'CSI' SFX Firm Tapped For New Pilot

Stargate Digital, the company behind the special effects for CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, will be working on a new pilot for NBC.

The production is tenatively titled Las Vegas, and will focus on a casino security team according to reviewjournal.com.

Los Angeles-based Stargate Digital are in town with an impressive task at hand. They'll be shooting a one-minute continuous sequence that "will traverse the Strip, zooming past landmarks, under gaming tables, through keyholes, inside bedrooms — and, of course, past images of the show's major characters," according to the site.

Stargate Digital's other work includes effects for ER, The Dead Zone and modern-day Twilight Zone.

The pilot stars James Caan whose credits include The Gambler to Honeymoon in Vegas. The three-week shoot begins today in Las Vegas. With all pilots though, only a handful ever get picked up by networks to become a series.

The original report can be found here at reviewjournal.com.

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