Tim Minear

Looks like Drive has been picked up. When posting at Buffistas Tim said the following:

So it looks like for my birthday I might be getting a shiny new TV series. With cars.

Tim later posted again to confirm the news, saying:

By the way, the network is totally behind this. The enthusiasm and support has been hard and long term. From the studio as well. The true believers never gave up and that’s why we went from a soft "pass" to a starting pistol.

Variety and The Hollywood Reporter have also broken the news with quotes from Tim. So, pre-production should begin shortly with a target for an April air date.