Scorsese Comes To SCI FI, X-Files clone with B. Singer
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Oscar-nominated filmmaker Martin Scorsese and producer Barbara De Fina have signed on to executive produce The Twelve, a miniseries premiering exclusively on the SCI FI Channel, the network announced. The project, which marks Scorsese's first foray into scripted long-form television, will be developed through Cappa/De Fina Productions, in conjunction with Adrian Bate and Zenith Entertainment Ltd. Based on a concept originated by David Pirie (Murder Rooms), The Twelve chronicles a rash of mysterious and unexplainable events around the world which lead an FBI agent to suspect that Armageddon is set for the twelfth day of Christmas. The miniseries is slated for debut in December of 2005.
The Twelve follows a number of high-profile projects in development for the network.
*Dean Devlin (Independence Day) and Bryan Singer (X-Men, X2) have agreed to co-executive produce Triangle, an eight-hour miniseries exploring the mysteries of the Bermuda Triangle?
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* The Twelve: SFC: MARTIN SCORSESE will executive produce a miniseries for the Sci-Fi channel entitled, 'The Twelve.' The series will follow an FBI agent's experience with odd happenings that lead him to believe the apocalypse is imminent and will fall on the twelfth day of Christmas. The Sci-Fi channel scored big ratings when they aired "Steven Spielberg Presents: Taken" last year.
Scorsese Comes To SCI FI
http://www.scifi.com/sfw/issue325/news.html
Oscar-nominated filmmaker Martin Scorsese and producer Barbara De Fina have signed on to executive produce The Twelve, a miniseries premiering exclusively on the SCI FI Channel, the network announced. The project, which marks Scorsese's first foray into scripted long-form television, will be developed through Cappa/De Fina Productions, in conjunction with Adrian Bate and Zenith Entertainment Ltd.
Based on a concept originated by David Pirie (Murder Rooms), The Twelve chronicles a rash of mysterious and unexplainable events around the world which lead an FBI agent to suspect that Armageddon is set for the twelfth day of Christmas. The miniseries is slated for debut in December of 2005.(X-Files redux?)
Scorsese on board for Sci Fi's 'Twelve'
The Hollywood Reporter
The latest star to enter Sci Fi Channel's creative orbit is better known for "GoodFellas" than green fellas. Filmmaker Martin Scorsese has signed on to executive produce a Sci Fi Channel miniseries targeted to premiere in 2005. (Andrew Wallenstein)
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