FX calls up Elmore Leonard's "Lawman"

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - "Lawman" is a go at FX.

The cable network has picked up the pilot -- previously known as the untitled Elmore Leonard project or "Fire in the Hole" -- for a 13-episode series.

Written by Graham Yost, "Lawman" is based on the Leonard character Raylan Givens, featured in his short story "Fire in the Hole."

Timothy Olyphant stars as U.S. Marshal Givens, a modern-day 19th-century-style lawman enforcing his brand of justice in a way that puts a target on his back with criminals and places him at odds with his bosses in the marshal service.

"Lawman," produced by Sony Pictures TV and FX Prods., is scheduled for a spring 2010 premiere.

(Editing by Sheri Linden at Reuters)