EXCLUSIVE: Another hit feature thriller is getting a series adaptation. NBC has given a scripted commitment with a hefty penalty to In the Line of Fire, a series based on the 1993 Sony film starring Clint Eastwood and John John Malkovich. Written by Carol Mendelsohn and Josh Berman — reuniting after working together on CSI — the In the Line of Fire series centers on a Secret Service agent who, after a fall from grace, gets the chance to redeem himself when a rogue CIA hitman threatens to assassinate the president. The agent and his female partner will investigate cases while engaged simultaneously in a twisted cat-and-mouse with the would-be assassin, who will upend their lives — forcing them to question their loyalties both professional and personal. Sony Pictures TV is the studio.
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