Reality
TV has taken viewers down some pretty low roads, but the genre may have
a shot at redemption if Leonardo
DiCaprio's new eco-program
E-topia finds a home on network
TV. The project, which will chronicle the green renovation of a small
American town, was developed by Craig Piligian (CBS' "Survivor") of
Pilgrim Films and Television and Tom Mazza (NBC's "Treasure Hunters") of
Madison Road Entertainment. The pair approached DiCaprio and his
Appian Way production company knowing that the eco-celeb would be a
perfect fit for the environmentally-themed program, and he
enthusiastically agreed. All three will share co-creator and executive
director roles for the program. Says Piligian of the project: "We're
going to take a devastated community and help transform it as a
prototype for the future…At the end of the day, we're all going to have
to change the way we live, the way we burn and use fuel. ... We're
trying to show the country and the world by example, town by town by
town, how we can change the way we live and fight global warming." Via Showbuzz,
via divine.
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