In what will be his first gig directing a TV pilot, Kevin Smith has signed on to helm Reaper, the supernatural-themed CW drama from exec producer Mark Gordon (Grey's Anatomy).CW drama chief Thom Sherman has lined up several other major TV and feature helmers for the net's first full slate of drama pilots, including James Frawley and brothers Josh and Jonah Pate, as well as the previously announced Rod Lurie and Mark Piznarski.
Smith will begin lensing next month on Reaper, an ABC Television Studio-produced hour about a 21-year-old slacker who ends up becoming Satan's bounty hunter, retrieving souls lost from Hell.
While Smith hasn't directed a TV pilot, he's not a complete stranger to the medium. He adapted his pic Clerks as a short-lived animated show for ABC that he exec produced.
Hopefully the network lets Kevin inject as much of his personality into the show as he can. It scored with Smallville, which no one probably expected, so a Kevin Smith series should be cake. I can't wait. Full story here.
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