SCI FI has ordered a script for PHENOMENON, a two-hour pilot exec produced by Kiefer Sutherland (24) and Maggie Murphy, president of Sutherland's production company, East Side Ent., who also serves as exec producer. Phenomenon follows a crack team of experts, lead by a mysterious young female prodigy, as they investigate bizarre and supernatural anomalies of nature.
SCI FI consistently pushes the envelope on the limits of human imagination with provocative and thought-provoking stories that explore the supernatural within the world around us.
"In PHENOMENON, ordinary people have their assumptions about the natural world -- their very belief systems -- completely shattered when they are confronted by unsettling, unexplained phenomena," said Mark Stern, evp, programming, SCI FI Channel. "Kiefer and Maggie will lend their top-notch creative skills as executive producers to create a viewing experience as intriguing and surreal as the title would suggest."
Sutherland has received a Golden Globe, an Emmy and two Screen Actor's Guild Awards for his portrayal of government agent Jack Bauer on 24, which he also is an exec producer on. Murphy has several network television projects currently in development and has been involved in the development of a string of high profile shows, including VERONICA MARS, ROSWELL, ALLY MCBEAL, THE X-FILES and THE SIMPSONS.
Brad Follmer and Lauren Iungerich will penn the project. Both previously worked together on the feature films SUPERHERO SUMMER CAMP for Warner Bros. and THE BOOK CLUB for The Weinstein Co. They have also collaborated on television pilots, such as CONFLICT OF INTEREST, MALPRACTICE, and DUMB GIRLS for the CW.
SCI FI Channel is a television network where "what if" is what's on. SCI FI fuels the imagination of viewers with original series and events, blockbuster movies and classic science fiction and fantasy programming, as well as a dynamic website (www.scifi.com) and magazine. Launched in 1992, and currently in 89 million homes, SCI FI Channel is a network of NBC Universal, one of the world's leading media and entertainment companies.
