'The New Girl': Zooey Deschanel's TV Pilot Gets Fox Pickup

Long the poster girl for the artsy indie crowd, her light touch voice fluttering through both records and beloved independent films, Zooey Deschanel is making the big move to mainstream, network TV.

Deschanel's sitcom pilot, "The New Girl," was picked up for next season by FOX on Tuesday night, meaning the actress will get her crack at charming a national audience. According to Deadline, in the show, Deschanel plays, "an unlucky-in-love elementary school teacher who moves away from her former boyfriend and in with three unruly guys."

In other words, fulfilling the unlikely fantasies of a lot of potential male 18-34 viewers.

Deschanel made her excitement about the pickup known all over the internet, tweeting last night "I am thrilled that our show got picked up & so excited to work with this great group of people!also know I'm getting humblebragged. whatevs."

Often cast as the sarcastic best friend or quirky object of affection, Deschanel has made her biggest on-screen impact thus far in the 2009 romantic darling "(500) Days of Summer," which paired her, a hard-to-get dream girl, with an earnest Joseph Gordon-Levitt. She played a small part as Belladonna in the recent stoner fantasy "Your Highness," starring Danny McBride, James Franco and Natalie Portman, and she'll play one of Paul Rudd's three beleaguered sisters in the upcoming "Our Idiot Brother."

For more, click over to Deadline.

Comments

[tackyredsmurf]

04:23 AM on 05/17/2011

total girl crush

[RationalDubSteppa]

02:43 AM on 05/13/2011

God! I just love her! Quirky artsy girls are awesome!!

[Thirdstone]

12:07 PM on 05/12/2011

Why would you have anything to do with Fox?

[momslilmonster]

03:28 PM on 05/12/2011

Don't confuse Fox television programming with FOX news station.
Fox carries some great shows...Chicago Code for example.

[china6]

08:58 PM on 05/12/2011

the brainwashed messnbc groupies don't know any better

[ptrgamb]

11:05 AM on 05/12/2011

I think she's managed to be utterly charming on screen, especially in "Almost Famous," "Elf," and "Yes Man," and I'll overlook "500 Days of) Summer," which I thought was awful.

[butchcliff]

08:23 AM on 05/12/2011

Adore Zooey...so many talents...

[DungBeetle]

05:48 AM on 05/12/2011

Will Ferrell was great in The Elf. She was in it too.

[JHA in Texas]

05:35 AM on 05/12/2011

There is something special about the Deschanel women...beauty & intelligence. Love the eyes, they have their own language. It is late or slash early.

[pineappaloupe]

01:43 AM on 05/12/2011

Trillian. Best role.

[Bradley Hoevel]

12:21 AM on 05/12/2011

most memorable role easily Almost Famous.Also did good work in an HBO sketch comedy short as Mary Lincoln

[Mia Nodecker]

12:12 AM on 05/12/2011

ok

[mffl]

11:07 PM on 05/11/2011

Loved her in Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy!

[5pliff5tar]

11:03 PM on 05/11/2011

I am not a Fox viewer, at all, but once her show starts, I'll be glued to my seat! I can stare at Zooey all day long! IMO, she is the most attractive woman in Hollywood!

[marred]

08:50 PM on 05/11/2011

How is it possible for a girl to be this gorgeous, pretty, sexy without trying, intelligent and not completely full of herself? Oh I forgot to mention talented too. Meanwhile Rihanna and Swift are touted as the thing to watch???

[Samantha Monteleone]

10:23 PM on 05/11/2011

I know. Zooey has always been a wonderful actress, and I love her modesty.

[bad mr kitty]

08:42 PM on 05/11/2011

Zooey stole the movie from Kate Hudson in "Almost Famous". Not nearly enough face time in "Elf", what a shame. Her duet with Ferrell showed how beautiful her voice is. She completely carried "Eulogy", a very funny movie that was not appreciated by looking at the rating numbers. "Bridge to Terabithia" wouldn't have been the same without her, again displaying her unique singing voice."500 Days of Summer" again showcased her delightful appearance and comedic timing. "She and Him" album suffers from song selection, not her voice. And that voice! It's like Frank and Karl said in "Slingblade", "I like the way you talk." I love that voice. It doesn't hurt to be one of the prettiest women in show business either.

[paulabflat]

10:31 PM on 05/11/2011

my granddaughters love her and matthew morrison in once upon a mattress with carol burnett.

anyone who can really sing deserves every opportunity to do so.

[Stacey Jones]

08:39 PM on 05/11/2011

I love love Zooey D. He acting, singing voice, sense of style and personality makes her so cool. I remember I started watching her around middle school with films like the New Guy, Manic, The Go Getter, Almost Famous,etc. She's always impressed me. I follow her on twitter. I'm so happy her show got picked up. Yay Zooey!