The CW Gives Out Pilot Order For Melrose Place Remake

The CW’s reboot of Melrose Place has received an official pilot order, and Oscar winner Davis Guggenheim will direct it. A remake of the ’90s series about a group of twentysomethings living in the trendy Melrose neighborhood of Los Angeles, the pilot was written by Darren Swimmer and Todd Slavkin. Guggenheim, who won an Oscar for the documentary An Inconvenient Truth, is known for directing edgy TV dramas such as Deadwood, 24 and the pilot for The Unit. But early in his career, he helmed lighter fare, including Fox’s Party of Five.