Arnold Schwarzenegger's body-building drama 'Pump' lands at CBS TV studios

Arnold Schwarzenegger is set to 'Pump' up a new TV series.

Schwarzenegger and creator Michael Konyves have just signed a deal with CBS Television Studios to develop a drama called "Pump" based on Schwarzenegger's Venice Beach-based bodybuilding youth, Variety has confirmed.

The former California governor/action hero spent years in Venice Beach gyms building the physique that won him multiple bodybuilding titles and catapulted him onto screens both small and big, beginning a career that transformed him from Mr. Olympia to the Terminator.

The series, which will run eight episodes, was originally sold to Showtime in 2013, and then moved to Hulu. No network is attached as of yet.

Schwarzenegger and Konyves will be joined by producers Randall Emmett and George Furla, CEOs of Emmett/Furla/Oasis, and Eric Tannenbaum, CEO of the Tannenbaum company. Bryan Goluboff, most recently of "Blue Bloods," will serve as showrunner.

"The 70's were such a colorful, transformational time, for me and for our entire country," said Schwarzenegger. "I look forward to bringing that color to people's living rooms with the fantastic, deep characters and the multi-layered story lines of 'Pump.'"

E/F/O also produces another CBS TV Studios effort, Starz's "Power," which is set to go into production on its fourth season this fall. The Tannenbaum Company is currently in production on season 3 of "The Odd Couple" on CBS.

News of the deal was first reported by Deadline.

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