Brian Austin
Green gay for CBS sitcom

Former Beverly Hills, 90210 star Brian Austin Green will play a gay man in a new comedy pilot from the creators of Will & Grace.

The untitled CBS project, from David Kohan and Max Mutchnick, is about two friends and writing partners, one straight and one gay (Green), and the women working with them (Jessica Capshaw, Vanessa Lengies). The project is loosely based on Kohan and Mutchnick's friendship.

Green most recently costarred on ABC's comedy Freddie. Capshaw has been recurring on Showtime's lesbian drama The L Word, while Lengies costarred on Lifetime's Monarch Cove. (Reuters/The Hollywood Reporter)