NBC has ordered a
pilot for this one - hour drama from producer Carol Mendelsohn (CSI)
written by David Hudgins (Parenthood, Friday Night
Lights) about an attorney whose climb to the top is short circuited when his past returns to haunt him.
In the new series, for instance, which was created and
written by Simon Beaufoy (a frequent Boyle collaborator who also penned last year's Battle of the Sexes), the hour - long
pilot takes place almost entirely within the Gettys» gothic London estate, an elaborate, darkly
lit fortress where visitors dote on and curry favor with Mr Getty.