Bruckheimer Searches For Gold Again

Jerry Bruckheimer teams up with the creators of Sleeper Cell to produce a show about treasure hunters.

Bruckheimer approached Cyrus Voris and Ethan Reiff, creators and co-executive producers of Sleeper Cell, about making a show together. "We took that as a huge compliment and a great opportunity," Reiff said. The CBS project, which is as yet unnamed, will focus on a group of freelance treasure seekers that travel the world under the direction of their leader, an archaeologist and ex-Navy SEAL.

The three men decided to go with a show that would be "taking that Indiana Jones paradigm and making it feel cool and real," Voris said. "We want to make use of the current international situation as a backdrop." Reiff explained that it wouldn't actually be a translation of Indiana Jone for the small screen. Instead, "[i]t's more grounded, more contemporary," he said. He described the show as an "A-class network version of an archaeology adventure show."

The show would use experts in history and archaeology to maintain the realism in each episode. "The relics, the treasures on it will run the gamut from biblical and ancient history though medieval and Renaissance times up to modern days," Reiff said. He also explained that the show won't be serialized. Instead, he said that "[t]here will be overarching character arcs, but in terms of plot lines, it will be self-contained episodes."

More information can be found at Variety and the Hollywood Reporter.

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