Fox TV is known for their hit TV shows, and 2014 just might
be getting yet another hit on the station.
Lesley Goldberg and the team at THR tell us that Fox has ordered a pilot
from Lee Daniels and Danny Strong (The Butler starring Oprah Winfrey and Forest
Whittaker) and the Pilot is called Empire.
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| Lee Daniels (left) - Danny Strong (right) |
Empire is a family drama set in the world of Hip Hop (think
Jay Z and his story / rise to fame). The
feature will include original and current music (all musicians reading this get
your agents in gear to submit on your behalf).
Brian Grazer, who is passionate about Hip Hop music and culture, will
Executive Produce.
The decision to move forward
with Empire comes four months after the network landed the project with
a put-pilot commitment following a multiple network bidding war among the Big 4
broadcasters.
For Daniels, the Fox drama
will mark his TV directing debut. Strong, meanwhile, began his TV writing career
with HBO's Emmy-nominated entries Recount and Game Change, the
latter of which took home the statuette in the miniseries / movie category.
The drama order for Empire marks
the network's third project to be put into its development pipeline after Fox entertainment
president Kevin Reilly announced
that the network was largely abandoning pilot season, and instead focusing on
year-round producing. Empire will be produced during the traditional
pilot season window, with additional scripts likely to be ordered.
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