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"Cinemax has passed on Ridley Scott and Tony Scott&amp;#039;s sci-fi drama pilot The Sector. The project, from the pair&amp;#039;s production company Scott Free, focuses on a paramilitary unit  that hunts down a dangerous breed of genetically-altered beings. The Sector may now be picked up by the Science network, according to Deadline. A new writer will also be hired to rework the original script by writers Aaron Benay and Matthew Benay. Former Criminal Minds showrunner Simon Mirren was attached to the project as an executive producer. Cinemax reportedly chose to drop The Sector pilot to focus on other projects. The cable network is currently airing action-drama Strike Back and is developing a number of new projects, including True Blood creator Alan Ball&amp;#039;s Banshee and an adaptation of the Transporter film franchise. The Transporter series recently lost executive producers Joseph Mallozzi and Paul Mullie, with Dexter director Steve Shill taking on showrunner duties for the action-drama&amp;#039;s fourth and fifth episodes. &amp;gt; Strike Back exec working on new Cinemax drama "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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