Fox has put in development How To Lead A Life Of Crime, a drama based on the book by Kirsten Miller. Written by Mike Daniels (FX’s Sons Of Anarchy) with House alums Garrett Lerner and Russel Friend supervising, the project is about a how-to school for criminals. 20th Century Fox TV, where Lerner and Friend are under an overall deal, is producing. Daniels is with ICM Partners. CBS has bought Tigers, a legal drama from writer Meredith Philpott (MTV’s Awkward), Sony Pictures TV and Peter Tolan’s studio-based Fedora Entertainment. It centered around a family dynasty of lawyers headed by a matriarch infamous for her narcissistic personality, biting witticisms and publicity-seeking antics. Tolan and Fedora’s Michael Wimer are exec producing. Philpott is with ICM, Heroes & Villainsand attorney Gregg Gellman. Fedora already has one big sale for Sony this season, landing a pilot order with a seven-figure penalty at ABC for Irreversible,...
- 10/2/2013
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
Body of Proof exec producer Matt Gross is developing a new medical drama. Burns & Cooley will focus on the title characters - top neurosurgeons at a New York hospital, Deadline reports. The pair are professional rivals and their relationship is further complicated by the fact that they are also physically attracted to each other. Meredith Philpott - writer on MTV's Awkward - will script the Burns & Cooley pilot for ABC Studios. Gross Entertainment's president (more)...
- 8/14/2012
- by By Morgan Jeffery
- Digital Spy
Exclusive: Matt Gross executive produces ABC/ABC Studios’ drama procedural Body Of Proof, which centers on a neurosurgeon-turned-medical examiner. Now Gross is behind a new hourlong project for ABC and ABC Studios that revolves around neurosurgeons. Titled Burns & Cooley, the medical procedural centers on the top two neurosurgeons at a New York hospital who find themselves competing on every level—both personally and professionally—as they handle some of the toughest medical cases in the world involving the brain. The problem? The bitter rivals are ridiculously attracted to one another. Meredith Philpott (Awkward) is writing the script for ABC Studios and Gross Entertainment, whose VP Lindsay Goffman brought in the project. Gross executive produces. Philpott is with Apa and Heroes and Villains; Gross is with attorney Karl Austin.
- 8/14/2012
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
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