ThisisBigBrother.com - UK TV Forums - C5 acquires JJ Abrams thriller Person of Interest

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Channel 5 has secured the exclusive UK rights to JJ Abrams crime thriller Person of Interest.

The deal with Warner Bros International Television Distribution will see the 22 x 45-minute drama launch on C5 in July.

The show was created by Jonathan Nolan, who worked with brother and director Christopher Nolan on The Dark Knight and Memento, and its screenplay was developed with Abrams.

Abrams is best known as the creative force behind TV dramas such as Alias, Lost and Fringe as well as the director of films such as Star Trek and Mission: Impossible 3.

The series centres on ex-CIA agent John Reese, played by Jim Caviezel, who is recruited by mysterious billionaire Harold Finch (Lost’s Michael Emerson) to help prevent violent crimes in New York.

Nolan and Abrams are exec producers on the series alongside Greg Plageman and Bryan Burk. The drama is produced by Bonanza Productions in association with Abrams’ Bad Robot Productions and Warner Bros Television.

Person of Interest secured an early renewal for a second season from CBS in March, which will air in the US this autumn.

C5 head of acquisitions Katie Keenan negotiated the deal and described the drama as a “dark mix of cops, corruption and crime”.

The deal strengthens the channel’s line-up of new US drama.

C5 will air the second season of Once Upon A Time after the fantasy drama was renewed by US network ABC last week, and it began airing season two of zombie drama The Walking Dead this week.

you lot have been slacking just because i not been on here :hmph: