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EXCLUSIVE: Jake Coburn and Julie Plec, whose bank heist drama series _The Endgame_ was picked up to series at NBC in September, have sold another project to the network with _Arrow_ and
_Supergirl_ writer Emilio Ortega Aldrich. The trio are developing _Sky On Fire_ for NBC, which comes from Plec’s My So-Called Company and Universal Television. The drama centers around
President Eva Ortiz, a decorated war veteran and the nation’s first Latina president, who, after surviving an assassination attempt, embarks on an undercover mission to expose the people
responsible. It comes after _Quantico_ exec producer Coburn struck a first-look deal with Universal Television in September, the same week that _The Endgame_, which he’s writing with _Chuck_
exec producer Nicholas Wootton, was picked up to series. Coburn, who is writing with Ortega Aldrich, is also exec producer on Netflix’s _Biohackers_ and _Barbarians_. WATCH ON DEADLINE It
marks the first series development for Ortega Aldrich, who started his career writing on The CW superhero shows and moved up to the level of producer. _Sky on Fire_ is being developed for
NBC, but as the company moves further into streaming with Peacock, where projects ultimately land will be decided at a later date, similar to how _The Lost Symbol_ moved from linear to
streaming. _Sky on Fire_ is exec produced by Ortega Aldrich, Coburn and _The Vampire Diaries_ creator Plec, who is working on a series adaptation of _The Vampire Academy_ for Peacock, as
well as Emily Cummins, the former Disney Television exec who joined Plec’s Universal Television-based banner as President earlier this year. Coburn is repped by UTA and Dave Feldman of
Brecheen, Feldman, Breimer, Silver & Thompson. Ortega Aldrich is represented by CAA and Grandview.