'Breaking Bad's' George Mastras Sells Two TV Projects (Exclusive)

AMC Breaking Bad writer George Mastras has sold two TV projects. The first of the pair, a legal drama that looks at the underbelly of L.A.'s legal world,was purchased by Fox Television Studios. The untitled project, born out of a blind script deal, is being developed internally without a network attached. Mastras' other effort comes as part of a script development deal at FX Productions. The project, also untitled at this stage, is a one-hour drama in the vein of The Treasure of the Sierra Madre. These projects will join a resume that already includes AMC's Breaking Bad, on which he's served as a writer, as well as ABC's Evidence and Syfy miniseries The Dresden Files. Mastras, who is also the author of literary thrillerFidali's Wayand an alumnus of the Disney-ABC Writing Fellowship for Drama, began hiscareer as a lawyer, with stints as a criminal investigator for the public defender service, a counselor at a juvenile correctional facility, and a litigator in both New York and Los Angeles. Heis repped by CAA, Management and Alexander, Nau, Lawrence, Frumes & Labowitz. Breaking Bad