The Lawnmower Man TV Series in Development?

Numerous project are being presented at Cannes with the hope of being picked up for development or distribution, and a new report reveals that a TV series based on Stephen King's The Lawnmower Man is in the works.

Park Entertainment is pitching 26 one-hour episodes for a live action TV series, according to Moviehole. It is said that David Titcher has written the pilot episode and that the tone of the series falls "somewhere between action-adventure and science-fiction."

The Lawnmower Man was a short story that Stephen King first published in 1975 and was later adapted into a mildly successful film starring Jeff Fahey and Pierce Brosnan in 1992. Of course, just because a movie or TV project is being presented at Cannes doesn't mean it will see the light of day. We'll be sure to provide an update if the series movies forward. For those who are unfamiliar with the film, here is a brief synopsis:

"A scientist performs experiments involving intelligence enhancing drugs and virtual reality on a simple-minded gardener. He puts the gardener on an extensive schedule of learning, and quickly he becomes brilliant. But at this point the gardener has a few ideas of his own on how the research should continue, and the scientist begins losing control of his experiments."