EXCLUSIVE : Paramount Television Studios has signed a first-look deal with Jessica Biel and Michelle Purple’s Iron Ocean, the first such pact for Paramount’s recently revived television studio. The first project under the agreement is spy thriller The Ambler Warning , based on Robert Ludlum ’s bestseller, with Biel set to star and executive produce.

Jason Horwitch ( Echo 3, Fight Night ) is attached to write the adaptation and serve as showrunner on the The Ambler Warning , which reimagines the book’s male protagonist Hal Ambler as Erica Ambler, played by Biel. While on assignment, CIA Case Officer Erica Ambler (Biel) suffers a devastating injury, waking up without her memories in custody at a supermax prison for the world’s deadliest spies. Erica must figure out who she is

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