Marley Shelton and Rufus Sewell Investigate Mad Science in Eleventh Hour

If there was such a thing as the Midas Touch, then uber producer Jerry Bruckheimer certainly seems to have it. Every thing this guy touches turns to gold, including hit TV shows and movies (”Transformers”, “Bad Boys”, just to name a few). Bruckheimer’s latest venture is a U.S. version of the British show Eleventh Hour, and according to The Hollywood Reporter, actress Marley Shelton (below, “Grindhouse”) and actor Rufus Sewell (left, “Dark City”) have been tapped to star.

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The project, based on the limited British sci-fi series, centers on Jacob Hood (Sewell), a special science adviser to the government who, with his feisty female bodyguard Rachel (Shelton) in tow, saves people from the worst abuses of science.

In the original series, the roles were played by Patrick Stewart and “Ugly Betty’s” Ashley Jensen.

Whoa, Patrick Stewart was in another TV series and I didn’t know about it? Go figure.

Mick Davis will write and Danny Cannon will direct the pilot for CBS.