Hall
Showtime has signed "Six Feet Under" thesp Michael C. Hall to star in the series pilot "Dexter."
Paybox entertainment chief Robert Greenblatt also has recruited "Six Feet" helmer Michael Cuesta to direct the project, one of four hourlong pilots Showtime ordered in June.
Hall will play Dexter Morgan, a Miami Police Dept. forensics expert who moonlights as a serial killer -- murdering only guilty parties. Based on the Jeff Lindsay novel "Darkly Dreaming Dexter," series comes from scribe James Manos Jr. ("The Sopranos"), who will exec produce with John Goldwyn and Sara Colleton.
Other pilots in the works at Showtime are "Filthy Gorgeous," about the world of high-end escorts, from producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron and writer Ron Nyswaner; "The Tudors," period piece about the younger years of Henry VIII, from writer Michael Hirst and producers Ben Silverman, Eric Fellner and Tim Bevan; and "The Bastard," revolving around a lawyer looking to wrest his birthright away from his wealthy dysfunctional family, from scribe Robert Greenwalt.
Hall's credits include the John Woo feature "Paycheck" and the Broadway productions of "Cabaret" and "Chicago."
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