Spielberg expands Fox TV ties

HOLLYWOOD, Dec. 11 (UPI) -- Hollywood movie director Steven Spielberg is leading a pair of U.S. development projects linked to the Fox television network.

Spielberg, who is executive producer for the reality series "On the Lot," is also involved in series being produced by DreamWorks Television and 20th Century Fox TV.

The Hollywood Reporter said Monday the DreamWorks project centers on the fashion industry and is being written by Christy Turlington and "Saving Private Ryan" star Ed Burns.

The other series is a science fiction endeavor about time-traveling scientists from the 1940s seeking modern-day technology to help the allies win World War II.