Jeffrey Reiner, the Friday Night Lights director who also shot David E. Kelley’s aborted Wonder Woman pilot, has signed on to direct The 6th Gun, an NBC pilot based on the comics by Cullen Bunn and Brian Hurtt.According to Deadline, the TV version doesn’t vary a ton from its comic book roots: “The Sixth Gun, produced by Uni TV, is a supernatural Western which follows the story of six mythical guns, each with its own other-worldly powers,” says the report.The project was originally set up as a miniseries at Syfy but the cable network let it languish too long and eventually Lost producer Carlton Cuse came along to rescue it and bring it to NBC. NBC and Syfy are both part of the broader NBC-Universal family, although obviously NBC is a much bigger stage.”There’s a lot of excitement over it! I’m really thrilled with what they have planned,” series writer and co-creator Bunn told ComicBook.com in an interview earlier this month. The writer has entered the mainstream comics scene in a big way and is currently writing Venom and The Fearless Defenders for Marvel Comics.According to The Hollywood Reporter, Ryan Condal will pen the script with Cuse set to serve as executive producer and showrunner on the drama. This is Cuse’s second pilot to be ordered this season following Bates Motel, a reimagining of Psycho. Eric Gitter and Andy Borne will also serve as executive producers on The Sixth Gun.
