Future Shows (News/Casting)

Richard Dower · 24-06-2012 3:55pm

Twas not picked up at ABC, but now Lifetime has picked it up to series for 13 episodes in 2013: http://www.deadline.com/2012/06/lifetime-picks-up-marc-cherrys-devious-maids-to-series-for-2013-launch/

Richard Dower · 26-06-2012 6:23pm

http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2012/06/26/bbc-america-orders-new-original-scripted-sci-fi-adventure-orphan-black-for-supernatural-saturdays/139366/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Tvbythenumbers+%28TVbytheNumbers%29

New Sci-Fi series, 10 episode order...more details above.

Orphan Black follows outsider, orphan and street-wise chameleon Sarah. After witnessing a woman's suicide, Sarah assumes the strangers identity - who happens to look just like her. Expecting to solve all her problems by cleaning out the dead woman's savings, Sarah is instead thrust headlong into a kaleidoscopic mystery as she realizes the dizzying truth - she and the dead woman are clones. As Sarah searches for answers, she discovers the chilling fact that there are more people like her out there - genetically identical individuals who were planted in unsuspecting birth parents and nurtured in completely different circumstances. With no idea who created the clones, she’ll need to discover the reason in a hurry as an assassin is killing them one by one.

Richard Dower · 02-07-2012 9:07pm

www.spoilertv.com/2012/07/bates-motel-orders-psycho-inspired-show.html

A&E NETWORK ORDERS "BATES MOTEL" TO SERIES

NETWORK BYPASSES PILOT PROCESS TO ORDER 10 EPISODES

PRESENT DAY SERIES INSPIRED BY HITCHCOCK'S "PSYCHO" WILL EXPLORE THE FORMATION OF THE ICONIC CHARATERS OF NORMAN AND NORMA BATES AND THE WORLD THEY INHABIT

New York, NY – July 2, 2012 - A&E Network is going directly to series on "Bates Motel" from Universal Television with Carlton Cuse ("Lost") and Kerry Ehrin ("Friday Night Lights" and "Parenthood") serving as executive producers, it was announced today jointly by Bob DeBitetto, President and General Manager, A&E Network and BIO Channel and the network's Executive Vice President of Programming, David McKillop. The network is moving straight to series, bypassing a pilot, with a 10-episode order. Pre-production and casting will begin immediately.

"We are proud to be partnering with Carlton Cuse and Kerry Ehrin on their thrilling reinvention of one of the most compelling characters in cinematic history," said DeBitetto and McKillop. "It's a provocative project from two of the best storytellers in the business and we're looking forward to getting started."

"Bates Motel," inspired by Hitchcock's genre-defining film, "Psycho," is a contemporary exploration of the formative years of Norman Bates, relationship with his mother, Norma, and the world they inhabit. Viewers will have access to the dark, twisted backstory and learn first-hand how Norma helped forge the most famous serial killer of them all. "Bates Motel" will premiere on A&E in 2013.

"Bates Motel" is produced by Universal Television and Carlton Cuse Productions for A&E Network. Carlton Cuse and Kerry Ehrin serve as executive producers

Seren_ · 02-07-2012 9:29pm

Oh no. Psycho is perfect, and it's not like there's even material that they could work from (I think the other books written by the author were sequels rather then prequels). They would have to get an amazing writing team.

Not holding out hope for this at all. Even if it's good, I don't know if I could watch it.

lord lucan · 02-07-2012 9:35pm

They really have run out of ideas in tv land! Constant reboots/rehash/rip offs of classic tv and movies.

This one gets me angry,Psycho is my favourite movie of all time. There was already an abysmal remake of the movie a few years back and now some bright spark has decided to do a prequel!:mad:

Safe to say i'll give this one a wide berth.

JP Liz V1 · 03-07-2012 12:32pm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bates_Motel

Seems there was a pilot for a similar show before that was never picked up

Richard Dower · 03-07-2012 3:15pm

Lots of casting news: http://tvline.com/2012/07/02/lili-taylor-hemlock-grove/

Richard Dower · 06-07-2012 5:39pm

Um.....no, it's not another zombie show

http://www.spoilertv.com/2012/07/living-dead-first-photos-and-interviews.html

tommy2bad · 06-07-2012 6:39pm

Canal+ so..... BBC4 maybe?
Or do we wait for an American remake with prettier people?.

Looks well from the shots and has a sound idea for a story.

Box set buy possibly (I'm sure there'll be one on line with subs

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09-07-2012 12:03am

The plot seems a lot like Handling the Undead by John Ajvide Lindqvist, which is a pretty excellent book. Also there are smacks of the extremely short-lived Babylon Fields.

Richard Dower · 10-07-2012 12:09am

Casting news: http://www.deadline.com/2012/07/netflix-castings-house-of-cards-hemlock-grove/

JP Liz V1 · 11-07-2012 4:05pm

Eli Roth is attached also as director I think

Anyone read the book? Any good?

Richard Dower · 12-07-2012 2:51am

If it's half as good as Starship Troopers......i'm in!!

http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2012/07/11/starz-announces-new-projects-incursion-and-vlad-dracula-from-spartacus-producers/141237/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Tvbythenumbers+%28TVbytheNumbers%29

As part of STARZ overall deal with “Spartacus” creator Steven S. DeKnight, STARZ is developing “Incursion,” an epic science fiction action-thriller that follows a squad of soldiers caught in a war against a hostile alien race. Each season the battle will be fought on a new, exotic planet as humanity punches deeper into enemy territory. Grittily realistic combat, darkly complex characters and intrigue on a cosmic scale will permeate the tale of fighting men and women facing the pressures of war and an enemy unlike any ever seen. In addition to his international acclaim on “Spartacus,” Steven has worked on such well-regarded series as “Buffy The Vampire Slayer”, “Angel”, “Smallville,” and “Dollhouse.

Richard Dower · 12-07-2012 2:52am

http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2012/07/11/starz-announces-new-projects-incursion-and-vlad-dracula-from-spartacus-producers/141237/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Tvbythenumbers+%28TVbytheNumbers%29

J. Michael Straczynski is the wildly successful writer and producer whose credits include such fan classics as Thor, Underworld: Awakening, “Babylon 5,” and The Changeling. He has teamed with horror master Roy Lee, whose credits include such hits as The Ring, The Strangers and The Woman in Black in developing "Vlad Dracula" with veteran producer Rob Tapert, whose credits include the international Starz hit series, “Spartacus,” iconic “Xena: Warrior Princess,” Evil Dead and The Grudge. The project is a unique spin of the classic tale, blending the historical facts of the 15th century Prince of Wallachia, with the fictional Dracula whose story is known around the world and continues to fascinate audiences. “Vlad Dracula” traces his evolution from a revered ruler to the world's most feared vampire, and his slow downfall as he struggles desperately to hang on to his humanity, his wife and his kingdom.

Managing Director of Starz, Carmi Zlotnik said “Steven DeKnight, J. Michael Straczynski, Roy Lee and Rob Tapert are legendary talents, having created some of the most groundbreaking and iconic television series with incredibly passionate fan bases the world over. We are thrilled to work with such sophisticated auteurs and producers as we grow the slate of unique Starz original series.”

somuj · 12-07-2012 7:48am

Wahoo. I had almost given up hope for new scifi. Hopefully we get spaceships and technology and energy weapons and alien aliens that breath through their testicles and fly around in ships full of liquid methane and not sum jungle based tripe against some mysterious enemy in human like armour.

Vokes · 12-07-2012 9:46am

Sounds like a Space: Above & Beyond redux.

don ramo · 12-07-2012 10:29am

Richard Dower wrote: »

If it's half as good as Starship Troopers......i'm in!!

http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2012/07/11/starz-announces-new-projects-incursion-and-vlad-dracula-from-spartacus-producers/141237/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Tvbythenumbers+%28TVbytheNumbers%29

As part of STARZ overall deal with “Spartacus” creator Steven S. DeKnight, STARZ is developing “Incursion,” an epic science fiction action-thriller that follows a squad of soldiers caught in a war against a hostile alien race. Each season the battle will be fought on a new, exotic planet as humanity punches deeper into enemy territory. Grittily realistic combat, darkly complex characters and intrigue on a cosmic scale will permeate the tale of fighting men and women facing the pressures of war and an enemy unlike any ever seen. In addition to his international acclaim on “Spartacus,” Steven has worked on such well-regarded series as “Buffy The Vampire Slayer”, “Angel”, “Smallville,” and “Dollhouse.

wouldnt be to proud of one or two of them;),

but who cares if this is even half as good as it sounds ill be delighted, nice that their stating it out right now that it will only be 1 planet a season,

i cant wait to see all the info on the formation of this universe, and space ships, spanking new space ships been a while since ive seen one

squonk · 12-07-2012 10:38am

Definitely sounds like it has potential. Starz did a great job with BOSS so I've got some fairly high hopes.

squonk · 12-07-2012 10:41am

JMS and Robert Tapert, two men responsible for a sizeable chunk of my teenage TV watch time many moons ago with B5 and American Gothic. This might have some potential. I really am hoping for this to be good.

Klept0 · 12-07-2012 5:15pm

Will be giving this a look when it's out, haven't enjoyed a good sci-fi since BSG!

Richard Dower · 13-07-2012 4:35am

The 8 episode series premieres Tuesday, September 04, 2012 10:00pm (Showcase, Canada).

Richard Dower · 16-07-2012 8:39pm

TNT has ordered a pilot for the action-packed drama series The Last Ship, based on the popular novel by William Brinkley and executive-produced by blockbuster filmmaker Michael Bay (Transformers). The project comes to TNT from Platinum Dunes Partners Brad Fuller and Andrew Form, whose credits include A Nightmare on Elm Street and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, with showrunner Hank Steinberg (Without a Trace) and Steven Kane&n bsp;(The Closer) also serving as executive producers. Steinberg and Kane wrote the pilot script.

In The Last Ship, a global catastrophe nearly obliterates the earth's population, forcing the crew of a naval destroyer to confront the reality of their new existence in a world where they are among the only survivors.

"The book The Last Ship is a gripping page-turner that has all the makings of a terrific television drama, including a great premise, memorable characters , intense situations and heart-racing action," said Michael Wright, president, head of programming for TNT, TBS and Turner Classic Movies (TCM). "We believe this show will take viewers on a thrilling ride and fits perfectly with TNT’s expanding line-up of original dramas. We look forward to working with Michael Bay and The Last Ship's outstanding production team."

Pushtrak · 16-07-2012 8:41pm

As soon as I saw Platinum Dunes, my thoughts were... "Isn't that.... Michael Bay?" and yes, yes it is. Not expecting much on the basis of the plot either to be honest.

Thargor · 16-07-2012 10:40pm

The book is terrible, good plot and I love post-apocalyptic fiction but my God it is the most rambling thing you will ever read.

MOH · 18-07-2012 7:54pm

It kind of sounds like The Walking Dead. At sea. With no zombies.

Richard Dower · 20-07-2012 7:32pm

Taking a page out of Cloverfield:

http://www.targetcasttalks.com/2012/07/19/aes-coma-conspiracy-underground-marketing-campaign/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WbwoFHEoEO8

Mc Love · 21-07-2012 8:24am

i enjoyed the pillars tv series, but didnt read the books! If GOT is anything to go by, I probably would have not liked it as much

Richard Dower · 21-07-2012 3:53pm

Two shows are in the works at different nets, read all about it:

http://www.deadline.com/2012/07/alex-kurtzman-and-roberto-orcis-sleepy-hollow-pilot-pitch-lands-at-fox/

http://www.deadline.com/2012/07/sleepy-hollow-tv-series-cw-network-development-patrick-macmanus-grant-sharbo/

http://www.deadline.com/2012/07/sleepy-hollow-series-alex-kurtzman-roberto-orci-team-with-len-wiseman-fox-tv/

Richard Dower · 21-07-2012 4:11pm

Leading man cast: http://www.deadline.com/2012/07/martin-csokas-cast-in-rogue-noah/

Richard Dower · 21-07-2012 4:14pm

More casting: http://www.deadline.com/2012/07/daniele-watts-cedric-stewart-ty-olsson-join-series/

Tbh...it sounds ALOT like Longmire, not my cup of cha.

Richard Dower · 21-07-2012 4:36pm

:eek: 300+ comments, almost all female....built in fanbase?....most comments i've ever seen on Deadline.

This could be the next Twilight...for 18-49 females on cable, seven books....Highlander meets Game Of Thrones meets The Notebook + Twilight fandom = $$$$!

http://www.deadline.com/2012/07/ron-moore-to-adapt-outlander-novels-into-cable-tv-series/

Skerries · 21-07-2012 7:00pm

I thought this was about the Jim Caviezel sci-fi version of Beowulf film

juan.kerr · 21-07-2012 7:03pm

Skerries wrote: »

I thought this was about the Jim Caviezel sci-fi version of Beowulf film

I thought it was this: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082869/

Richard Dower · 24-07-2012 7:15pm

“Bounce” is a series that follows the alluring lives and loves of the Los Angeles Devil Girls, the premiere dance team in all of professional basketball. The Los Angeles Devils are the number one team in The League. When the stadium lights go up at night all of Hollywood comes out to support the million dollar players; but in this city these men share the fame, adrenalin, money, sex and power with their dancers, the Devil Girls. At the heart of “Bounce” is Ahsha (Taylour Paige), a sheltered young woman who joins the team against the wishes of her mother Sloane (Kimberly Elise), who knows this treacherous, tempting world all too well having been an original Devil’s Girl herself. Olivia (Charlotte Ross) is the shrewd squad manager, Jelena (Logan Browning) is the ruthless star captain of the dance team who won’t let anyone outshine her and Pete Davenport (Dean Cain) is the former All-Star who's come back to coach his old team only to have to contend with the girls both stealing the spotlight and distracting his players.

The cast includes: Dean Cain, Kimberly Elise, Charlotte Ross, Taylour Paige, Logan Browning, Valery Ortiz, Katherine Bailess, Jonathan McDaniel and McKinley Freeman.

http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2012/07/24/vh1-greenlights-new-scripted-series-bounce-starring-dean-cain-kimberly-elise-charlotte-ross/142541/#comment-1221606

JP Liz V1 · 25-07-2012 10:42am

Source

NBC is getting into the vampire business.
The network has given a 10-episode series order to Dracula, a series inspired by the classic Bram Stoker character starring The Tudors' Jonathan Rhys Meyers as the titular character, NBC Chairman Bob Greenblatt announced Tuesday at the Television Critics Association fall TV previews.
The series will introduce Dracula as he arrives in London, posing as an American entrepreneur who maintains that he wants to bring modern science to Victorian society. In reality, he's seeking revenge on the people who ruined his life centuries earlier. There's only one circumstance that can potentially thwart his plan: Dracula falls hopelessly in love with a woman who seems to be a reincarnation of his dead wife.
Greenblatt called the series a "new version of the classic Bram Stoker Dracula." "In the world of Twilight and True Blood... we thought we'd go back to the original," he said, noting that they'll be bringing a Tudors sensibility to the series.
Based on a script from co-executive producer Cole Haddon, Dracula will be executive-produced by Colin Callender, Tony Krantz (24), Gareth Neame (Downton Abbey) and Anne Mensah. Reece Pearson will also serve as co-executive producer

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Richard Dower · 27-07-2012 8:10pm

AMC picks up Area 51: http://www.nypost.com/p/entertainment/tv/good_after_bad_sD0IZuRQBkypL1Hq6wpGLI

don ramo · 27-07-2012 8:26pm

Richard Dower wrote: »

AMC picks up Area 51: http://www.nypost.com/p/entertainment/tv/good_after_bad_sD0IZuRQBkypL1Hq6wpGLI

sounds somewhat like The X-Files, except that its based back in 60s, again:rolleyes:

god help AMC when Breaking Bad and Mad Men end, the killing is probably their biggest failure and that was really expected to help fill the void those shows are gonna leave, their lucky they have the walking dead,

tommy2bad · 27-07-2012 8:50pm

I quite like Hell on Wheels and The Killing wasn't that bad, should have been shown in one season 'tho.
Area 51 sounds like that show set in the 50, what was it called? Dark Skies was that it?
could be a good one.

iguana · 27-07-2012 8:57pm

tommy2bad wrote: »

I quite like Hell on Wheels and The Killing wasn't that bad, should have been shown in one season 'tho.
Area 51 sounds like that show set in the 50, what was it called? Dark Skies was that it?
could be a good one.

Dark Skies was set in the 60s but if it hadn't been cancelled each series would have been set in the next decade, leading up to a climax at the millennium. It had such great potential, I loved that show.:(

expectationlost · 29-07-2012 9:27am

http://io9.com/5929853/how-science-fictional-will-amcs-1950s-drama-area-51-get

based on journalist Annie Jacobsen's book Area 51: An Uncensored History of America's Top Secret Military Base. Jacobsen's work is not science fiction

The accuracy of Jacobsen's book has been called into question, especially in her account of the Roswell crash. Most strikingly, she claims that the Soviet plane was manned by child-sized pilots biologically manipulated by Josef Mengele at Stalin's behest.

um wierd but not good wierd

Richard Dower · 30-07-2012 9:09pm

Lifetime orders new scripted pilot: http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2012/07/30/lifetime-orders-scripted-pilot-hr/143300/

Richard Dower · 01-08-2012 5:57am

The Brady Bunch being developed: http://www.deadline.com/2012/07/brady-bunch-tv-series-reboot-cbs-vince-vaughn/#utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

JP Liz V1 · 01-08-2012 11:50am

Cillian Murphy has been cast in the new BBC Two drama Peaky Blinders.
The Dark Knight star will take the lead role in the new six-part gangster drama which was written by Steven Knight (Eastern Promises) and will be directed by Otto Bathurst (Black Mirror).
The series follows Tommy (Murphy), a ruthless mobster whose family control the "lawless post-war slum neighbourhoods" of Birmingham in 1919.
Tommy's family are known as the 'Peaky Blinders' due to their practice of sewing razor blades into the peaks of their caps, reports Deadline.
Tommy finds his leadership under threat when a Belfast police chief arrives and challenges the crime family's reign.
Peaky Blinders will begin shooting in September and will air on BBC Two in 2013.

JP Liz V1 · 01-08-2012 10:22pm

BBC America will co-produce with BBC One The Musketeers, a drama series that’s a contemporary take on the classic Alexandre Dumas novel. Adrian Hodges (My Week With Marilyn, Primeval) will pen the project.

Richard Dower · 01-08-2012 11:14pm

From "The X-Files" writer and producer Frank Spotnitz, HUNTED begins its eight-episode first season this October. Melissa George (HBO's "In Treatment") stars as an operative for an elite private intelligence firm who survives an attempt on her life that may have been orchestrated by members of her own team; when she returns to work, she doesn't know who to trust. Other cast members include Adam Raymer ("Hawthorne"), Stephen Dillane (HBO's "Game of Thrones"), Morven Christie ("The Young Victoria") and Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje ("Lost"). Produced by Kudos Film & Television for BBC One and HBO/CINEMAX in association with Big Light Productions. Frank Spotnitz, Alison Jackson, Jane Featherstone, Stephen Garrett, Christopher Aird executive produce.

Launching its ten-episode first season in Jan. 2013, the action series BANSHEE stars Antony Starr ("Rush") as an ex-con and master thief who assumes the identity of the sheriff of Banshee, Pa., where he continues his criminal activities, even as he's hunted by the shadowy gangsters he betrayed years earlier. Ivana Milicevic (HBO's "Mind of the Married Man"), Ulrich Thomsen ("The Celebration"), Frankie Faison (HBO's "The Wire"), Rus Blackwell ("Burn Notice"), Ryann Shane ("Blue Bloods") and Ben Cross ("Star Trek") also star. Alan Ball (HBO's "True Blood"), Greg Yaitanes ("Lost"), Peter Macdissi (HBO's "Six Feet Under"), Jonathan Tropper (author of the New York Times bestseller "This Is Where I Leave You") and David Schickler (author of "Sweet and Vicious") executive produce.

http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2012/08/01/cinemax-confirms-lineup-of-new-and-returning-original-series-including-strike-back-hunted-and-banshee/143663/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Tvbythenumbers+%28TVbytheNumbers%29

Richard Dower · 09-08-2012 4:15am

sounds like Firefly meets revolution: http://www.deadline.com/2012/08/syfy-developing-clandestine-space-drama/

Being Mary Jane [formerly Single Black Female] goes to series on BET: http://www.deadline.com/2012/08/mara-brock-akils-hourlong-bet-pilot-starring-gabrielle-union-goes-to-series/

This Kelsey Grammer project sounds very interesting: http://www.deadline.com/2012/08/nbc-buys-freakonomics-inspired-drama-procedural-produced-by-kelsey-grammer/

NBC has bought Pariah, a drama project from Lionsgate Television and Kelsey Grammer’s Grammnet Prods. Written by Kevin Fox (The Negotiator, Law & Order: SVU), the police procedural features characters inspired by the economic theory ‘Freakonomics’ made popular by authors/economists Steven Levitt & Stephen Dubner. In Pariah, the Mayor of San Diego appoints a rogue academic with no law enforcement background to run a task force using Freakonomics-inspired alternative methods of policing. This causes an uproar within the police department as the morally conflicted, conspiracy-minded academic solves crimes by conducting his controversial experiments on citizens of the city.

FX orders The Americans to series for 13 episodes: http://www.spoilertv.com/2012/08/the-americans-fx-orders-13-episodes.html

JP Liz V1 · 10-08-2012 2:48pm

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

http://www.tvline.com/2012/03/keri-russell-the-americans/

The fact it is on FX it stands a better chance and I hope they pick a good actor as the male co-lead

FX has given a series order to The Americans, a drama about Russian spies living in suburban America in the 1980s. Starring in the series will be Keri Russell (Felicity) and Matthew Rhys (Brothers & Sisters) as KGB spies posing as a newlywed couple near Washington, D.C., and Noah Emmerich (The Walking Dead) as an FBI agent. The 13-episode debut season will premiere in early 2013.

Richard Dower · 11-08-2012 6:53pm

NBC developing Cleopatra tv series....on network?....wtf?, this would NEED to be Rome/Spartacus premium cable content to work!

http://www.deadline.com/2012/08/cleopatra-drama-from-producer-lorenzo-di-bonaventura-and-writer-michael-seitzman-lands-at-nbc-with-put-pilot-commitment/

Richard Dower · 14-08-2012 2:04am

NBC has put in development Hench, a high-concept drama from Peter Berg and Sarah Aubrey’s Film 44 and Universal TV. Written by Alexandra Cunningham, Hench centers on a regular guy who, in order to support his family, gets jobs temping for super villains.

Richard Dower · 23-08-2012 8:46am

SyFy of all people :rolleyes: - i feel a poor mans Firefly coming on

http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2012/08/22/syfy-to-develop-cult-adventure-classic-blakes-7-casino-royales-martin-campbell-to-direct-heroes-joe-polaski-to-write-pilot/145935/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Tvbythenumbers+%28TVbytheNumbers%29

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