American Version Prepped for Collision

LONDON: The 2009 ITV series Collision is getting a U.S. treatment, with Eleventh Hour Films prepping a version for NBC in partnership with TriStar Television.

Anthony Horowitz, who created the original, will serve as showrunner on the American version, alongside Carol Mendelsohn and Julie Weitz. Eleventh Hour Films founder Jill Green will also be an active producer on the U.S. show. It is being envisioned as a ten-parter. If greenlit, it will go straight to series.

“Collision was one of the first genuine ‘event dramas’ when it aired on ITV in 2009—uniquely stripped across five continuous nights it was watched and talked about by millions of viewers," Green said. "We are delighted to now be working on a ‘local’ version for NBC as it was always Anthony and my dream that the drama should exist on a larger scale and as a longer length series. This is a country where it is routine to use your car to get everywhere—and never give it a second thought. The drama has universal, relatable characters and fuses together multiple genres.”

The event drama follows a group of strangers whose lives are changed by a road accident. Eleventh Hour's credits also include Safe House and Foyle's War.