Los Angeles/San Diego, CA (Oct
8, 2014) – IDW Entertainment and Entertainment One Television (eOne
Television) announced today that Secret Service drama
COBB is being developed for television under their first-look co-production agreement.
COBB is being developed as a television series and is based on the acclaimed IDW Publishing property written by
Beau Smith. Veteran television writer and producer
Thania St. John (
Covert Affairs, Chicago Fire) is writing the pilot and will serve as showrunner on the series.
COBB is a conspiracy thriller following Frank Cobb, a top
ranking Secret Service agent, whose life gets turned upside down when he
is removed from active duty after stumbling onto a deadly conspiracy at
the highest global level. He must win back his reputation and save the
newly elected President of the United States.
“There is no margin for error when guarding the President of the United
States, but the men and women of the Secret Service are only human, as
we've learned this week” said St. John. “This show explores how one
agent's heroism - or mistake - can affect global security. And how a
conspiracy at unthinkable levels can exist, even in an era of total
surveillance and transparency.”
Smith said, "The best protection the President can have is courage...and
Cobb. I look forward to seeing this courage and Cobb come alive in this
new television series based on my character."
Executive Producing the series are
Ted Adams and
David Ozer from IDW Entertainment,
John Morayniss, Michael Rosenberg, and
Benedict Carver from eOne, and
David Alpert and
Rick Jacobs from Circle of Confusion (
Walking Dead).
“
COBB is a thrilling project with shocking twists and turns,
and we are excited to build on our collaboration with our partners at
IDW Entertainment, who not only have unmatched access to a goldmine of
properties with international appeal, but also an immensely talented
team with whom to produce and bring these projects to life,” said
Morayniss, CEO, eOne Television. “Thania has an amazing track record and
we are so pleased that she is on board.”
“Thania is a highly accomplished writer/producer, bringing a wealth of
information about the Secret Service,” said Ozer, IDW Entertainment
President, “
COBB brings viewers inside the inner workings of this top government agency.”
IDW Entertainment and eOne Television entered into a partnership in
April 2014 to co-develop, co-fund and co-produce television series based
on IDW’s extensive library of over 300 original properties, with the
intent of securing direct-to-series commitments for network and cable
television. The companies will jointly represent the U.S. network sales,
and eOne will be responsible for the international distribution of
programming.
About Entertainment One (eOne)
Entertainment One Ltd. (LSE: ETO) is a leading international
entertainment company that specializes in the acquisition, production
and distribution of film and television content. The company’s
comprehensive network extends around the globe including Canada, the
U.S., the UK, Ireland, Spain, Benelux, France, Germany, Scandinavia,
Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and South Korea. Through
established Entertainment and Distribution divisions, the company provides
extensive expertise in film distribution, television and music
production, family programming and merchandising and licensing. Its
current rights library is exploited across all media formats and
includes more than 35,000 film and television titles, 2,800 hours of
television programming and 45,000 music tracks.
Through strong relationships
with broadcasters and content providers, eOne Television International
has successfully sold eOne’s original and third-party productions to
over 500 broadcasters in 150 countries, including key US networks and
international pay TV channels.
About IDW Entertainment
IDW Entertainment launched in November 2013 to fund and
develop film and television properties based on IDW's extensive catalog.
The division is currently in development on a slate of properties
including Chuck Dixon’s epic Winterworld, being developed with
Xbox; V Wars by New York Times best-seller Jonathan Maberry with
writer/executive producer Tim Schlattman (Dexter, Smallville); action
packed comic series Pantheon with co-creator Michael Chiklis (The
Shield); Life Undead, with showrunner Paul Zbyszewski (S.H.I.E.L.D., Hawaii Five-O, Lost); and Brooklyn Animal Control, based on the darkly thrilling comic from writer/director J.T. Petty (Splinter Cell, Hellbenders).
IDW also has several active theatrical projects in development: Lore,
at Warner Bros. with Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson set to star; World War
Robot, with Jerry Bruckheimer producing at Disney and Jon Spaihts
writing the screenplay; and Zombies vs. Robots, at Sony with Platinum
Dunes and Circle of Confusion producing.
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