Josh Schwartz (“Chuck”, “Gossip Girl”) is developing a U.S. version of the U.K. sci-fi drama Misfits, Vulture reports:
Our spies say Fake Empire, the Warner Bros. TV-based production company Schwartz runs with partner Stephanie Savage, has just finalized a deal for the rights to the show, which revolves around a group of working-class teens who find themselves endowed with superpowers following an electrical storm.
Schwartz will be teaming with Misfits creator Howard Overman to write the U.S. adaptation. No network is currently attached.