Stephen Dorff has teamed with The Sopranos writer-producers Robin Green and Mitchell Burgess for the drama Skip Tracer, which has been picked up to pilot by CBS.
CBS also has given a pilot order to Viva Laughlin! -- a musical from Huff creator Bob Lowry and Hugh Jackman based on the BBC miniseries Viva Blackpool! -- and CW has picked up a pilot based on a British series, ITV's Wild at Heart.
Tracer, from CBS Paramount Network TV, stars Dorff as a charming rogue with a heart of gold who works as a skip tracer -- a go-to guy for locating missing persons -- among the colorful characters in Los Angeles' underbelly.
Emmy winners Green and Burgess penned the script and are executive producing with Dorff and Dorff's producing partner Tucker Tooley of Media Talent Group.
Dorff developed Tracer through his deal with CBS, as part of which he also starred in the network's telefilm Covert One: The Hades Factor.
Under his pact with CBS, Dorff developed three other projects, to which he is not attached to star: one with producers Ridley and Tony Scott and writer Doug Richardson, another with director Simon West and writer Robert Port and the third with writers Jeremy Miller and Dan Cohen.
CBS also has given a pilot order to Viva Laughlin! -- a musical from Huff creator Bob Lowry and Hugh Jackman based on the BBC miniseries Viva Blackpool! -- and CW has picked up a pilot based on a British series, ITV's Wild at Heart.
Tracer, from CBS Paramount Network TV, stars Dorff as a charming rogue with a heart of gold who works as a skip tracer -- a go-to guy for locating missing persons -- among the colorful characters in Los Angeles' underbelly.
Emmy winners Green and Burgess penned the script and are executive producing with Dorff and Dorff's producing partner Tucker Tooley of Media Talent Group.
Dorff developed Tracer through his deal with CBS, as part of which he also starred in the network's telefilm Covert One: The Hades Factor.
Under his pact with CBS, Dorff developed three other projects, to which he is not attached to star: one with producers Ridley and Tony Scott and writer Doug Richardson, another with director Simon West and writer Robert Port and the third with writers Jeremy Miller and Dan Cohen.
Director-producer Scott Winant has signed on as an executive producer/showrunner of the upcoming Showtime drama series Huff. The series stars Hank Azaria as a psychiatrist suffering through a midlife crisis. Winant directed the pilot for Huff but only recently committed to sticking with the show, which has received a 13-episode order. Winant will serve as the showrunner/executive producer alongside Huff creator Bob Lowry, Mike Newell and Cam Jones.
Showtime has picked up Mike Newell's drama pilot Huff to series, sources said. The Sony Pictures Television project stars Hank Azaria as Craig Huffstodt, a psychiatrist suffering a midlife crisis. Oliver Platt, Paget Brewster and Blythe Danner co-star in the show, which is written by Bob Lowry and executive produced by Newell, Lowry and Cam Jones. Huff marks the first series greenlighted by Robert Greenblatt, Showtime's new entertainment president . The show's two-hour pilot was one of three pilots put into production in early 2003 by Greenblatt's predecessor, Jerry Offsay, along with Paradise and Spike Lee's SFC. Showtime declined comment late Friday.
- 12/15/2003
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Showtime has picked up Mike Newell's drama pilot Huff to series, sources said. The Sony Pictures Television project stars Hank Azaria as Craig Huffstodt, a psychiatrist suffering a midlife crisis. Oliver Platt, Paget Brewster and Blythe Danner co-star in the show, which is written by Bob Lowry and executive produced by Newell, Lowry and Cam Jones. Huff marks the first series greenlighted by Robert Greenblatt, Showtime's new entertainment president . The show's two-hour pilot was one of three pilots put into production in early 2003 by Greenblatt's predecessor, Jerry Offsay, along with Paradise and Spike Lee's SFC. Showtime declined comment late Friday.
- 12/14/2003
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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