Jeff Daniels

Chelsea-area resident Jeff Daniels will play the lead role in a new series pilot Aaron Sorkin is developing for HBO, according to New York Magazine — confirming a possibility first noted by The Hollywood Reporter. The show, tentatively called "More As The Story Develops," is set behind the scenes of a nightly cable news show.

Sorkin highly praised Daniels, saying "he's going to knock the doors off the place" and "He's really going to knock you out."

Read the full article from New York Magazine here.

No word on where the pilot might be shot, or when it might reach TV. But if and when it does, it will pair two major talents. Daniels has carved out an impressive career as a movie actor while keeping his primary residence near his hometown of Chelsea, and has also found success as a singer-songwriter, playwright and founder of the Purple Rose Theatre. Sorkin is a highly respected writer and producer behind TV's "The West Wing" who recently won an Oscar for his screenplay for "The Social Network."

Although Daniels has done a couple of TV movies, his primary work has been on the big screen and on stage. If the pilot becomes a series, it would be his first.