TNT Picks Up Steven Spielberg Alien Apocalypse Drama

TNT order nine episodes from three pilots, including one from Steven Spielberg in which Noah Wyle leads a band of people who survived an alien invasion. The other two shows are Delta Blues, which stars Jason Lee as a Memphis police officer who moonlights as an Elvis impersonator, and is produced by George Clooney; and Rizzoli, based on the Jane Rizzoli mystery series by Tess Gerritsen.

The unnamed invasion project was created by Saving Private Ryan screenwriter, Robert Rodat, and features Wyle as the leader of a "ragtag group" of citizens and former soldiers who resist the invading aliens which have already eliminated most of the human race. No other details have been released.

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