While the project is nascent, it will be written by accomplished screenwriter Akiva Goldsman, who has under his belt the TV series Fringe, A Beautiful Mind, The DaVinci Code, andI Am Legend. Helming the series will be longtime Goldsman collaborator and Arrested Development voiceover-doer Ron Howard. Two for two on big names so far.

Who will they get to play Holiday? I dunno. Val Kilmer had a very memorable turn as Holliday in Tombstone, but insurance companies are now reluctant to carry Kilmer projects because they are afraid he will eat the cast and crew. Also, they just don’t make chaps that big.

The field is too wide-open to even hazard a guess, but…what the hell:

John Stamos and Frankie Muniz both playing the legendary character in an Olsen sisters-type arrangement?

Jarre was known as a history buff, which explains why such a good portion of his screenwriting credits involve different periods of American history. Glory, in particular, has an inordinately strong connection with the topic, being about the Civil War. A lot of people a certain age even saw that movie for the first time in history class (like me).

Oh, there’s one other thing: The crack journalists at TMZ got Jarre’s name wrong as “Kevin Jaffe,” which is getting picked up by lots of other sites. Classy, TMZ. Classy.