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Fox Developing O.J. Simpson Trial Minisieries

The project's working title, "The Run of His Life: The People v. O.J. Simpson," is based on the 1997 book about the Brentwood murders of the same name by Jeffrey Toobin.

A potential miniseries on the O.J. Simpson trial is under development at Fox Broadcasting, the network announced Wednesday.

The project has the working title, "The Run of His Life: The People v. O.J. Simpson," is based on the 1997 book of the same name by Jeffrey Toobin. The script is being written by Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski, whose credits include the scripts for the films  "The People vs. Larry Flint," "Man on the Moon" and "Ed Wood."

The producers are Nina Jacobson, a producer of "The Hunger Games" and "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" and Brad Simpson, who also produced "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" and the upcoming Brad Pitt-starring zombie film "World War Z."

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It's been nearly 18 years since Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman were murdered in Simpson's Brentwood home.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, the project comes from FX Productions and wil recount the "Trial of the Century," with Simpson fleeing police in his white Ford Bronco, the murder trial and the news cycle that followed.

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