CBS Greenlights ‘Hawaii Five-O’, Considers O’Loughlin

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Last year, CSI: New York executive producer Peter Lenkov worked with Star Trek writers Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci to get a pilot commitment for a remake of the classic series Hawaii Five-O that ran on CBS from 1968 to 1980. The team has now been given the green light to produce a pilot for the series. Lenkov penned the pilot script based on a story co-written by Kurtzman and Orci. The updated police drama will feature all three men as executive producers.

There is no word yet on casting, although Entertainment Weekly‘s Ausiello reports that the network may be considering Alex O’Loughlin for the show’s leading role. If the deal goes through, Five-O will be the actor’s third series for CBS. O’Loughlin originally appeared as vampire private investigator Mick St John in Moonlight. After it was cancelled, the actor moved on to star in the now-defunct medical drama Three Rivers.