Michelle Trachtenberg To Develop & Star In CW Drama Produced by Josh Schwartz

CW has handed out a script order to an untitled drama project starring Gossip Girl's Michelle Trachtenberg, which marks the actress' producing debut. It hails from the creators of CW's Gossip Girl, Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage, whose Fake Empire banner co-produces the project with Warner Bros. TV and CBS TV Studios. Based on an idea by Trachtenberg, the drama would star the actress as a young criminology student with a gift for profiling and a dark past. Stuart Zicherman (Six Degrees) will write the script and executive produce alongside Schwartz, Savage and Len Goldstein. Trachtenberg will serve as producer. This is Fake Empire's second hourlong project this season toplined by a young actress from one of Schawrtz's other shows. Schwartz is writing Ghost Angeles, a supernatural romantic comedy starring The O.C. alumna Rachel Bilson, which received a pilot production commitment from NBC. Trachtenberg has been recurring on Gossip Girl for the past 2 years. She will next be seen in Kids in America.

Source: Deadline