By April MacIntyre Sep 3, 2009, 16:00 GMT
Great British television invades again as NBC announces their intentions to take a hit UK TV series, "Prime Suspect", and reinvent it for US network drama.
Helen Mirren - TV junkies know that the Lynda La Plante series, "Prime Suspect," starred Helen Mirren as complex character Det. Chief Inspector Jane Tennison. © Bob Charlotte / PR Photos
Hank Steinberg ("Without a Trace") is reported by Variety to be confirmed as the creative who will shape and pen the two-hour pilot.
The deal was cooked up between NBC and ITV Studios, which will also see two more British projects made into American series.
"We want to carefully choose a couple of iconic titles this year to reinvent, and our intention is to create another classic television show from this brilliant original format," NBC honcho Angela Bromstad said. "Hank Steinberg was key in helping us secure this project, and we are incredibly excited about this modern vision for the show."
Tit for tat, as ITV will also produce and air a U.K. version of the long running Dick Wolf franchise, "Law and Order."
TV junkies know that the Lynda La Plante series, "Prime Suspect," starred Helen Mirren as complex character Det. Chief Inspector Jane Tennison.
Variety notes that "in the U.S., "Prime Suspect" was seen in 1992 as part of the 'Mystery' series. Mirren starred in five editions of 'Prime Suspect' between 1991 and 1997, before taking a break -- and returning with two more editions, in 2003 and 2006."
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