"Godzilla" director to spearhead a new ABC pilot

Guess you can't keep a branching director down.

Fresh from his much-maligned film "Anonymous", where Roland Emmerich first branched out into the field of drama...and faced severe criticism because of it...Emmerich is now ready to change the face of television.

He is currently developing a new ABC pilot that will premier sometime in 2012, presumably during the fall season when sweeps and TV awards are in full swing.

News of this ABC pilot is  rather vague, but it looks like it will continue the new "drama" phase that Emmerich seems to be focusing on.

Here's a very brief synopsis on it:

"The potential series uses the backdrop of the 2012 presidential race to tell the story of a young astrophysics student who 'learns his destiny lies not in science but somewhere between heaven and hell.'"

Wow that goes in all different directions all at once huh.

 Is it a contemporary drama? A science fiction adventure? A horror/religious show ala "Constantine"?

Still it sounds rather interesting, and coming from the director of "Godzilla" no doubt it will involve giant special effects here and there.

All maligned news aside from his work on "Anonymous", I'm proud of anyone who tries to do something new and different.

It remains so easy to stick to a scheduled pattern...it's much harder to break that mold and try something new.