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Truly Like Lightning

, here is the title of David Duchovny's fourth novel published last month.

So it didn't take long for the

X-Files

star

 to sign with the Showtime channel for a potential series adapted from the book.

According to Deadline, David Duchovny will take care of the script with Tyler Nilson and Michael Schwartz, the writer-director duo behind

Le Cri du Falcon

, a film released last year with Shia LaBeouf and Dakota Johnson.

If all goes well, it is also them who will take care of at least the realization of the pilot while the actor and writer will play the leading role.

An american story

Truly Like Lightning

tells the story of Bronson Powers, a former Hollywood stuntman living on the fringes of the desert with his three wives and ten children when he is suddenly evicted by an unscrupulous real estate developer.

He is then forced, with his family, to leave to confront the America of the 21st century.

“I am so happy to come back to Showtime with the incomparable and talented team of Schwartz and Nilson.

It's a collaboration that I can't wait to start, ”David Duchovny said in a statement.

The Fox Mulder interpreter had worked with the chain for

Californication

.

The series ran for seven seasons, from 2007 to 2014, and won two Emmy Awards and a Golden Globes.

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