More drama for Hollander
From:Variety
By Josef Adalian
"The Guardian" guru David Hollander is back in development mode, setting up drama projects at ABC and Fox via an overall deal at Sony Pictures Television.
Hollander created and exec produced the CBS drama "The Guardian," which wrapped up a three-season run earlier this year. One-year pact at Sony calls for Hollander to create, develop and exec produce series projects for the studio.
"Guardian" was Hollander's first skein, and with the show done, scribe is back in the development game for the first time since 2001.
For his Fox project, Hollander is sticking close to the legal themes he explored in "The Guardian." Untitled script will be set at a fictional law school/legal clinic in the Los Angeles area, with the focus on the intersecting lives of professors and students as they rep high-need, low-income clients.
"When I was working on 'The Guardian,' I grew fascinated by the working of legal aid societies and how university law school clinics take on the cases of people who've already been convicted and of people nobody wants to represent," Hollander said.
At the same time these mid-twentysomething students are struggling with law school and coming of age, they're also driving out to maximum-security prisons to get parole for criminals, working on everything from misdemeanors to the biggest cases, Hollander added.
Skein will blend elements of a legal procedural show with more personal stories about the students and professors.
For ABC, Hollander is developing the hourlong drama "Three Rivers," which will focus on a female crime journo who works for her dad's Pittsburgh newspaper and recently divorced her police detective husband.
"I love looking at family dynamics through the inner workings of different industries, and in this case, it's the crime industry," Hollander said.
Every seg will follow a different murder, with dueling points of view as well as the impact on the lead character's family life.
After three years on a weekly series, Endeavor-repped Hollander said he's adjusting to a different routine as he focuses on development.
"It's such a different mindset," he said. "I'm enjoying the hours, certainly."
ABC and Fox projects have both been given script commitments.
By Josef Adalian
"The Guardian" guru David Hollander is back in development mode, setting up drama projects at ABC and Fox via an overall deal at Sony Pictures Television.
Hollander created and exec produced the CBS drama "The Guardian," which wrapped up a three-season run earlier this year. One-year pact at Sony calls for Hollander to create, develop and exec produce series projects for the studio.
"Guardian" was Hollander's first skein, and with the show done, scribe is back in the development game for the first time since 2001.
For his Fox project, Hollander is sticking close to the legal themes he explored in "The Guardian." Untitled script will be set at a fictional law school/legal clinic in the Los Angeles area, with the focus on the intersecting lives of professors and students as they rep high-need, low-income clients.
"When I was working on 'The Guardian,' I grew fascinated by the working of legal aid societies and how university law school clinics take on the cases of people who've already been convicted and of people nobody wants to represent," Hollander said.
At the same time these mid-twentysomething students are struggling with law school and coming of age, they're also driving out to maximum-security prisons to get parole for criminals, working on everything from misdemeanors to the biggest cases, Hollander added.
Skein will blend elements of a legal procedural show with more personal stories about the students and professors.
For ABC, Hollander is developing the hourlong drama "Three Rivers," which will focus on a female crime journo who works for her dad's Pittsburgh newspaper and recently divorced her police detective husband.
"I love looking at family dynamics through the inner workings of different industries, and in this case, it's the crime industry," Hollander said.
Every seg will follow a different murder, with dueling points of view as well as the impact on the lead character's family life.
After three years on a weekly series, Endeavor-repped Hollander said he's adjusting to a different routine as he focuses on development.
"It's such a different mindset," he said. "I'm enjoying the hours, certainly."
ABC and Fox projects have both been given script commitments.
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