Adam B. Vary Senior Entertainment WriterGeorge Clooney is heading to the 25th century.Through his production company Smokehouse Pictures, Clooney has signed on to executive produce a new limited series for Legendary based on the classic sci-fi character Buck Rogers, Variety has confirmed.
Clooney will executive produce with partner Grant Heslov; a rep for Clooney says the actor-director is only signing onto the project in a producing capacity, and will not star, contrary to other reports.
Legendary had no comment.Brian K. Vaughan (“Under the Dome,” “Y the Last Man”) will write the series. Smokehouse is joining Angry Films’ heads Don Murphy and Susan Montford as producers, as well as Flint Dille, the grandson of the creator of the.
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