Writing duo Monica Breen and Alison Schapker have been hired to re-write a “top-secret” flick that’s being developed by J.J. Abrams’s production company Bad Robot and Paramount.  According to Deadline, the project, tentatively titled Zanbato, “involves Japanese history and robotics” and has been described as “swashbuckling robots with swords”.  Out of curiosity, can one swashbuckle without a sword?  Isn’t the sword the key component of the swashbuckler?

Been and Schapker have a long-standing relationship with J.J. Abrams and Bad Robot.  They recently signed a deal a 7-figure deal that will keep them as the co-executive producers of Fringe. Their past credits include Abrams’ Alias and Lost as well as the family melodrama Brothers & Sisters.

Okay, so the creator of Lost isn’t adapting Quentin Tarantino’s fantastic feature film into a TV series, but J.J. Abrams is developing Pulp, a new crime drama that is “set in a slightly heightened reality.” TV Line also mentions that Monica Breen and Alison Schapker (who previously worked with Abrams on Alias, Lost and Fringe) wrote the script and will executive produce the series as well.

No story details are mentioned, but hopefully we’ll find out soon since Bad Robot will be taking the potential series pitch to networks very soon. This is just one of many projects from Abrams being developed for the next season of TV, so stay tuned to see which ones actually stick around.