CBS Orders Four Drama Pilots Including TV Version of ‘L.A. Confidential’

CBS has greenlit a pilot order for proposed drama “L.A. Confidential,” based on the 1997 movie and following the plot of James Ellroy’s original novel, which will feature multiple detectives as they try to solve a murder in 1950s Hollywood. This is the second time a TV version of the novel has gotten to the pilot stage; Kiefer Sutherland and Eric Roberts shot one back in 2003, but it was never picked up to series.

CBS has also ordered pilots from Greg Berlanti and “A Wrinkle In Time” director Ava DuVernay called “Red Line,” which will center on an incident in which a black doctor is shot by a white cop in Chicago, and the ensuing fallout from that moment. There is also drama “The Code,” about military lawyers, and “Main Justice,” a Jerry Bruckheimer-produced show based on the life and career of former Obama-era attorney general Eric Holder, vying for series pick-ups by the Eye net.