Cartoon Network Picks Up Two Live-Action Series

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Cartoon Network has picked up thirteen episodes of two hour-longoriginal, scripted live-action series, "Tower Prep" and Warner HorizonTelevision's "Unnatural History". Production on the network's first-everhour-long action series is slated to begin in January 2010.

"These new series will offer our viewers a type of action-packed evententertainment not found anywhere else," said Rob Sorcher, chief contentofficer of Cartoon Network. "We are looking forward to working with allof the great talent involved in these exciting new ventures, which webelieve will be a powerful complement to our diverse and expandingarray of original programming."

Tower Prep is an action thriller telling the story of a rebelliousteen, Ian (Drew Van Acker), who wakes up one morning to find himselftrapped at a mysterious prep school focused on tapping into the "uniquepotential" of its students. Ian forms a secret group with fellowstudents CJ (Elise Gatien), Gabe (Ryan Pinkston) and Suki (Dyana Liu)as they search for answers to where they are and how to get home. Thepilot was executive-produced and written by Paul Dini (Lost, Batman:Arkham Asylum), with Terry McDonough (Breaking Bad, The Street)directing. The series will be produced out of Cartoon Network Studiosin Burbank, CA, in association with Dolphin Entertainment.

Unnatural History is an action-packed mystery series centering on HenryGriffin (Kevin G. Schmidt), a teenager with exceptional skills acquiredthrough years of globe-trotting with his anthropologist parents.Shipped off to a high school in Washington D.C., Henry and hissmooth-talking cousin Jasper (Jordan Gavaris) find themselves wrappedup in mysteries revolving around the national museum. Mike Werb(Face/Off, The Mask) created the series and wrote the pilot, which wasdirected by Emmy Award winner Mikael Salomon (Band of Brothers, TheAndromeda Strain, The Company). The series will be executive producedby Mike Werb and produced by Warner Horizon Television.

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