NBC continues to forge ahead with pilot orders, greenlighting drama Game Of Silence, from CSI maven Carol Mendelsohn, Parenthood executive producer David Hudgins and Sony TV. This marks the first pilot order by an U.S. network for a scripted Turkish format.
Game of Silence, based on the Turkish drama Suskunlar, was among the biggest sales of pitch season, landing a pilot production commitment that had series penalty attached to it. In anticipation of a pilot order, I hear NBC and Sony TV set up a writers room with a couple of writers joining Hudgins and Mendelsohn to work on breaking the show’s first 13 episodes while Hudgins was writing the pilot script.
Game of Silence is about a rising attorney on the brink of success could lose his perfectly crafted life when his long lost childhood friends threaten to expose a dark secret from their violent past. Hudgins is executive producing with Carol Mendelsonhn Prods’ Mendelsohn and Julie Weitz. Timur Savci, of TIMS Prods, which was behind the original series, also executive produces along with Intrigue’s Tariq Jalil.
Game of Silence, based on the Turkish drama Suskunlar, was among the biggest sales of pitch season, landing a pilot production commitment that had series penalty attached to it. In anticipation of a pilot order, I hear NBC and Sony TV set up a writers room with a couple of writers joining Hudgins and Mendelsohn to work on breaking the show’s first 13 episodes while Hudgins was writing the pilot script.
Game of Silence is about a rising attorney on the brink of success could lose his perfectly crafted life when his long lost childhood friends threaten to expose a dark secret from their violent past. Hudgins is executive producing with Carol Mendelsonhn Prods’ Mendelsohn and Julie Weitz. Timur Savci, of TIMS Prods, which was behind the original series, also executive produces along with Intrigue’s Tariq Jalil.
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This doesn't sound that interesting
ReplyDeleteI think endgame is their best bet
Setting up the writers room doesn't surprise me. Apparently, the script for this show is the best of all the potential drama pilots. Of course, whether it works or not depends on the cast and how it comes across on camera.
ReplyDeleteBetween this and Endgame, NBC is set to have a much stronger fall creatively than this past fall.
ReplyDeleteI'm currently though how NBC blends these higher concept thrillers with the soap pilots they've picked up.
It sounds boring
ReplyDeleteBoring could be good.
ReplyDeleteNBC needs a new legal procedural and this show could be perfect for them.
This could be brilliant.... or a flop XD
ReplyDeleteI think it really will depend on the casting and writing so I will hold off on any opinions for now.
It has potential though.
I hope they wont change the shows turkish premise(which was about group of people seeking revenge for abusing in jail in childhood) to a legal procedural.
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