House of 1000 Corpses co-stars Chris Hardwick (“Talking Dead” and the just announced “Underbelly”) and Rainn Wilson are now both part of the AMC family, as the network announced at the Television Critics Association’s summer press tour over the weekend that Wilson is developing a sci-fi series for them.
Wilson will executive produce and star in “Untitled Rainn Wilson Project,” described as “a one-hour scripted series that follows an alien entity which takes over the body of a poly-addicted, middle-aged man living in the San Fernando Valley.”
“We are at our best when we bet on and support exceptional talent; and this diverse development slate, from exceptional creators with distinct points of view, includes multiple projects from longstanding and successful AMC partners,” said Charlie Collier, president of AMC, SundanceTV, and AMC Studios. “Our deep pipeline of projects embodies our ‘eclectic by design,’ quality programming approach and our ‘scripts-to-series’ development model that puts the emphasis on the most important part of our strategy – outstanding writing, a commitment to worlds you’ve never seen on TV before, and rich character development.”
Naomi Odenkirk and Marc Provissiero will also executive produce the series.