12 Monkeys Pilot Hires Director

 

Jeffrey Reiner has been hired to direct the pilot episode of SyFy's 12 Monkeys, based on Terry Gilliam's superb 1995 Bruce Willis/Brad Pitt movie.


The network has ordered a one-hour pilot, to be written by Terra Nova's Terry Matalas and Travis Fickett.

Reiner will also serve as executive producer on the project. His previous credits include short-lived Battlestar Galactica spin-off Caprica, and the failed pilots for The Sixth Gun and 2011's Adriane Palicki take on Wonder Woman.

With talent with such a history of successful projects like that involved, 12 Monkeys is already looking like it's on incredibly unstable ground.

It doesn't help that Terry Gilliam himself has been... less than enthusiastic about his film receiving the small-screen treatment.

"It doesn't have anything to do with me and no-one has contacted me. It's a very dumb idea. If it was going to be any good, it would have to be written by David and Janet Peoples, who wrote the film."

Ouch.

Six Seasons and a movie? I wouldn't bet on it...