Dollface actress Kat Dennings has joined Tim Allen for the ABC pilot Shifting Gears, Deadline studies. Dennings has been forged as Riley, Allen’s character’s estranged daughter who “butted heads along with her father rising up and left to marry the boyfriend he hated.” Now newly divorced, she is pressured to maneuver again to her father’s residence (alongside along with her two children), hoping she and her dad could make it work.

Shifting Gears‘ logline reads:

“Matt (Tim Allen) is the cussed, widowed proprietor of a traditional automotive restoration store. When Matt’s estranged daughter and her teenage children transfer into his home, the true restoration begins.”

Shifting Gears is written by Duncanville co-creators Mike Scully and Julie Thacker Scully. The 2 shall be govt producers alongside Allen, Marty Adelstein, Becky Clements, Richard Baker, and Rick Messina. Dennings is ready to provide the collection; twentieth Tv is the manufacturing studio.

Shifting Gears will mark Dennings’ return to community comedy following her work on 2 Broke Ladies. From 2011 to 2017, Dennings co-starred with Beth Behr within the widespread FOX sitcom. Dennings not too long ago starred in Hulu’s Dollface alongside Brenda Tune, Shay Mitchell, and Esther Povitsky. The collection was canceled in 2022 after two seasons. She can also be identified for her work as Darcey Lewis within the Marvel Cinematic Universe, portraying the character in three movies within the Thor franchise, WandaVision, and the animated What If…?. Different notable tasks embody The40-12 months-Previous Virgin, Charlie Bartlett, and Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist.

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Amongst Allen’s most notable roles is his portrayal of Tim “The Toolman” Taylor on ABC’s House Enchancment. All through its eight-season run from 1991 to 1999), the collection earned many award nominations, with Allen incomes a Golden Globe and a Individuals’s Alternative Award.

In late 2023, Allen mentioned a House Enchancment revival, noting that he had spoken with a number of co-stars a couple of spin-off. Regardless of these feedback, it appears unlikely we’ll see Allen again as Tim, as Patricia Richardson (who portrayed his spouse Jill all through the collection’ run) stated that Allen was being untruthful about having conversations with castmates about bringing the sitcom again.

“I might hear on [social media] that he was popping out publicly and saying these things about how everybody was on board to do a House Enchancment reunion, however he by no means requested me, and he by no means requested Jonathan [Taylor Thomas]. I known as Jonathan sooner or later and I stated, ‘Has he requested you about this?’ And he went, ‘No. Why is he going round telling everybody that we’re on board when he hasn’t talked to you or me?’ I believe that is bizarre. He was mendacity to individuals and telling them that I used to be on board and I did not know something about it,” Richardson stated.

Allen’s final collaboration with ABC, Final Man Standing, aired on the community till 2017. ABC opted to not renew the collection for a seventh season — whereas there have been rumors that the cancelation was a results of Allen’s political opinions, the community declined these claims, as an alternative citing “enterprise and scheduling causes.” FOX picked up the collection following its ABC cancelation, extending the sitcom’s run to 9 seasons till its 2021 conclusion.

Allen final appeared in The Santa Clauses, reprising the position of Santa Claus/Scott Calvin from the favored The Santa Clause franchise.