Both [The Hollywood Reporter](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr/television/brief_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000652435) and [Variety](http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117911329?categoryid=13&cs=1) had stories today about the new one-hour drama that I’m developing for Fox with Jordan Mechner, the writer of [Prince of Persia](http://johnaugust.com/archives/2004/prince-of-persia-announced).
The show is about two guys, business partners, who work as private military contractors. They run their own startup firm. Week-to-week, they find themselves in the most dangerous parts of the world — Iraq, Africa, South America — trying to complete short-term contract jobs such as rescuing hostages, guarding facilities, or protecting diplomats. Of course, being a drama, things never go as smoothly as planned.
The idea sprang from research Jordan was doing about military corporations, the mercenaries of the 21st century. It could have been a feature, but the more we talked about it, the more excited we got about developing it for television. The show is sort of a procedural (the term for all the CSI’s and such), but instead of trying to find a killer, our heroes are trying to complete a mission.
Television moves fast, but as I have updates, I’ll try to keep them posted.