NEW YORK – Barely a day after the daring rescue of an American sea captain, cable TV's Spike announced a deal yesterday to produce a show about U.S. Navy pirate hunters.
Two crews for 44 Blue Productions hope to be on board navy vessels patrolling in the pirate-infested waters off the coast of Africa within two weeks. The company is aiming to have a series ready to put on the air by September, said Rasha Drachkovitch, 44 Blue's president and founder.
He'd been talking to the navy about the idea for three months but the deal was finished late last week, while the standoff with pirates who had taken Capt. Richard Phillips hostage was going on.
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