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SF Pilots OK'd By UPN

UPN has ordered two SF-themed pilots, the Zap2it Web site reported. One is Weapon X, about a government agent who gains superpowers after having computer chips implanted in his body. Silvio Horta (the SCI FI Channel's original series The Chronicle) wrote the pilot and will executive produce with Gina Matthews and Grant Scharbo.

UPN has also ordered Newton, from writer Craig Silverstein (The Dead Zone) and producer Joel Silver (The Matrix), the site reported. That pilot tells the story of a family that moves to a new town, which also happens to be the testing site for an array of high-tech gadgetry.

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Fox Orders Paranormal Pilots

Young women with special powers are at the heart of two drama pilots just ordered by Fox, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The first, an untitled project from 20th Century Fox Television and Original Television and executive producer/writer Jon Feldman and executive producer/director Rob Cohen, concerns a recent college graduate who discovers that she's able to save lives by changing the course of events, the trade paper reported. Cohen will direct the pilot.

The second pilot, from 20th and Regency Television and executive producer/director Todd Holland and executive producer/writer Bryan Fuller, is an untitled drama about a twentysomething woman who helps people using her power to communicate with animals, the trade paper reported. Holland will direct the pilot.

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