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Club Life: Miami
Network: HBO
Executive Producers: John Singleton, Russell Simmons
Writer: John Singleton
Director: John Singleton
Logline: Set against the South Beach club scene, a reformed criminal moves to Miami and gains a new lease on life as he embraces the vibrant, youthful and transgressive world.
SSN Insight: Simmons is also developing an untitled project with Steve McQueen and Matthew Carnahan for HBO.
Untitled Steven S. DeKnight / Steve McPherson Project
Network: Starz
Studio: Lionsgate
Production Company: Scripted World
Executive Producers: Steven S. DeKnight, Steve Mcpherson, Alon Aranya, Robert Golenberg
Writer: Steven S. DeKnight
Logline: In Philadelphia during the turbulent era of the late sixties and early seventies, a gang of working-class criminals attempt to seize the American Dream by any means necessary.
Details: Based on the Italian series
Romazo Criminale, which was in turn based on the novel,
Romanzo Criminale, written by Giancarlo De Cataldo.
SSN Insight: Scripted World has five other projects in development: two at the CW, and one at Fox, TNT and ABC.
Jamestown
Network: History
Production Company: Head First Productions
Executive Producers: John Shiban, Jim Head
Writer: John Shiban
Logline: At the beginnings of America, dreamers and schemers settle in the new colony of Jamestown.
Details: Inspired by the book,
Savage Kingdom: The True Story of Jamestown, 1607, and the Settlement of America, written by Benjamin Woolley.
Untitled Jenji Kohan Project
Network: HBO
Studio: Lionsgate TV
Executive Producers: Jenji Kohan, Bruce Miller
Supervising Producer: Tracy Miller
Writer: Jenji Kohan, Bruce Miller, Tracy Miller
Logline: Explores the circumstances surrounding a time when intolerance and repression set neighbor against neighbor and led the town of Salem to mass hysteria.
SSN Insight: This marks the first sale for Kohan this season, who created and Executive Produces Netflix’s series
Orange Is The New Black.
Shannara
Network: MTV
Production Company: Sonar Entertainment
Executive Producers: Terry Brooks, Jon Favreau, Alfred Gough, Miles Millar, Dan Farah
Writer: Alfred Gough, Miles Millar
Director: Jon Favreau
Logline: Set in our world thousands of years after the destruction of our civilization, the story is centered on the Shannara family, whose descendants are empowered with ancient magic and whose adventures continuously reshape the future of the world.
Details: Based on the fantasy book series,
Shannara, written by Terry Brooks. Planned as a script-to-series order.
SSN Insight: Project was originally being developed as a feature for Warner Brothers back in 2007.
Lowdown
Network: E!
Production Company: Universal Cable Productions, High Wire Films
Executive Producer: Adam Zwar, Amanda Brotchie, David Bartis, Doug Liman, Nicole Minchin
Co-Executive Producer: Gene Klein
Writer: Adam Zwar, Amanda Brotchie
Logline: Revolves around Alex, a celebrity journalist, and his dysfunctional relationships with his ex-girlfriend, editor and celebrity subjects. He will do whatever it takes to get a great story out of them -- from exposing illicit text messages to outing gay athletes.
Details: Based on the Australian comedy series
Lowdown.
SSN Insight: Zwar is behind the Australian adaptation of FX’s
Wilfred. This marks the third scripted series in development at E!, which includes
Songbyrd and
The Royals.
The Dovekeepers
Network: CBS
Studio: CBS Television Studios
Production Company: Lightworkers Media
Executive Producers: Mark Burnett, Roma Downey
Logline: Centers on four extraordinary women whose lives intersect in a fight for survival at the siege of Masada.
Details: Based on the novel
The Dovekeepers, written by Alice Hoffman. Planned as a four hour miniseries.
