Nick Lachey Working on Reality Version of Fame

Nick Lachey is returning to his roots.

The former Newlyweds star is executive producing a pilot for an MTV reality show, which the network describes as a version of the БЂ™80s movie and TV show Fame, according to The Hollwood Reporter.

The yet-to-be-named program focuses on students at the School for Creative and Performing Arts in Cincinnati, LacheyБЂ™s alma mater. (Sarah Jessica Parker and Carmen Electra are also famous former students.)

БЂњThe stories and relationships are all set to music thatБЂ™s organic to whatБЂ™s going on in the school and also performed by the kids,БЂ« Tony DiSanto, executive VP of series development and programming at the network, tells the Reporter. БЂњThis is a genre-busting, creative experiment that IБЂ™m really excited about.БЂ«

As an example DiSanto said a scene could feature kids breaking into dance in the cafeteria, which sounds a lot like a real-life High School Musical, or the soundtrack could come from a scene in which a student is practicing his or her instrument.

Lachey, who proposed the project, is executive producing it with Marc Platt and Russell Heldt.

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