FOX orders a new gender-bending comedy pilot called "Lalola"

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http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117987987.html?categoryid=14&cs=1

Fox has ordered a put pilot from scribe Kevin Falls ("Journeyman") based on Argentina's telenovela hit "Lalola."
Hyped in Argentina as the next "Ugly Betty," "Lalola" revolves around a womanizer who is transformed into a woman -- and must endure the same kind of abuse he used to dole out.

In his pitch to the nets, Falls even took on the persona of the character -- a man trapped in a woman's body -- to positive effect. Show takes place at a sports management firm and will also be set in the world of entertainment and fashion.

Falls will write the adaptation and exec produce; Jamie Tarses is also on board as an exec producer. Sony Pictures TV is behind the project, which is based on the Dori Media International format.

[Geoff R. Casavant]

1. Sigh. Remember when it was a movie called "Switch?"

Among the worst of the Blake Edwards oeuvre. The bit with Ellen Barkin having trouble walking around in heels got real old, real fast, but they never stopped trying to milk it.