The formula sounds great. A feisty relationship, a la Bruce Willis and Cybill Shepherd, combined with the spirit of legal crusader Erin Brockovich, the role that won Julia Roberts her Oscar. Mix in some appealing young talent and bizarro cases, and you’ve got The CW’s newest series pilot headed for production, tentatively titled Wrecking Ball. The drama centers around a novice politician (from a Kennedy-esque dynasty) who becomes derailed by scandal. An outspoken campaign aide—a beautiful new law school grad—then urges the attorney to pull some strings for a cancer patient battling the medical establishment. Which, of course, leads to the duo opening a small firm devoted to seemingly “lost causes,” says Variety. Elsewhere…an evil small town. A lakeside retreat with a creepy secret. An abandoned cabin in the forest. They’re classic horror settings being considered for 13, a new reality hybrid The CW is now casting to premiere this summer. Jay Bienstock (Survivor) and Spiderman film director Sam Raimi are co-producing the eight-episode thriller, which will eliminate weekly participants in the scariest challenges imaginable. Horror franchises like Friday the 13th and A Nightmare on Elm Street were inspiration for the series, Bienstock notes. “We want to put people in a place like that, where they have to deal with their fears and anxieties.”

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