NBC orders a pilot for Carlton Cuse's comic book adaptation The Sixth Gun

A few months back it was revealed that Carlton Cuse (Lost, Bates Motel) was developing a TV adaptation of Cullen Bunn and Brian Hurtt's graphic novel series The Sixth Gun, and now NBC has officially given a pilot order for the supernatural western. The project is being written by Ryan Condal (Hercules: The Thracian Wars), with Cuse serving as showrunner and executive producing alongside Eric Gitter and Andy Borne.

Published by Oni Press, the official description for The Sixth Gun reads: "During the darkest days of the Civil War, wicked cutthroats came into possession of six pistols of otherworldly power. In time the Sixth Gun, the most dangerous of the weapons, vanished. When the gun surfaces in the hands of an innocent girl, dark forces reawaken. Vile men thought long dead set their sights on retrieving the gun and killing the girl. Only Drake Sinclair, a gunfighter with a shadowy past, stands in their way."

Along with The Sixth Gun, NBC has also placed pilot orders for several shows this week, including drama The Blacklist, comedies Holding Patterns and Girlfriend in a Coma, and as-yet-untitled projects from Rand Ravich (Life) and DJ Nash (Up All Night).