Image: Kate Sedgwick, at the Direction of Tom Gates
The CW and Ridley Scott backpack some heat and sign FNL star for a RTW.
The Backpacker’s Bond is Bourne?
According to The Hollywood Reporter, The CW has tapped Friday Night Lights‘ Scott Porter for a television pilot that will leave all backpackers dreaming in their bunks. Recovering from a bit of a bumbler with Speed Racer, Porter (who played Jason Street on FNL) could be the right man in the right place at the right time.
Porter goes Planet? Photo mashup: Kate Sedgwick with
images courtesy of Anthony Citrano and flo and me
Nomads is described as “an adrenaline-fueled thrill ride following a group of nearly broke young backpackers traveling the world who agree to earn money by working secret missions for the CIA.” We’re dying to know if they’ll hit the party hostel circuit, or if there will be any bunk nookie along the way.
Will they have to pay for a key deposit? Will they lose it?
Famed director Ridley Scott has been brought on as an executive producer, hopefully learning a few lessons from his other recent and allegedly-cancelled Numbr3rs, which was written also written by Nomads‘ executive producer Ken Sanzel.
Do you think the show has a shot? You, the Matador reader, probably know more than anyone about hostels and adventure. Could a show like this become the hosteler’s Alias?
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Are there random drug tests required?
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Well…interesting….I kinda feel like that really cool song I love just got on pop radio….
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Beats watching Sarah Palin as a travel show host
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Sounds like a guilty pleasure show. It’ll either be lots of fun or unwatchable.
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Ok, this scares me.
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If only this were real life and we could do secret CIA missions instead of fruit picking to earn some cash!
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working cia jobs undercover on the road would sure beat busking in istanbul or selling clothes you “found” at the local laundry. show will probably be cancelled after first season, i might watch tho, kinda curious.
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Languishing in a foreign prison would be kind of exciting too…
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