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[10/21/16 - 11:26 PM]
Development Update: Friday, October 21
Updates include: Patrick Somerville to pen "Maniac" for Netflix; Tom Szentgyorgyi lands "Sneakers" adaptation at NBC; and Lifetime locks in cast for "A Midsummer's Nightmare."







SNEAKERS (NBC)
DEVELOPMENT HISTORY:
10/21/16
STATUS:
previously in development (2017-2018 season)
DEVELOPMENT STAGE:
script
DESCRIPTION:
small screen take on the 1992 Robert Redford-led film, about computer hacker Martin, played by Redford, who heads a group of specialists who test the security of various San Francisco companies; Martin is approached by two National Security Agency officers who ask him to steal a newly invented decoder; Soon Martin and his team discover that the black box can crack any encryption code, posing a huge threat if it lands in the wrong hands
CREW INFORMATION:
· Laurie MacDonald as EP
· Tom Szentgyorgyi as CRTR/EP
· Walter Parkes as EP
GENRE(S):
· based on a feature film
· drama
STUDIO INFORMATION:
· Parkes-MacDonald Productions
· Universal Television