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Fox has given a put pilot commitment to a new SF series from Sleepy Hollow‘s Len Wiseman and Chuck‘s Scott Rosenbaum described as “The Dirty Dozen in Space”.

According to Deadline, “the untitled drama is set in a foreseeable future, where companies have begun to colonize sections of our known galaxy. A mercenary search and rescue team is dispatched to investigate a distress signal from a prison transport that has crashed on an uncharted planet. This unlikely group of heroes will now have to work together when they encounter a much greater challenge on this mysterious planet than they could have anticipated.”

Rosenbaum will showrun; Wiseman will direct the pilot with both men as executive producers. 20th Century Fox TV’s President of Creative Affairs Jonnie Davis explained, “Scott is about as imaginative a writer as there is, and he’s also a seasoned showrunner who did a fantastic job for us on Gang Related. He’s exactly the kind of producer you want on your roster because he’s creative, he’s collaborative and he always comes to the table with a strong point of view.” He added that that “developing sci-fi projects was a priority for the studio and network this year, and I’m not sure there is a cooler combination of talent than Scott and Len Wiseman.”