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US movie legend Steven Spielberg, seen here in February 2006, is branching out

into reality television with a new show aimed at finding a talented filmmaker to follow

in his footsteps(AFP/Getty Images/File)

미국 영화계의 살아 있는 전설 스티븐 스필버그 무수한 역작을 남기면서도

그도 삶의 한 부분으로 늙음을 아주 자연스럽게 받아들이고 그가 걸어온

발자취를 다를 재능 있는 영화업자를 발견하고자 tv프로그램으로 가지를 뻗쳤다.

정말 당당한 자신 있는 인재 발굴을 위한 그의 이런 선택이 그를 미국을 영화계를

한 단계 한 단계 업그레이드시키는 미국을 또 한번 만난다. 죠스 ET 인디아나죤스

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LOS ANGELES (AFP) - US movie legend Steven Spielberg is branching out into reality television with

a new show aimed at finding a talented filmmaker to follow in his footsteps, broadcasters said.

Spielberg, the mastermind behind such pop culture touchstones as "Jaws," "E.T.," "Indiana Jones" and

"Jurassic Park," will be the focus of a competition called "On the Lot," to be broadcast by the US Fox network,

Fox confirmed.

The show, which used the model of the musical talent search "American Idol," will pit undiscovered filmmakers

against one another as they vie to win a movie development deal at DreamWorks SKG, the studio Spielberg

co-founded and which was sold last year to Paramount Pictures.

Spielberg, 59, will however not feature regularly in the show, apart from cameo appearances, but he is already

at work mapping out details of the show, to be made by reality TV king Mark Burnett and DreamWorks Television.

"All through my career I've done what I can to discover new talent and give them a start," Spielberg was quoted

as saying by Daily Variety. "This opportunity ... allows all of us to reach out directly to open a much wider door,"

added the movie mogul, who started out his illustrious career working in series television.

"On the Lot," will gather 16 contestants who will be then be split into four teams, which will pick their own leader

to serve as the film's director and will be given the resources to produce a short film. Each broadcast of the series

will focus on a different film genre, including comedy, thrillers, drama, romance and science fiction, and the teams'

offerings will be judged by a panel that included a studio executive and a movie critic.

The panel will then critique the films before a live studio audience and ultimately vote for their favourite.

The director of the losing film will then be eliminated in an episode that will be broadcast a day after

the films are revealed to the judges and public, in a format reminiscent of the globally reproduced "American Idol."