Warren Ellis coming to the Frog?

Trolling through my daily news feed, I ran across this blip about a new crime series about a mathmatician that uses his number crunching prowess to fight crime. (This, btw, is the legacy of CSI -- not to mention they are now spawning CSI: NY continuing the Law-n-Order path to riches.)

Anyway, the last part of the news article is this (Added links are mine):

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In other pilot casting news, Josh Hopkins, who most recently filmed a multiepisode arc on Fox's new drama "North Shore," has come on board the WB Network midseason drama "Global Frequency."

Based on the DC Comics series by Warren Ellis, "Global Frequency" revolves around a worldwide independent defense intelligence organization, led by Miranda Zero (Michelle Forbes (news)), that uses ordinary people as agents to fight black-ops projects, unexplained phenomena and other problems that government agencies struggle with.

Hopkins will play Global Frequency's newest recruit, suspended cop Sean Ronin, who used to think that the underground organization was an urban legend.
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This could be cool if done right, but I don't have high hopes (they never do this kind of thing right.)