To be fair, one shouldn't presume anything from a news report, but since
Hollywood so consistently gets things wrong, there is cause for concern
here.  Thanks to the Indiana Jones movies, much of the public still thinks
archaeologists sell their artifacts to museums.  I hope I'm wrong on this,
but to paraphrase Henry Mencken, "No one ever went broke underestimating
Hollywood's ability to rent fiction from truth"

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CBS, Bruckheimer hunting for treasure


By Nellie Andreeva Thu Aug 16, 2:50 AM ET


Reuters/Hollywood Reporter


LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - CBS has ordered an adventure drama pilot
from Jerry Bruckheimer, the prolific producer behind the network's three
"CSI" shows as well as "Cold Case," "Without a Trace" and "The Amazing
Race."  The untitled show revolves around freelance treasure hunters. It
comes from the creators of the short-lived Showtime limited series "Sleeper
Cell," Cyrus Voris and Ethan Reiff.


Reiff, a history buff who holds New York University degrees in film and
history, described the project as an "A-class network version of an
archaeology adventure show."  "The relics, the treasures on it will run the
gamut from biblical and ancient history though medieval and Renaissance
times up to modern days," he said.


Like "Sleeper Cell," which maintained a high degree of realism thanks to
Voris and Reiff's extensive work with experts in terrorism and Islam, the
CBS show will incorporate real work from archaeologists and historians.
"It's not 'Indiana Jones' for television," Reiff said. "It's more grounded,
more contemporary."


Treasure hunting is a familiar arena for Bruckheimer, producer of the
successful "National Treasure" action adventure feature franchise.

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