Fox has given a pilot order to Behind Enemy Lines, a drama based on the movie starring Owen Wilson and Gene Hackman. The project hails from writer Nikki Toscano, 20th Century Fox TV, whose feature sibling was behind the movie, studio-based Temple Hill (Revenge) as well as Davis Entertainment (The Blacklist), which produced the feature.
McG has come on board to direct the pilot, loosely based on the movie franchise of the same name, under his overall deal at 20th TV.
There is a clear post-election shift toward more patriotic drama projects spotlighting America’s heroes in the military. Following the breakout success in the moths since the November vote of new USA drama Shooter, about a heroic former Marine, and History’s Navy SEALs series Six, the broadcast network have been looking to tap into themes that appeal to blue-color, everyday Americans.
Fox calls Behind Enemy Lines a “distinctly patriotic series.” It is a military soap thriller wherein a group of U.S. soldiers find themselves trapped behind enemy lines. The multi-perspective narrative “closely follows our soldiers on the ground, and the officers and service men and women on a nearby aircraft carrier, along with intelligence officers in DC as they attempt to bring our heroes home safely and under the radar.”
McG has come on board to direct the pilot, loosely based on the movie franchise of the same name, under his overall deal at 20th TV.
There is a clear post-election shift toward more patriotic drama projects spotlighting America’s heroes in the military. Following the breakout success in the moths since the November vote of new USA drama Shooter, about a heroic former Marine, and History’s Navy SEALs series Six, the broadcast network have been looking to tap into themes that appeal to blue-color, everyday Americans.
Fox calls Behind Enemy Lines a “distinctly patriotic series.” It is a military soap thriller wherein a group of U.S. soldiers find themselves trapped behind enemy lines. The multi-perspective narrative “closely follows our soldiers on the ground, and the officers and service men and women on a nearby aircraft carrier, along with intelligence officers in DC as they attempt to bring our heroes home safely and under the radar.”
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