Balcer said the idea came from working with the NYPD and learning of a program developed by the force after 9/11, in which more than 70 detectives are sent to different cities around the globe.
Nowrasteh will write and exec produce with Balcer, while Jonathan Mostow will direct and also exec produce.
"Their initial purpose was to act as an early warning system against any kind of threats directed at New York City," he said. "But the mandate has become to investigate many different kinds of crimes that have a New York connection."
Balcer calls the project the "anti-'24.' "
"What's interesting about these detectives is they don't have the resources of the federal government -- they're not allowed to carry weapons, don't have the power to execute search warrants or arrest people. It's more like 'The Amazing Race' -- you're dumped in a foreign city to investigate crimes."
WHERE NO DOUBT THEY WILL END UP IN FRANCE EATIN' BREADSTICKS WITH VINCE AND CLAIRE AND BERETS WILL THEN BE OH-SO-REDUNDANT.
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Date: 2007-05-09 05:03 am (UTC)Balcer said the idea came from working with the NYPD and learning of a program developed by the force after 9/11, in which more than 70 detectives are sent to different cities around the globe.
Nowrasteh will write and exec produce with Balcer, while Jonathan Mostow will direct and also exec produce.
"Their initial purpose was to act as an early warning system against any kind of threats directed at New York City," he said. "But the mandate has become to investigate many different kinds of crimes that have a New York connection."
Balcer calls the project the "anti-'24.' "
"What's interesting about these detectives is they don't have the resources of the federal government -- they're not allowed to carry weapons, don't have the power to execute search warrants or arrest people. It's more like 'The Amazing Race' -- you're dumped in a foreign city to investigate crimes."
WHERE NO DOUBT THEY WILL END UP IN FRANCE EATIN' BREADSTICKS WITH VINCE AND CLAIRE AND BERETS WILL THEN BE OH-SO-REDUNDANT.
http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117952127.html?categoryid=14&cs=1