Paramount has hired Akiva Goldsman and Jeff Pinkner to write the pilot for “Ghost,” a TV series the studio is planning based on the Patrick Swayze film. “Ghost” won two Oscars and was nominated for three others in 1990.
Goldsman won an Oscar of his own for “A Beautiful Mind,” and is in the process of making his directorial debut, “Winter’s Tale.” He and Pinkner both worked on “Fringe,” Fox’s science fiction TV show that aired its final episode in January.
“We are thrilled to collaborate with Akiva and Jeff, two deeply creative and accomplished talents, on the television adaptation of this classic supernatural drama,” Paramount TV president Amy Powell said in a statement.