News > NBC Greenlights Kings
November 5, 2007
Written by David Morgan
Rushing to get the deal done before the strike hit, NBC managed to greenlight Kings, described by as a "contemporary soap loosely based on the story of King David, the Biblical king of Israel."
Francis Lawrence (I Am Legend) will direct the pilot written by Michael Green (co-executive producer on Heroes).
Set in present day, Kings centers on 'a regular small-town guy who gets mixed up with the upper crust social and political elite of a monarchy and eventually would become the new king,' Green said. 'It's a Cinderella story and a story of struggle for power.'
The plot of the soap, which will feature magical elements, loosely parallels the story of the biblical David, a shepherd boy who went on to defeat the giant Goliath and become Israel's second king.
Green is reportedly on a mission to reintroduce the public to the "sex and war" parts of the Bible.
