"V" Goes to Pilot

According to Variety, ABC has given the green light for Scott Peters' new version of "V" to go to pilot. "New adaptation fo the franchise was written by The 4400 co-creator/exec producer Scott Peters," reports the trade mag. "Peters is aboard to exec produce along with HDFilms pincipal Jason Hall. Warner Bros. TV, which was behind the original longform, is producing. The new 'V' centers on Erica evans, a Homeland Security agent with an aimless son. When the aliens arrive, her son gloms on to them -- causing tension within the family. Like the original, show centers on visitors who say they've come to help the earth -- but their motives are nefarious."