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Scar Tissue (book) it and got their act together because of it.” In 2008 it was reported that Kiedis was developing a television series for HBO titled "Spider and Son" which would be loosely based on Anthony's autobiography "Scar Tissue". The show was originally scheduled to premiere in late 2010 but was not picked up as a series, despite a pilot script penned by John Sayles. In 2011, the rights to the show were picked up by FX and that "Entourage" producers, Marc Abrams and Mike Benson will produce the series. The series is expected to follow the first half of Kiedis' book