EXCLUSIVE: Neil Patrick Harris closing in to direct Peter Knight's CBS pilot

Neil Patrick Harris is close to signing a deal to direct the untitled Peter Knight CBS comedy pilot.

Written by Knight and exec produced by Doug Robinson, multicam pilot is a workplace ensemble centered around the young people who work at a high-powered venture capital firm.

Project is from Sony, CBS Television Studios and Adam Sandler’s Happy Madison shingle. Knight's previous series include “Krod Mandoon and the “Flaming Sword of Fire” and “Big Wolf on Campus.”

Last year Harris directed an episode of his skein “How I Met Your Mother.”