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[04/09/13 - 10:36 AM]
Starz to Develop Scripted Series, "Airborne," from Award Winning Screenwriter Gideon Yago
The series follows a young helicopter crew as they fight for survival, sanity, their souls, and each other in a country - and war - that are descending into chaos.







AIRBORNE (STARZ)
DEVELOPMENT HISTORY:
4/9/13
STATUS:
previously in development (2013-2014 season)
DEVELOPMENT STAGE:
script
DESCRIPTION:
(from Starz's press release, April 2013) Starz announced today that it will develop a new original drama series from "Newsroom" writer Gideon Yago with Executive Producer Rob Tapert. "Airborne" is a coming of age story set at the dawn of the Vietnam War. The series follows a young helicopter crew as they fight for survival, sanity, their souls, and each other in a country - and war - that are descending into chaos. The new original series will be produced by Starz with Executive Producer Rob Tapert ("Spartacus," Evil Dead, "Xena: Warrior Princess," "Hercules: The Legendary Journeys.") and Producer Aaron Lam. "Airborne" will be written by Gideon Yago, an Emmy(R) and Peabody award-winning journalist and former MTV News and CBS News writer and correspondent. Yago has written drama pilots for both ABC and AMC and was a staff writer on the first season of HBO's "The Newsroom."
CREW INFORMATION:
· Aaron Lam as PROD
· Gideon Yago as CRTR/EP
· Rob Tapert as EP
GENRE(S):
· drama
STUDIO INFORMATION:
· no information is available