While they clearly have enormous plans for the cinema, Warner Bros. are continuing to plunder their DC comics catalogue for TV projects too. Like Gotham, one of their next major projects will be set up for the Fox channel. Jerry Bruckheimer will executive produce Global Frequency, based on the Wildstorm / Vertigo comics by Warren Ellis. Rockne S. O'Bannon (Farscape, Defiance) will be the principal writer.
The comics revolve around a covert intelligence agency headed by the pseudonymous agent Miranda Zero. Independent, accountable to no-one, crowd-sourced and funded by mysterious benefactors, the agency's purpose is to guard against and tackle various worldwide secret government initiatives that may threaten the public at large. Agents are unknown even to each other until they're placed on assigments together, and the cases they face range from the paramilitary to the paranormal.
There was actually a TV pilot once before in 2005, overseen by reality TV mogul Mark Burnett for network The CW, and starring Michelle Forbes (Star Trek: The Next Generation, Battlestar Galactica) as Zero. It wasn't picked up for a full series at that time, but the stars seem to be aligned for Bruckheimer's version. WBTV-DC Entertainment's Gotham and The Flash have been big hits this year and already received full season orders. The timing looks right. The forthcoming Supergirl series already has a season order despite the pilot not having aired yet.
Bruckheimer and O'Bannon will be joined behind the scenes by Ellis, Jonathan Littman and KristieAnne Reed. The talent in front of the camera has yet to be decided. Let the campaign for Forbes' reinstatement begin here.