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ABC has given a cast-contingent pilot order to Will Trent, a crime drama based on Karin Slaughter’s bestselling Will Trent book series, from The Big Leap creator Liz Heldens and Dan Thomsen (Batwoman) who previously worked together on Fox’s The Passage. 20th Television, where Heldens is under a deal, is the studio.
Written by Heldens and Thomsen, the potential pilot, whose green light hinges on casting the lead, revolves around Special Agent Will Trent of the Georgia Bureau of Investigations (GBI), who was abandoned at birth and endured a harsh coming-of-age in Atlanta’s overwhelmed foster care system. But now, determined to use his unique point of view to make sure no one feels as abandoned as he was, Will Trent has the highest clearance rate in the GBI.
Heldens and Thomsen executive produce, along with Slaughter.
There have been previous attempts to bring Slaughter’s popular crime novels to the screen, including a series of TV movie adaptations developed by Yellow Bird a decade ago.
Slaughter has written 21 novels, which have sold more than 40 million copies and have been published in 120 countries. Her 2018 novel Pieces of Her, has been adapted into an eight-episode dramatic thriller series at Netflix, starring Bella Heathcote and Toni Collette, set for release on March 4.
If ordered to pilot, Will Trent would join previously announced ABC drama pilots L.A. Law, a new incarnation of the iconic Steven Bochco legal drama starring Blair Underwood, and Untitled Alaska Project starring Hilary Swank, from Spotlight and Stillwater director Tom McCarthy.
Heldens is the creator and executive producer of Fox/20th TV’s ballet-themed comedy drama The Big Leap. She previously developed and executive produced The Passage, 20th TV’s
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