ABC Give Pilot Order To Plane Crash Drama ‘Wreckage’ Based On Emily Bleeker Novel
ABC has handed a pilot order to ‘Wreckage’, a plane crash drama based on the novel by Emily Bleeker, from writer Jacquie Walters and director/producer Marc Webb.
Wreckage follows the story of Lillian Linden, who looks like a brave survivor of a plane crash. But she’s been lying to her family, her friends, and the whole world since rescue helicopters scooped her and her fellow survivor, Dave Hall, off a deserted island in the South Pacific. Missing for almost four years, the castaways are thrust into the spotlight after their rescue, becoming media darlings overnight. But they can’t tell the real story – so they lie.
The public is fascinated by the castaways’ saga, but Lillian and Dave must return to their lives and their spouses. Genevieve Randall, a hard-nosed journalist and host of a news program, isn’t buying it. She suspects Lillian’s and Dave’s explanations about the other crash survivors aren’t true. And now, Genevieve’s determined to get the real story, no matter how many lives it destroys.
In this intriguing tale of survival, secrets, and redemption, two everyday people thrown together by tragedy must finally face the truth… even if it tears them apart.
Jacquie Walters (‘Just Add Magic’, ‘Big Shot’) is set to write the drama, with Marc Webb (‘The Amazing Spider-Man’, ‘The Society’) set to direct. Webb exec produces, alongside Sarah Timberman & Carl Beverly for Timberman-Beverly Productions, Mark Martin for Webb’s Black Lamb Productions. Walters will be co-executive producer, whilst author Emily Bleeker serves as a consultant. ABC Studios produce the series.
‘Wreckage’ is the fifth pilot order so far for ABC, alongside ‘Thirtysomething(else)’ – a reboot of the 1987-91 series ‘Thirtysomething’, with emphasis on the original cast’s children; Berlanti Productions contemporary re-imagining of Dracula, ‘The Brides’; Erin Brockovich inspired legal drama ‘Rebel’; And ‘Harlem’s Kitchen’, which sees a restaurant -owning family’s life turned upsidedown when long-buried secrets are revealed.
As ‘Wreckage’ is only a pilot, there is no guarantee it will go to series, but we’ll let you know when we hear more.
