Fox Orders Two Pilots, NEXT and ADAM & EVE

Fox has ordered two new pilots, AI thriller drama neXT and single-camera comedy Adam & Eve, according to Deadline.

neXT hails from 24: Legacy co-creator and executive producer Manny Coto, This Is Us directors and executive producers John Requa and Glenn Ficarra and 20th Century FOX TV.

neXt is described as a propulsive, fact-based thriller grounded in the latest A.I. research. It features a brilliant but paranoid former tech CEO who joins a Homeland Cybersecurity Agent and her team to stop the world's first artificial intelligence crisis: the emergence of a rogue AI with the ability to continuously improve itself. Marrying pulse-pounding action with a layered examination of how technology is invading our lives and transforming us in ways we don't yet understand, the series also presents us with a villain like we've never seen before, one whose greatest weapon against us is ourselves.

Coto, who wrote the script on spec, executive produces alongside Requa and Ficarra, who also direct, and Charlie Gogolak of Zaftig Films for 20th TV.

Adam & Eve is based on the French-Canadian format, from writer Jon Beckerman (Ed), original series producers Avanti Groupe and 20th Century FOX TV.

The comedy follows one couple at three stages of their relationship - young and passionate, middle-aged with kids, and navigating retirement. It's a comedy about the big questions: What makes a marriage last? Do people ever really change? And, after 40 years together, why can't we pick a place for dinner without it turning into a whole, you know, "thing?"

Beckerman executive produces with Avanti Group's Claude Meunier and Luc Wiseman. 20th Century FOX TV is the studio.

Read the original article on Deadline.