Warner Bros. has set TV director Bob Berlinger ("Arrested Development", "Gilmore Girls") to helm "Dukes of Hazzard: The Beginning," a $5 million prequel that's the highest profile live-action direct-to-vid spinoff yet reports Variety.

In the prequel, cousins Bo and Luke Duke are arrested and paroled under the care of their Uncle Jesse when they try to foil Boss Hogg's plans to foreclose on their uncle's farm. Vid is expected to be released sometime next year.