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Howard Gordon-Produced Spy Drama ‘Legends’ Gets TNT Series Pickup: VIDEO

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Wednesday May 8, 2013 @ 10:25am PDTTags: Legends, TNT
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TNT has greenlit spy drama Legends, starring Games of Thrones alum Sean Bean and executive produced by Homeland‘s Howard Gordon and Alexander Cary. TNT has ordered 10 episodes of the series, which is being produced by Fox 21, for a 2014 debut. (Watch trailer below) It joins another “popcorn” new TNT drama, the Michael Bay-produced The Last Ship, which was picked up yesterday. They will likely join the network’s Sunday lineup anchored by sci-fi drama Falling Skies. With the pickups done, TNT is now expected to move to cancelling Monday Mornings and Southland.

Gordon, Cary and Jonathan Levin serve as executive producers on Legends, along with showrunners Ethan Reiff and Cyrus Voris. Jeffrey Nachmanoff and Mark Bomback serve as consulting producers. The pilot was directed and executive-produced David Semel and written by Nachmanoff, who developed the story with Gordon and Bomback. Based on the book by master spy novelist Robert Littell, Legends centers on Martin Odum (Bean), an undercover agent working for the FBI’s Deep Cover Operations division. Martin has the uncanny ability to transform himself into a completely different person for each job. But he begins to question his own identity when a mysterious stranger suggests that Martin isn’t the man he believes himself to be. “Legends has everything you want in a good spy drama: intriguing characters, multi-layered plots, a terrific cast and lots of action and suspense,” said TNT’s head of programming Michael Wright. READ MORE »

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Ali Larter Cast As Female Lead In Howard Gordon’s TNT Pilot ‘Legends’

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Thursday January 10, 2013 @ 12:04pm PSTTags: Big Deals TV, Legends
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EXCLUSIVE: Former Heroes star Ali Larter has been tapped as the female lead opposite Sean Bean in TNT‘s drama pilot Legends, from Homeland‘s Howard Gordon. Legends, developed by Gordon, Jeffrey Nachmanoff and Mark Bomback from the … Read More »

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Cyrus Voris & Ethan Reiff Join TNT Pilot ‘Legends’ As Showrunners

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Thursday December 20, 2012 @ 2:47pm PSTTags: Big Deals TV, Legends, TNT
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EXCLUSIVE: Sleeper Cell creators Cyrus Voris and Ethan Reiff have been tapped as executive producers/showrunners of TNT‘s drama pilot Legends, from Homeland‘s Howard Gordon. Legends, developed by Gordon, Jeffrey Nachmanoff and Mark Bomback from the novel by … Read More »

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Steve Harris To Co-Star In Howard Gordon’s TNT Pilot ‘Legends’

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Monday December 17, 2012 @ 3:21pm PSTTags: Legends, TNT
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EXCLUSIVE: Steve Harris is set to co-star in TNT’s drama pilot Legends, executive produced by Homeland‘s Howard Gordon and produced by 20th TV’s Fox 21. Legends, based on the novel by Robert Littell, centers on Martin Odum … Read More »

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Amber Valletta, Rob Mayes & Tina Majorino Cast In TNT Pilot ‘Legends’

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Friday December 14, 2012 @ 10:38am PSTTags: Legends, TNT
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EXCLUSIVE: Amber Valletta is set to co-star opposite Sean Bean in TNT’s drama pilot Legends, executive produced by Homeland‘s Howard Gordon. Also cast in the pilot, based on the novel by Robert Littell, are Rob Mayes, Tina Majorino and Lux Haney Jardine. Legends centers on Martin Odum (Bean), a deep-cover CIA operative who has an uncanny ability to transform himself into a different person for each job. Valletta will play Martin’s ex-wife and mother to preteen Aiden (Jardine), who thinks Aiden got his smart mouth from Martin. Mayes will play Troy, a former Special Ops guy with a “mission-first mentality” who now works as a federal agent with the DCO. Majorino will play Maggie, the newest member of the DCO field support team. Read More »

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Brendan Fraser Exits TNT Pilot ‘Legends’

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Thursday November 1, 2012 @ 2:00pm PDTTags: Brendan Fraser, Legends, TNT
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Brendan Fraser Exits Legends TNT Pilot Brendan Fraser has departed TNT’s drama pilot Legends. The Mummy star was set to make his series debut with the project, developed by Howard Gordon, Jeffrey Nachmanoff and Mark Bomback from the novel by Robert Littell. He was to play the lead, Martin Odum, a deep-cover operative who has an uncanny ability to transform himself into a different person for each job. The parting of the ways happened after the actor and showrunner Gordon did not see eye to eye on the character and couldn’t bridge their creative differences. The role will now be recast. Read More »

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Brendan Fraser Set To Star In Howard Gordon’s TNT Drama Pilot ‘Legends’

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Thursday October 18, 2012 @ 12:38pm PDTTags: Legends, TNT
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The Mummy star Brendan Fraser is set to topline TNT’s drama pilot Legends. Developed by Howard Gordon, Jeffrey Nachmanoff and feature writer Mark Bomback from the novel by Robert Littell, the project follows Martin Odum (Fraser), a … Read More »

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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
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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 … Read More »

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