ABC has put in development drama The Marriage Lie, inspired by Kimberly Belle’s bestselling book of the same name, from writer Michael Cooney, producer Kim Moses, director Michael Offer and ABC Studios. In The Marriage Lie, written by Cooney, Iris and Will have been married for seven years and life is as close to…

Michael Offer (How to Get Away With Murder) has been tapped to direct and executive produce ABC police drama pilot Safe Harbor, from Jason Richman and ABC Studios. Written and executive produced by Richman, Safe Harbor chronicles the colorful, complicated lives of cops on and off the beat as we follow them into…

Michael Offer, one of the go-to drama pilot directors for ABC and ABC Studios, has been tapped to helm another high-profile pilot for the network and studio, a crime drama from Desperate Housewives creator Marc Cherry toplined by country star Reba McEntire. Written by Cherry, the untitled project — the first ABC drama…

Michael Offer is back in Shondaland. The helmer, who directed the pilot for the Shonda Rhimes-produced hit ABC drama How To Get Away With Murder, has been tapped to direct the latest ABC drama pilot from Rhimes and Betsy Beers’ production company — Still Star-Crossed. The Romeo and Juliet sequel was written by Heather…

As part of the revamp of new ABC drama series Of Kings And Prophets, ABC Studios has brought in a new director, Michael Offer, to shoot a retooled script. I hear he is expected to film an entirely new episode with all-new footage, not partial reshoots of the existing pilot helmed by Jeffrey Nachmanoff. ABC put Of Kings…

Coming off directing two back-to-back ABC drama pilots, Michael Offer has been lined up for a likely third next season. Offer has signed an exclusive blind pilot-directing deal with ABC Studios, which also includes a development component. Offer directed the pilot for breakout ABC/ABC Studios freshman drama How To G…