Donal Logue goes to head of class in Fox series

[Brian Damage]

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Donal Logue, who recently starred in ABC's short-lived comedy "The Knights of Prosperity," will play a bad-boy literary luminary in Fox's comedy pilot "Hackett."

Rachel Boston -- best known for her co-starring role on NBC's "American Dreams" -- and Morgan Murphy, a writer and performer on ABC's "Jimmy Kimmel Live," also are cast in the single-camera project, which will be directed by Barry Sonnenfeld.

Logue's character escapes a disgraced teaching career at Yale only to find himself among the ultra-PC ranks of teachers at an Ohio public high school.

Boston will play the school's principal. Murphy will play a teacher.

Logue, whose recent feature credits include "Zodiac" and "Ghost Rider," starred on the family sitcom "Grounded for Life," which aired on Fox for 2 1/2 seasons before moving to WB Network.

Reuters/Hollywood Reporter