ABC continues to add to the cast of one of its new sitcoms. Daryl “Chill” Mitchell and Froy Gutierrez are the latest to join the cast of the Tim Allen-led Shifting Gears, according to Variety.
- Mitchell is set to star as Ed, “a former Marine. He’s a mechanic at the shop and ‘work husband’ of Frankie.”
- The role of Frankie has yet to be cast.
- Gutierrez is set to play Nick, “Matt’s son and Riley’s younger brother. He’s a game coder but put his life on hold to come home and help his father at the shop.”
- Mitchell is known for roles in series like Fear the Walking Dead and NCIS: New Orleans. He also appeared alongside Allen in Galaxy Quest.
- Gutierrez recently appeared in Disney’s Hocus Pocus 2 and is next set to appear in The Strangers: Chapter 1.
- He is also known for roles in MTV’s Teen Wolf and Freeform’s Cruel Summer.
- Shifting Gears (working title) centers on Matt (Allen), the stubborn, widowed owner of a classic car restoration shop. When Matt’s estranged daughter Riley (Kat Dennings) and her teenage kids move into his house, the real restoration begins.
- The new series is from 20th Television and will be written by Mike and Julie Scully.
- Director John Pasquin is reuniting with frequent collaborator Allen to direct and executive produce the series.
- Pasquin and Allen executive produce Shifting Gears with the Scullys along with Marty Adelstein, Becky Clements, Richard Baker and Rick Messina. Dennings is producing.
- Pasquin has worked on a number of Allen’s previous projects, including directing The Santa Clause and Jungle 2 Jungle, as well as episodes of Home Improvement and Last Man Standing.