Dynasty and Valor - Reboot and Military Drama Ordered to Series by The CW

The CW has picked up to series Valor, a serialized military drama/conspiracy thriller starring Matt Barr and penned by writer-musician Kyle Jarrow. It joins the just-picked-up sprawling soap Dynasty on the schedule for next season.

In Valor, the boundaries between military discipline and human desire are tested on a U.S. Army base that houses an elite unit of helicopter pilots trained to perform clandestine international and domestic missions. The drama unfolds in the present as well as in flashbacks to a failed mission involving one of the first female pilots in the unit, ultimately uncovering layers of personal and government/military secrets and leading to a season-long plan to rescue a group of MIA soldiers.

Source:

Deadline

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Ordered to series is early front-runner Dynasty, which marks the return of Gossip Girl duo Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage to the network.

The CW's Dynasty is described as a modern take that follows two of America's wealthiest families, the Carringtons and the Colbys, as they feud for control over their fortune and their children. The drama will be told primarily through the perspectives of two women at odds: Fallon Carrington — daughter of billionaire Blake Carrington (Grant Show) — and her soon-to-be stepmother, Cristal (Nathalie Kelley) — a Hispanic woman marrying into this WASP family and America’s most powerful class. In an age where dynasties appear everywhere — from reality TV to the polling booths — this epic drama features the one percent in all its glitz and gloss, while exposing the dark underbelly: a corrupt world built on backroom deals, betrayal, and, in some cases, murder.

Dynasty hails from CBS Television Studios — where Silberling is under an overall deal. Dynasty, which co-stars Elizabeth Gillies (Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll), Sam Adegoke (Murder in the First), Robert Christopher Riley (Hit the Floor), Alan Dale (The O.C.) and Rafael de la Feuente (Empire), is produced by Schwartz and Savage's newly independent production company Fake Empire. Dyasty marks the second series pickup in as many weeks for Schwartz and Savage, who also are behind Hulu's take on Marvel's beloved comic series Runaways.

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The Hollywood Reporter