Looks like more genre television is headed our way, friends…
Deadline reports mega successful filmmaker Gore Verbinski (RANGO, PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN) will produce an original series for the Starz network called “The Brink.” The supernatural crime project is was written by THE GRUDGE scribe Stephen Susco.
Based on J.C. Hutchin’s novel “Personal Effects: Dark Art,” “The Brink” centers on:
Zach Taylor, an art therapist, who must evaluate Martin Grace, a blind audio engineer suspected of a dozen homicides, to determine whether Martin is mentally competent to stand trial for the murder of hip-hop singer Tanya Gold, whose body was torn literally limb from limb. Martin claims he’s an unwitting psychic sniper, foreseeing crimes actually committed by a Russian demon or Dark Man. One of his possible earlier victims was Martin’s psychiatrist, Sophronia Poole, the girlfriend of Zack’s dad, William V. Taylor, the New York City DA seeking to convict Martin. Weisman, an alternative reality game whiz, is responsible for the items inside the book’s front pocket—a psychiatric report, family photos, death and birth certificates, etc.—that allow the reader to follow a multimedia trail of clues.
The project is dubbed a cross between “House,” “CSI” and “The X-Files” (by CSI creator Anthony Zuiker). Not too shabby indeed!
So what says you? Liking how “The Brink” is sounding? You think you’ll be tuning in?
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