Fox Orders Ancient Egyptian Drama Series ‘Hieroglyph’ Created By ‘Pacific Rim’ Writer
Travis Beacham, who wrote the script forPacific Rim, has created a TV show calledHieroglyph.It takes place in ancient Egypt, and Fox is so interested in the project that it has given it a full series order. Beacham wrote the pilot, and Fox nearly pulled the trigger on it two years ago, but now is evidently the time for the show.Varietyreports the deal with Fox, and describes the show:
Beacham offers a bit more:
It’s more fantasy than historical fiction, but visceral fantasy. Magic, yes, but magic like Carnival Row has faeries.#Hieroglyph
— Travis Beacham (@travisbeacham)July 19, 2025
It’s blood and sex. A charge in the air. A voice whispering your name from inside a sealed sarcophagus. That’s the old magic.#Hieroglyph
Kevin Reilly, Chairman of Entertainment for Fox told Variety, “We wanted to do a show about deceit, sex, intrigue in the court and fantastical goings-on – no better place to set that than ancient Egypt. Travis Beacham has an inventive mind, and he has wrapped this all together in this intoxicating new drama.”
That combination, “deceit, sex, intrigue in the court and fantastical goings-on,” makes this sound like it hopes to be Fox’s own EgyptianGame of Thrones.Fair enough, but Fox won’t be quite the place to dive into the sort of excess that drew curious new viewers toGame of Thrones, and kept them there long enough to be enthralled by the twisting story. Doesn’t mean it can’t work, and since we haven’t seen Egypt as the basis of much television, this will be interesting. Hope the casting is appropriate to the period, however.
