True Detective creator Nic Pizzolatto is writing and executive producing The Magnificent Seven TV series in development at Amazon Studios.
As Deadline reported exclusively earlier this month, The Magnificent Seven is among a dozen initial MGM/United Artists movie titles that Amazon Studios has identified for film and/or TV development following the acquisition of the the storied Hollywood studio.
Pizzolatto originally set out to create an original Western drama series for Amazon Studios with a significant commitment. It was to follow a former outlaw on an epic journey, assembling a gang while facing a threat from his past as he and his cohorts encounter danger along the way.
That idea subsequently morphed into a Magnificent Seven reboot as Amazon Studios brass wanted to wrap it around a piece of well known IP.
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