg and Brian Bradley, centers on Buck Russell (Epps), a childish man who learns how to be an adult by taking care of his brother Will’s kids in a very childish way. Long will play Will’s strong-willed and smart wife (Source).
Shahidi is the younger brother of Yara Shahidi, who stars on ABC’s Black-ish.
