The modernized Nancy Drew drama has been picked up to pilot, in addition to an untitled comedy project, based on the Australian series “Upper Middle Bogan,” Variety has learned.
This past week at the Television Critics Association press tour in Pasadena, Calif., new CBS president Glenn Geller said that the new Nancy Drew is written as a diverse character. He did not specify whether she’d be African-American, Latino, Asian or another ethnicity, but he did confirm she will not be Caucasian.
This past week at the Television Critics Association press tour in Pasadena, Calif., new CBS president Glenn Geller said that the new Nancy Drew is written as a diverse character. He did not specify whether she’d be African-American, Latino, Asian or another ethnicity, but he did confirm she will not be Caucasian.
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Nancy Drew is all grown up and headed to CBS.
The network has given a pilot order to Drew, a drama that finds the iconic crime solver — now in her thirties — putting her “uncanny observational skills” to work as a detective for the NYPD. But wait, she’ll also have to “navigate the complexities of life in a modern world”!
Drew‘s pilot comes from writers Joan Rater (Grey’s Anatomy) and Tony Phelan (Madam Secretary) and will be directed by Dan Jinks (Pushing Daisies). All three will executive-produce.
The network has given a pilot order to Drew, a drama that finds the iconic crime solver — now in her thirties — putting her “uncanny observational skills” to work as a detective for the NYPD. But wait, she’ll also have to “navigate the complexities of life in a modern world”!
Drew‘s pilot comes from writers Joan Rater (Grey’s Anatomy) and Tony Phelan (Madam Secretary) and will be directed by Dan Jinks (Pushing Daisies). All three will executive-produce.
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