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CBS taps showrunners for 'Hour'
By Nellie Andreeva
In an indication that CBS' pilot "Eleventh Hour" is headed to series,
"Sleeper Cell" creators Cyrus Voris and Ethan Reiff have been tapped
as executive producers/showrunners of the Jerry Bruckheimer-produced
drama.
"Hour," from Bruckheimer TV, Warner Bros. TV and Granada TV, is based
on the British limited sci-fi series and stars Rufus Sewell as a
special science adviser to the government who, with his feisty female
bodyguard Rachel (Marley Shelton) in tow, saves people from the worst
abuses of science.
"CSI" visual mastermind Danny Cannon is directing the pilot from a
script by feature scribe Mick Davis.
"Hour" has been rumored to go to series since September, when CBS
picked up the pilot with a penalty said to amount to a 13-episode
production commitment. On the potential series, Voris and Reiff will
serve as exec producers alongside Davis, Cannon, Bruckheimer, Jonathan
Littman and a Granada executive.
"Hour" falls under Voris and Reiff's overall deal with WBTV. It also
extends their relation****p with Bruckheimer and CBS. Earlier this
development season, the duo penned a treasure-hunting drama for WBTV
and Bruckheimer TV, which landed at CBS with a put pilot commitment
(HR 8/16).
On the feature side, Voris and Reiff recently penned the spec
"Nottingham," which sold last year in a seven-figure deal to Universal
Pictures and Imagine Entertainment and has Ridley Scott attached to
direct and Russell Crowe attached to star. The two also wrote
DreamWorks Animation's upcoming "Kung Fu Panda."
Voris and Reiff, who also created and executive produced the series
"Brimstone," are repped by WMA, Field Entertainment and attorney Dave
Feldman.
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