Fox is working hard to keep the geek love going, as it has now inked a put pilot deal based on Boom! Studios‘ Unthinkable, by writer Mark Sable (Two-Face Year One, Cyborg) and artist Julian Totino Tadesco. Here’s the synopsis of Issue #1 from Boom:

They’ve been hired to think the UNTHINKABLE. But what happens when the unthinkable actually happens? After 9-11, best-selling author Alan Ripley joins a government think tank consisting of the most imaginative minds in diverse fields. Their job? Think of nightmare scenarios and crippling terrorist attacks so the government can safeguard against them. But what happens when the think tank folds, and the attacks start to happen?

It sounds a bit like Three Days of the Condor meets Castle. It also sounds exceptionally cool. Deadline reports that the project comes from Homeland and 24 executive producer Howard Gordon and writer Ben Queen (Cars 2), and that the pilot will be written by Queen.

We are allowed to get provisionally excited about this one, since a “put pilot” commitment means that the network will pay a substantial penalty if the pilot isn’t aired. Still, Fox could make that decision, or air just the pilot, as NBC did with the exceptional Mockingbird Lane. No, I’m not bitter, just a bit sad, and hoping that NBC will broadcast that gem again.

We’ll keep you posted about the progress of the Fox pilot Unthinkable.