Bible as source for TV Fiction

Could be interesting. Sex, violence, politics, what's not to like?

NBC made a last-minute pilot order on Nov. 2, the day the Writers Guild of America set the stage for a strike, giving a green light to Kings, a contemporary soap drama loosely based on the biblical story of King David that will feature some magical elements, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

I Am Legend's Francis Lawrence is set to direct the one-hour pilot, written by Heroes co-executive producer Michael Green. The two will executive-produce the Universal Media Studios project with Lawrence's manager, Erwin Stoff, the trade paper reported.

Set in the present day, Kings centers on a small-town guy who gets mixed up with the upper-crust social and political elite of a monarchy and eventually will become the new king.

The plot 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.