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Gods might be behaving badly soon on U.S. TV

By Nellie Andreeva Hollywood Reporter

Ben Stiller's Red Hour Films is venturing into television with Gods Behaving Badly.

Red Hour has optioned Marie Phillips' upcoming debut novel to develop it into a comedy series.

Phillips was working at a book shop and writing a StrugglingAuthor blog in her hometown of London until she sold Gods, a contemporary comedic tale set in London, where the gods of ancient Greece have been living together in a house since the 1660s. They still are running the world, fighting with one another, but they are dangerously bored and living in much reduced circumstances. Apollo has turned a Goldman Sachs market trader into a tree after she refused casual sex with him. Aphrodite runs a telephone sex service.

''Gods Behaving Badly has a rare comedic collision of the mythic, the mundane and the emotionally real,'' Red Hour partner Stuart Cornfeld said. ''We are very excited about moving ahead with this.''

The book, published in the U.K. to strong reviews, is being released Dec. 10 in the U.S. It was brought to Red Hour's Jeremy Kramer by Kinsey producer Gail Mutrux and will be produced in partnership with her production company, Pretty Pictures.

The search is under way for a writer to adapt Gods for the small screen.

New on 'CSI: Miami'

Elizabeth Berkley is joining CBS' crime drama CSI: Miami as a recurring character.

She will play Julia Winston — Horatio Caine's (David Caruso) former wife and the mother of his recently discovered teenage son, Kyle (Evan Ellingson) — who becomes part of an investigation when her billionaire husband is murdered.

Berkley has appeared on the mother ship CSI series, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, which spawned CSI: Miami.

The actress's feature credits include Showgirls, Any Given Sunday, Curse of the Jade Scorpion and Rodger Dodger. She also played Jessica ''Jessie'' Myrtle Spano on the television series Saved by the Bell.

Ben Stiller's Red Hour Films is venturing into television with Gods Behaving Badly.

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