Director David Cronenberg is heading to the small screen.

The History of Violence helmer is teaming with Media Rights Capital for his first foray into television. He will direct the pilot as well as serve as an executive producer on Knifeman, based on biography by Wendy Moore.

The drama, which has yet to be shopped to buyers, focuses on the trials and triumphs of a radical, self-educated surgeon, delivering a visceral portrait of the extraordinary and unorthodox lengths he will go to uncover the secrets of the human body. Cronenberg will be a partner on the project, much as David Fincher is on MRC’s House of Cards, set to debut on Netflix this year.

Knifeman is being written by Emmy-nominated writer-producer Rolin Jones (Friday Night Lights, Weeds, Smash) with the story by Jones and Ron Fitzgerald (Friday Night Lights). The MRC project will count Cronenberg and Jones, along with the Stars Road team of Sam Raimi, Josh Donen and Robert Zotnowski as executive producers. Sentient’s Renee Tab is attached as a co-executive producer as well. The team's next step is casting a lead.

Cronenberg, who recently wrapped filing on Cosmopolis, based on the Don De Lillo novel and starring Robert Pattinson, Paul Giamatti and Juliette Binoche, is repped by WME, Sentient Entertainment and Behr & Abramson. His credits include such projects as Eastern Promises, M. Butterfly and A Dangerous Method.

曾执导《暴力史》和《东方的承诺》大导演大卫·柯南伯格(David Cronenberg)即将莅临小荧幕！

他将和Media Rights Capital(简称MRC)公司联手制作他的首部电视作品《Knifeman》，并且亲自执导这部改编自Wendy Moore自传的剧集首播集同时出任执行制片人。

故事的主角是一位自学成才，方法激进的外科医师，剧情将剖析刻画他以非同寻常的方法揭开人体秘密……Cronenberg是这个项目的合伙人，就像大卫·芬奇(David Fincher)同样为MRC制作的《纸牌屋》一样，将在Netflix于今年上进行首播。《Knifeman》的剧本由艾美奖提名编剧洛林·琼斯(Rolin Jones)创作，MRC为这个项目笼络到Cronenberg和Jones后还组建了一只幕后梦之队，以大导演山姆·雷米(Sam Raimi)为主首的监制队伍，他们的下一步工作就是选演员。

Cronenberg最近刚刚完成了电影《大都市》的拍摄，这部建立在Don De Lillo小说基础上的作品由罗伯特·帕丁森(Robert Pattinson)、保罗·吉亚玛提(Paul Giamatti)和朱丽叶·比诺什(Juliette Binoche)主演。