Los Angeles: A new project, based on the 1967 Oscar-winning film 'In the Heat of the Night', is in works for TV.
Showtime and MGM Television are developing a project that will have 'The Help' helmer Tate Taylor as writer and director, according to the Hollywood Reporter.
The film, starring Sidney Poitier, Rod Steiger and Warren Oates, revolved around a white man and a black man working together to solve a murder investigation in a racially hostile Mississippi.
The movie was based on the 1965 John Ball novel and won five Academy Awards in 1967, including best picture, best actor for Steiger and best adapted screenplay.
Taylor is making his TV directing debut with Netflix comedy 'Grace & Frankie' with Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin.
His film projects include Sony's Tupperware Unsealed project with Sandra Bullock and 'In the Event of a Moon Disaster'.
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