Spielberg Exec-Producing Ground Zero Doc

PASADENA: Science Channel has given the greenlight to Rebuilding Ground Zero, a six-part documentary series from Steven Spielberg, DreamWorks Television and KPI Productions that will air in 2011.

Spielberg will serve as executive producer and creative adviser on the show, which was conceived by professional architect Danny Forster (host and producer of Science Channel’s Build it Bigger) and Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Jonathan Hock. Rebuilding Ground Zero will chronicle the building of the new One World Trade Center through the eyes of architects, engineers, construction workers and city planners. The series will feature 3D, high-definition, time-lapse cameras and fourth-dimensional computer modeling techniques. Science Channel cameras have been granted access from the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and the Lower Manhattan Construction Command Center (LMCCC). Each episode will focus on one aspect of the project, from constructing the 1,776-foot tower at One World Trade Center to the memorials, park, underground museum and transportation hub being erected at the site.

"As we developed this project we realized no one could tell the story of the amazing engineering feats and the intimate portraits of the heroes involved better than Spielberg and DreamWorks Television," said Debbie Myers, Science Channel’s general manager. "Ground Zero is an icon of America’s strength, courage and dreams of the future. Through Rebuilding Ground Zero viewers will travel through the fascinating engineering mastery and emotional journeys of those involved in rebuilding the area."