NBC has bought a script for procedural drama “First Responders” from executive producer Vin Diesel, Variety has learned exclusively.
Diesel will produce hourlong series by way of his One Race Television shingle, which is under a first look deal with Universal Television, the studio behind “First Responders.” The project is currently in development.
“First Responders” is described as a dynamic, high-action procedural about young veterans struggling to reintegrate into society, while heroically saving civilian lives along the way. The elite team is the best Search and Rescue operation in the country, and is run by husband-and-wife duo, Doc and Lil Pierce, whose Southern California coastal base provides a sense of community and surrogate family for their ex-military staff. While Doc and Lil can save anyone else’s life in the darkest times, they have been unable to find their own son and will stop at nothing to solve the mystery of his disappearance and bring him back home.
Video game vet Jesse Stern, a writer on the “Call of Duty” and “Titanfall” franchises, will pen the project. Aside from his familiarity with the high-action world of video games, Stern has procedural experience as a longtime writer/producer on “NCIS.”
Diesel will produce hourlong series by way of his One Race Television shingle, which is under a first look deal with Universal Television, the studio behind “First Responders.” The project is currently in development.
“First Responders” is described as a dynamic, high-action procedural about young veterans struggling to reintegrate into society, while heroically saving civilian lives along the way. The elite team is the best Search and Rescue operation in the country, and is run by husband-and-wife duo, Doc and Lil Pierce, whose Southern California coastal base provides a sense of community and surrogate family for their ex-military staff. While Doc and Lil can save anyone else’s life in the darkest times, they have been unable to find their own son and will stop at nothing to solve the mystery of his disappearance and bring him back home.
Video game vet Jesse Stern, a writer on the “Call of Duty” and “Titanfall” franchises, will pen the project. Aside from his familiarity with the high-action world of video games, Stern has procedural experience as a longtime writer/producer on “NCIS.”
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