The series will be based on the controversial British novel of the same name by Melvin Burgess. Since its publication in the United Kingdom early this spring, Burgess has come under some fire for aiming his coming-of-age novel about three boys and their burgeoning sex lives at a young adult readers. While some groups have attacked the book as too graphic for its audience, others have praised it as an unflinching and honest depiction.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, "Freaks and Geeks" alums Jeff Judah and Gabe Sachs are at work on scripting the pilot and will join Bloomberg and Calfo as executive producers.
Last week, FOX gave a script commitment to an untitled teen sex drama from "7th Heaven" creator Brenda Hampton. Given that some critics are already arguing that the failure of shows like FOX's "Skin" suggests that viewers are shying away from sexually bold primetime entries, it will be interesting to see if any of these speculative projects make it onto the networks' fall schedules.
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