Halle
Berry has passed on Jerry Bruckheimer’s upcoming television conspiracy drama “Hostages,”
leaving the producers to figure out their next step.
Jeffrey
Nachmanoff is writing and directing the drama for Jerry Bruckheimer Television and
Warner Bros. TV. The project landed at CBS in October with a pilot production
commitment.
“Hostages”
is based on an Israeli format which centers on a family caught in the middle of
a political conspiracy that is set to change everyone’s lives.
It
was was originally developed for Israel’s Channel 10 by Alon Aranya, Omri Givon
and Rotem Shamir. An adaptation for
the U.S. market was written by Aranya and purchased by Bruckheimer TV.
Jerry
Bruckheimer TV has a number of other big TV projects in the works with various
pilot commitments in place, including “The Secret Lives of Husbands and Wives.”
It has put pilot commitments for the FBI drama “The Bureau” at CBS, the
military comedy “At Ease” and the comedy “B-Side” at NBC.
Berry
could most recently be seen on the big screen in “Cloud Atlas.” Her upcoming
films include “The Call.” Her past TV credits include the TV movie “Their Eyes
Were Watching God” and “Knots Landing.”
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by Liza Foreman
Hostages is much better with Toni Collette.
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