In a competitive situation, Showtime has given a pilot production commitment to Spoonbenders, a one-hour drama based on the 2017 Daryl Gregory novel, from You’re the Worst creator Stephen Falk, Greg Berlanti’s Berlanti Productions and Warner Bros. TV where the company is based.

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Written by Falk, Spoonbenders is a genre-busting saga about The Amazing Telemachus Family, a traveling family magic act — that happened to be made up of people with actual magic powers — and the tragedy that finds them 25 years later, forced to reunite when old debts, long-running grudges, the mob, and the CIA all come looking for them.

Falk executive produces with Berlanti Prods.’ Berlanti and Sarah Schechter.

A TV series adaptation of Spoonbenders was previously in development by Paramount TV and Anonymous Content. Berlanti Prods.’ take was recently taken to the premium cable/streaming marketplace, drawing interest.

This would mark the company’s first pay cable series; Berlanti Prods., which earlier this year set a new record with 18 scripted series on the air, has done shows for broadcast, basic cable networks and streamers.

Falk co-created and executive produced comedic-drama series You’re the Worst, which recently wrapped its fifth and final season on FX.