Fox, whose upcoming drama Shots Fired deals with police shootings, is taking on another hot-button and timely topic, college rape. The network has given a put pilot commitment to Controversy, an investigative thriller drama from Up In the Air and X-Men: First Class co-writer Sheldon Turner, Scandal co-executive producer Judy Smith and This Is Us directors/exec producers John Requa & Glenn Ficarra. The project hails from Turner and Jennifer Klein’s Vendetta Productions. 20th Century Fox TV, where Vendetta and Requa & Ficarra are under deals, is the studio
Written by Turner, Controversy centers on a successful crisis management consultant brought in to advise a university when a coed accuses football players of gang raping her. Facing a crisis of conscience, she partners with a lawyer for the university to seek out the truth.
Written by Turner, Controversy centers on a successful crisis management consultant brought in to advise a university when a coed accuses football players of gang raping her. Facing a crisis of conscience, she partners with a lawyer for the university to seek out the truth.
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