The pilot for CBS' "Person of Interest" already had "Dark Knight" co-writer Jonathan Nolan and "Lost" and "Fringe" Executive Producer J. J. Abrams involved. Now former "Lost" star Michael Emerson is joining the pilot with David Semel directing. Semel has directed the pilots for "Heroes", "The Cleaner" and "No Ordinary Family".
Deadline had this to say about the show:
"The project, from Warner Bros. TV and Abrams' Bad Robot, is a crime drama centered on an ex-CIA agent, presumed dead, who teams up with a mysterious billionaire (Emerson) to prevent violent crimes in New York City."