'Fringe' Producers, 'Shield' Scribe Sell Western to Fox

John Hlavin Hot author John Hlavin is boarding the little screen's Western train. Fox has acquired an untitled Western script in the Shield scribe Hlavin which will explore the roots of Wyatt Earp, chronicling the well-known occurrences in the existence -- such as the Gunfight in the OK Corral -- in addition to particulars about his siblings getting order to some lawless frontier. PHOTOS:18 Familiar Faces of Fall TV Hlavin has offered the project towards the network through twentieth century Fox Television, which introduced in Fringe's Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci through their studio-based K/O Paper Items to executive produce the project. K/O Paper Items leader Louise Kadin will even executive produce alongside Hlavin, whose TV credits include Believe Me, Daybreak and E-Ring. Hlavin, that has the Western The Gunslingerin development at Warner Bros. Pictures, is presently penning Risk for The new sony Pictures and dealing with DreamWorks on his untitled heist film. His large-screen credits likewise incorporate penning the 4th installment within the Underworld franchise for Screen Gems. PHOTOS: Fall TV Preview 2011: The Coming back Shows Kurtzman and Orci inked a 3-year overall cope with 20th Television this past year coupled with drama aircraft pilots Locke & Key and Exit Strategy setup at Fox that did not obtain the series pickup in May. This really is their second project this development season CBS acquired a lady-fronted drama turning around a congresswoman who fights for that underdog. Overall, the Hlavin project continues the Western trend this development season. EXCLUSIVE Q&A: Fox's Kevin Reilly on 'X Factor' Rankings, 'Terra Nova' and the way forward for 'Glee' TNT lately gave pilot orders to Gateway, an action-adventure occur 1880s Colorado in the Pacific's Bruce C. McKenna. ABC is developing Gunslinger from Detroit 1-8-7's David Zabel and Hogtown, a procedural pitch occur the Wild West from Battlestar Galactica's Ron Moore. CBS and GoodFellas' Nicholas Pileggi are also preparing Rob Lamb in line with the sixties adventure from the cowboy-switched-Vegas sheriff while NBC has Rob Cassidy's 1840s-set The Frontier in addition to a Western project told from the female perspective from Friday Evening Lights' Peter Berg. STORY: Saddle Up! TV Westerns Hot AMC's Union Off-shore Railroad 1860s Western Hell on Wheels,meanwhile, is first from the gate, premiering November. 6. Hlavin is repped by UTA and Jackoway Tyerman Wertheimer Austen Mandelbaum Morris & Klein. Email: Lesley.Goldberg@thr.com Twitter: @Snoodit The Shield Roberto Orci Alex Kurtzman TV Development