(MediaBuyerPlanner) Academy Award-winning director Steven Spielberg has signed with Fox and Mark Burnett to produce a reality TV show based on finding the next great director, called On the Lot, writes Media Life.
Spielberg’s Amblin TV, Dreamworks TV and Burnett will produce the show, which will air two nights a week, writes MediaWeek. A panel of judges along with viewers will vote on which contestants the show will eliminate each week.
Spielberg will make intermittent appearances on the show. Each week, the 16 finalists will split into four teams and produce a short film in the designated genre for that episode. Contestants compete for the opportunity to meet with Spielberg, own a Dreamworks office, and receive funding for a full-length feature.
Though it should be ready to air by next season, Fox has not decided if the show will debut this fall or later.
