On the heels of Revolution’s big debut this week, J.J. Abrams continues to be a busy guy when it comes to developing potential TV series and he has a formidable collaborator for his newest project – Alfonso Cuarón. The acclaimed filmmaker behind Children of Men, Y Tu Mama Tambien and Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Cuarón will co-write and direct a currently untitled pilot for NBC, reveals Deadline, with Abrams executive producing. It is the first TV project for the Oscar-nominated Cuarón.
The story is described by Deadline as being about “a girl in possession of a great gift/powers — which will come into their own in seven years — and the man who is sprung from prison to protect her from those trying to hunt her down.”
Mark Friedman (Home of the Brave/The Forgotten) will co-write the pilot with Cuarón. and the two will executive produce along with Abrams and Bryan Burk.
