Mad Men alums Maria and Andre Jacquemetton are on board to pen the script for Paramount Television and executive produce.
The project, which received a script commitment, is being eyed as a short-order event series — but with the potential to continue for a second season. Stanley R. Jaffe and Anonymous Content's Rosalie Swedlin will exec produce.
Current Fox president of entertainment David Madden developed and supervised the movie — which scored six Oscar nominations — when he was an exec at Paramount's film studio.
The potential series is described as a reimagining of the iconic thriller, in which a married man’s indiscretion comes back to haunt him.
For Fox, the deal comes as the network is poised to reboot The X-Files and launch film-to-TV remakes with Minority Report and a new take on Frankenstein.
At Paramount, meanwhile, Fatal Attraction comes as the TV division continues to mine its film library for the small screen. The company also has updated takes on Shutter Island in the works at HBO and Shooter at USA Network, among others. The deal expands Paramount TV and Fox's relationship beyond their upcoming Grease: Live production.
Reboots and remakes have been a major development season trend this past year — with a few already on the fall schedule as broadcast and cable networks alike look for proven hits with built-in audiences in a bid to draw live viewers in an increasingly crowded original scripted landscape.
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