'Grey's Anatomy' Showrunner Shonda Rhimes to Produce New ABC Detective Drama

The team behind hit shows "Grey's Anatomy" and Scandal" will soon be treating audiences to yet another gripping drama. Shonda Rhimes' production company, Shondaland, has sold another new project to ABC for the 2014-2015 television season. According to The Hollywood Reporter, showrunners Rhimes and Betsy Beers are teaming up with Dana Calvo of "Made in Jersey" to produce a new cop drama for ABC.

The currently untitled drama will focus on a detective with unconventional methods and his scrupulous female partner as they solve crimes in Miami, a city known for its sizzling nightlife and the inevitable crime that comes with it.

Shondaland's new show will come fresh off the heels of "Lawless," a new ABC drama about an unorthodox lawyer inspired by real-life victims' rights attorney Wynona Ward, founder of the organization Have Justice Will Travel. Rhimes produces "Lawless" with "Mistresses" Executive Producer/Developer KJ Steinberg.

Calvo, Rhimes' production partner for the new show, is the showrunner behind "Franklin & Bash," "Covert Affairs," "Greek" and "Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip." Calvo will write the script for the new show as well as executive produce with Beers and Rhimes.

Calvo is repped by CAA and Jamie Mandelbaum, and Shondaland's Beers and Rhimes are repped by ICM Partners.

It was somewhat surprising news that Rhimes sold another project to ABC, seeing as she has a packed schedule showrunning 22 episodes for ABC's "Grey's Anatomy" and "Scandal."

Rhimes, who began her career writing scripts for the movies "The Princess Diaries 2: The Royal Engagement" and "Crossroads," also has a feature film entitled "War Correspondents" in the works, which she is producing with Sony's Columbia Pictures. The concept was developed for television before "Grey's Anatomy," but was abandoned due to the start of the Iraq War in 2003.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Rhimes will be executive producing the film alongside Beers and Mark Gordon, the EP behind Showtime's "Ray Donovan" as well as "Army Wives" and "Criminal Minds."

The feature film will focus on females reporting from treacherous war zones. Women in lead roles is a common Rhimes motif, evidenced by her many projects that feature females in traditionally male professions, such as "Private Practice," "Grey's Anatomy" and "Lawless."