Exclusive: Take advantage of Cassidy and Tommy Schlamme Develop Western at NBC

Take advantage of Cassidy Take advantage of Cassidy is planning a vacation to the Old West in the new project he's developing with director Thomas Schlamme (Free Air travel Wing) at NBC. Occur 1840, The Frontier follows several disparate travelers in Missouri simply because they continue an outing using the hills, deserts and flatlands in the West enroute for the coast. In line with the script's logline, danger constantly stalks the group, and "simply because they find it hard to survive, other people will need to band together and form a family group, once they strongly press forward into the great unknown." Schlamme knows a couple of reasons for period pieces, getting just directed and executive produced the pilot to ABC's sixties-set Pan Am. Cassidy and Schlamme formerly labored together concerning the 2005 TV thriller Invasion. Cassidy created that short-were living ABC series, while Schlamme directed the pilot. Cassidy's recent credits have Ruby & the Rockits, The Mountain and Cold Situation. Besides West Wing, Schlamme executive produced Mr. Sunshine and Studio 60 concerning the Sunset Strip, which younger crowd directed the pilot to Motherhood. Josh Craig and Rob Kwatinetz are executive producers concerning the Frontier with Cassidy and Schlamme. The brand new the new sony Pictures TV might be the studio, as well as Prospect Park. As systems are actually busy developing new projects for next season, the extended-dormant Western genre remains garnering much interest. Ron Moore (Battlestar Galactica) gets the project Hangtown setup at ABC, while TNT is developing the pilot Gateway, occur 1880s Colorado. And AMC was already set to premiere the transcontinental railroad-designed Western Hell on Wheels on November. 6. Subscribe to TV Guide Magazine now!