You have watched something produced by Brian Grazer. Imagine's prolific producer has been all over TV and film for the last fifteen years. Apollo 13, Bowfinger, A Beautiful Mind, Sports Night, 24 and Friday Night Lights were all executed by the crazy-haired impresario.Grazer's latest project, which has landed a series commitment at Fox, will follow Iraq war veteran Michael Cavanaugh as he leads the Critical Incidents Response Group section of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Grazer has promised an emotionally complex show, avoiding the normal depictions of straight-laced, stolid FBI agents.
The currently-titled The FBI is the first show in 35 years to receive full cooperation from the agency since The F.B.I (note the periods) during the hippie era. The show will be penned by Changing Lanes scribe Chap Taylor and produced by Imagine and 20th Century Fox TV.
The character of Cavanaugh is loosely based on John O'Neill, the FBI agent who warned of al-Qaeda, quit in frustration and ironically perished on his first day as World Trade Center's new security director. Taylor said the flawed O'Neill was a good model of a fascinating hero for the show, courageous and not without sins.
Fox is considering to put the show on Monday night in 24's former slot, keeping with the theme of government shows produced by Grazer. However, Fox's Mondays this fall will feature Prison Break and K-ville, with 24 looking to return in the spring.
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8-08-2007 @ 2:55PM
David said...
Varun, your use of "ironically" in the sentence referring to the murder of John O'Neill is both offensive and grammatically inaccurate.
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8-08-2007 @ 3:29PM
iamhoff said...
Interesting idea, but it kind of sounds like a series built around the upcoming movie The Kingdom with Jamie Foxx, Jennifer Garner and Jeremy Piven (among others).
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0431197/
The movie focuses around one specific event, but the concept of the TV show does sound like an expanded version of the premise behind the movie. Hope it's good.
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8-08-2007 @ 10:50PM
SamMax said...
If Fox and the FBI are cooperating to produce a show about the FBI it will be like Bush and Cheney doing a show about why they had to go into Iraq. The FBI is trying so hard to look good it makes you wonder – maybe because they screw everything up – and most people think they are idiot goons.
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