Last year, CSI: New York executive producer Peter Lenkov worked with Star Trek writers Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci to get a pilot commitment for a remake of the classic series Hawaii Five-O that ran on CBS from 1968 to 1980. The team has now been given the green light to produce a pilot for the series. Lenkov penned the pilot script based on a story co-written by Kurtzman and Orci. The updated police drama will feature all three men as executive producers.

There is no word yet on casting, although Entertainment Weekly‘s Ausiello reports that the network may be considering Alex O’Loughlin for the show’s leading role. If the deal goes through, Five-O will be the actor’s third series for CBS. O’Loughlin originally appeared as vampire private investigator Mick St John in Moonlight. After it was cancelled, the actor moved on to star in the now-defunct medical drama Three Rivers.

Getting to play lab tech Adam Ross on CSI: New York changed AJ Buckley‘s life—and the role continues to challenge him in the show’s sixth season. (Contains minor spoilers for the beginning of season six.)

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The CSI: NY executive producer talks about the NY installment of the big CSI crossover and discusses Flack’s downward spiral in the first of CSI Files’ sweeps preview interviews. Some spoilers after the cut!

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CSI: New York executive producer Peter Lenkov had the idea for a new take on the classic television show Hawaii Five-O.

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CSI: Crime Scene Investigation‘s Dr Raymond Langston (Laurence Fishburne) will follow the evidence to CSI: Miami and CSI: New York before returning to the Las Vegas Crime Lab. (Spoilers after the jump.)

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CSI: New York executive producer Peter Lenkov teamed up with Star Trek writers Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci to come up with a new take on the classic series Hawaii Five-O. They pitched their idea to CBS Entertainment President Nina Tassler, who gave them the go-ahead. The trio are working on a story for the pilot, which will reinvent and update the original series, and Lenkov is expected to pen the script.