After securing two TV projects at CBS in 2009 through his production company, UppiTV, Samuel L. Jackson and writer/executive producer David Loughery are developing a detective drama for The CW.
Variety states that the project, 'Hackshaw,' follows a young twentysomething man who believes he's a relative of Sherlock Holmes or is actually the great detective. The main character's psychiatrist believes he suffers from Dissociative Identity Disorder.
A young police officer, the sister of the psychiatrist, learns Hackshaw can help her solve crimes. Look for lots of sexual tension and perhaps a love triangle between Hackshaw, the police officer and the psychiatrist.
Jackson previously served as a TV producer Spike TV's animated series 'Afro Samurai.'
In 2009, Jackson's UppiTV secured two projects at CBS, a multi-camera comedy from writer Bob Kushell and a medical drama from writer Andrea Newman. Kushell's pilot is about the wife of a U.S. congressman who inherits her husband's seat when he dies unexpectedly in the middle of his term, while Newman's medical drama centers on an emergency room doctor who uses unconventional methods to treat his patients.
Jackson extended a first-look television deal with CBS and their properties to produce and develop upcoming projects for another two years.