NBC has a new drama series in the works based on the Clint Eastwood thriller “In the Line of Fire,” released in 1993. Deadline.com reports that the network gave a script commitment “with a hefty penalty” to the project.

“Written by Carol Mendelsohn and Josh Berman — reuniting after working together on ‘CSI’ — the ‘In The Line Of Fire’ series centers on a Secret Service agent who, after a fall from grace, gets the chance to redeem himself when a rogue CIA hitman threatens to assassinate the president,” the story reports.

The series comes from Sony Pictures TV, with Mendelsohn and Berman executive producing with Gail Katz, who was a producer on the feature film, and Julie Weitz of Carol Mendelsohn Productions.