The Bad Robot may blow a fuse with all the projects its creator is heaping on it, with news that JJ Abrams is looking to pitch an Alcatraz project.
No stranger to islands, Abrams is reportedly interested in bringing a series based around the notorious San Francisco Bay prison to US TV, with a script written by long time Lost writer and executive producer Elizabeth Sarnoff.
As with his previous TV work there’s an assumption that Abrams will get behind the project, steer it into clear waters and then step back and watch it sail into the vast ocean of TV dramas, and unless the script deals with the unrelenting drama of the American tourism industry there’s a fair bet it’ll be a period piece.
Deadline released this one.
