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David Semel To Direct TNT Pilot ‘Legends’

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Wednesday September 19, 2012 @ 4:50pm PDTTags: David Semel, Legends, TNT
Nellie Andreeva

EXCLUSIVE: David Semel is in final negotiations to direct TNT’s recently greenlighted drama pilot Legends. Developed by Howard Gordon, Jeffrey Nachmanoff and feature writer Mark Bomback from the novel by Robert Littell, the project follows a deep-cover operative who has an uncanny ability to transform himself into a different person for each job. Fox 21 produces, with Gordon, Nachmanoff, Alex Cary and Jonathan Levin executive producing. WME-repped Semel has directed the pilots for such series as American Dreams, Heroes, which earned him an Emmy nomination, No Ordinary Family and, most recently CBS’ Person of Interest. 

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Dave Semel To Direct Fox’s ‘Cosmos’ Series, Project Eyes IMAX Film Release

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Thursday September 1, 2011 @ 2:26pm PDTTags: Cosmos, David Semel, Fox, IMAX, Seth MacFarlane
Nellie Andreeva

EXCLUSIVE: Director-producer David Semel has joined Fox’s 13-part docu-series Cosmos: A Space-Time Odyssey, which is executive produced by Seth MacFarlane. Additionally, I hear the project, a sequel to Carl Sagan’s groundbreaking 1980 series, will also get a film … Read More »

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‘Lost’ Co-Star Michael Emerson reunites With J.J. Abrams In CBS Pilot

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Wednesday February 16, 2011 @ 6:50pm PSTTags: CBS Person of Interest, David Semel, Michael Emerson, Person of Interest, Person of Interest Pilot, TV, TV Casting, TV Deals, TV Pilots
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David Semel To Direct Jonah Nolan/J.J. Abrams’ CBS Pilot ‘Person Of Interest’

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Monday February 14, 2011 @ 6:30pm PSTTags: CBS Person of Interest, David Semel, J.J. Abrams, Jonathan Nolan, Person of Interest, Person of Interest Pilot, TV, TV Deals, TV Pilots
Nellie Andreeva

EXCLUSIVE: David Semel has been tapped to direct Jonathan Nolan’s CIA drama pilot Person of Interest, which is being executive produced by J.J. Abrams. The CBS project, from Warner Bros. TV and Abrams’ Bad Robot, is a crime drama … Read More »

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