Between the VIP section of newly picked up series and the pilot of rejected
pilots is the no man's land of pilots that are neither dead nor picked up yet.
Here is a rundown on what is still alive and which dead pilots are looking for
life elsewhere: **_EXIT STRATEGY_**: Fox passing on the Ethan Hawke-starring
action drama pilot was one of the biggest surprises on Tuesday when Fox made
its series pickups. But the project, from 20th TV and Roberto Orci and Alex
Kurtzman's K/O Paper Products, is very much alive at the network for a
possible midseason order. Veteran director-producer **Ken Olin** has come on
board to help with the retooling of the project. He worked with Orci and
Kurtzman on_ Alias_ where he also met K/O president Heather Kadin, then an ABC
exec. Olin is expected to serve as co-showrunner if _Exit Strategy_ is picked
up to series. The pilot has been praised for the look established by director
Antoine Fuqua but I hear that Fox brass felt the action needed to be infused
with more character. Olin is already pitching ideas to do that, working
alongside creator David Guggenheim who ...
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