2010-11: pilots/in development etc.

Richard Dower

Thought it might be an idea to have a single thread covering upcoming projects/pilots/"in the works" etc.

I'll start off with this article that lists a number of shows from different channels, please do add if you find other shows or pilots:

http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news.aspx?date=01/27/10&id=8498


OHH!! --> UNTITLED WYOMING PROJECT (The CW, New!) - Amy Sherman-Palladino and Dan Palladino ("Gilmore Girls") are returning to the netlet with a new drama set on a Wyoming horse farm. The untitled hour, which comes from Warner Bros. Television and CBS Television Studios, has a pilot order from the network. The pair co-wrote the project and are executive producing.

Interesting!....Wildfire meets Heartland?


http://www.thefutoncritic.com/devwatch.aspx?id=development_update

Mr E

I like the sound of the new Nikita.
If done right (Alias-ish with a story arc, rather than the klunky 90s series) it could be good.

JP Liz V1

Forest Whitaker is taking the lead in the Criminal Minds spin off


Hawaii Five-O and The Streets of San Francisco are being remade also

Richard Dower

^ aye....are they Jerry `HIGH OCTANE` Bruckheimer; "flash, bang, whallop" ?

JP Liz V1

Richard Dower wrote: »

^ aye....are they Jerry `HIGH OCTANE` Bruckheimer; "flash, bang, whallop" ?

maybe

Also Starring LeVar Burton

Here are a few pilots that sound promising... There's plenty more pilots being shot - check out all the info at thefutoncritic.com...

Here are the ones I found interesting...

Awkward Situations For Men (ABC) - comedy about a british man who moves to america with his wife, only to discover that his everyday behavior clashes with american values and constantly gets him into trouble.

Mr Sunshine (ABC) - comedy about a self-involved manager of a second-rate sports arena who begins to reevaluate his life on his 40th birthday. Stars Matthew Perry.

Charlie's Angels (ABC) - yet another remake of the classic show.

Generation Y (ABC) - drama about a group of people in the present with flashbacks to 10 years ago when they were in their senior year of high school.

No Ordinary Family (ABC) - drama about a typical american family whose members have special abilities.

Scoundrels (ABC) - drama about a family of small-time crooks who decide to go legit after their father lands in jail.

Mike and Molly (CBS) - comedy about a couple who struggle with overeating and meet at overeaters anonymous. Chuck Lorre is the Executive Producer.

Hawaii Five-O (CBS) - revival of the one-time cbs mainstay about the workings of the fictional hawaiian state police department.

Bob's Burgers (Fox) - animated comedy centering on a man who runs a struggling restaurant along with his tightly-wound wife and three underachieving kids.

Nevermind Nirvana (Fox) - comedy about two brothers from a traditional indian background - one defies his family's expectations by dating a caucasian woman, while the other agrees to enter an arranged marriage.

Sky Jockeys (Fox) - animated comedy set inside an airport.

Strange Brew (Fox) - multi-camera comedy about a family-owned brewery.

Nathan vs Nurture (NBC) - comedy about a successful 35-year-old heart surgeon, who decides to search for his biological parents only to find they had three more kids and kept them.

Untitled Larry Charles Project (NBC) - comedy about a group of sci-fi fanboys in a small town who shoot their own version of a canceled tv show.

The Cape (NBC) - drama about a former cop framed for a crime he didn't commit who becomes the cape, a masked hero, to clear his name and reunite with his son.

Rex Is Not Your Lawyer (NBC) - drama about a lawyer who suffers panic attacks and takes up coaching clients to represent themselves in court. Starring David Tennant.

The Walking Dead (AMC) - The Walking Dead tells the story of the months and years that follow after a zombie apocalypse. It follows a group of survivors, led by police officer Rick Grimes, who travel in search of a safe and secure home. The comic goes on to explore the challenges of life in a world overrun by zombies who take a toll on the survivors, and sometimes the interpersonal conflicts present a greater danger to their continuing survival than the zombies that roam the country. Over time, the characters are changed by the constant exposure to death and some grow willing to do anything to survive.

Ghosts/Aliens (Comedy Central) - A cast-contingent pilot written by Phil Johnston, "Ghosts/Aliens" centers on Trey Hamburger and his loyal best friend, Mike Stevens - a couple of regular reefer-loving guys living the good life in Leonard, Michigan, until everything goes awry. "Ghosts/Aliens" follows Trey and Mike's quest to expose the truth about the existence of ghosts and aliens and is executive produced by Scott Aversano and Phil Johnston.

Game Of Thrones (HBO) - drama based on george r.r. martin's bestselling fantasy series "a song of ice and fire".

Luck (HBO) - drama set in the world of horse racing about what happens in the clubhouse and the grandstand, but also on the backside of the track, where the training is done and where they house the horses.

Teen Wolf (MTV) - A reinvention of the classic '80s movie for today's MTV audience, this show will draw from the horror genre to explore werewolf mythology, and include a sweeping romantic saga at the center.

Shameless (Showtime) - SHOWTIME and acclaimed Emmy Award-winning television and film producer John Wells (ER, THE WEST WING, SOUTHLAND, THIRD WATCH, FAR FROM HEAVEN, SHOWTIME's AN AMERICAN CRIME) are bringing SHAMELESS, the long running British series to American television starring Emmy Award-winner and Oscar-nominee William H. Macy (Door to Door, Fargo, Pleasantville, The Cooler). Showtime has ordered a pilot for this one-hour drama tracing the lives of a very unconventional family which will be executive produced by Wells and the series' original creator and Emmy Award-winner Paul Abbott, one of Britain's most critically and commercially successful television producers.

Alphas (SyFy) - Syfy has ordered the action-adventure 90-minute pilot, Alphas (working title) from writers Zak Penn (X-Men: The Last Stand, Fantastic Four, The Incredible Hulk) and Michael Karnow, it was announced today by Mark Stern, Executive Vice President of Original Programming, Syfy and Co-Head of Content for Universal Cable Productions, which is the studio for the project. Alphas is executive produced by Gail Berman and Lloyd Braun for BermanBraun Television and is expected to commence production in early fall 2009. Alphas follows a team of ordinary citizens who possess extraordinary and unusual mental skills. Using physical feats and mental trickery, this elite force of heroes take the law into their own hands and uncover what the CIA, FBI and Pentagon have not been able or willing to solve. Each possessing their unique and not always visible power, they alone solve the crime, stop the ticking time bomb and catch the enemy.

missingtime

CaptainNegative wrote: »

The Walking Dead (AMC) - The Walking Dead tells the story of the months and years that follow after a zombie apocalypse. It follows a group of survivors, led by police officer Rick Grimes, who travel in search of a safe and secure home. The comic goes on to explore the challenges of life in a world overrun by zombies who take a toll on the survivors, and sometimes the interpersonal conflicts present a greater danger to their continuing survival than the zombies that roam the country. Over time, the characters are changed by the constant exposure to death and some grow willing to do anything to survive.

There is a huge amount of material for this in the comic books. Hopefully they wont **** it up. Nathon Fillion would be perfect for the lead i think

Mr E

Fillion is doing well in Castle, and that show is looking good for a 3rd season.

JP Liz V1

Woody Harrelson was suppose to be playing the Frank Gallagher character in the us version of Shameless i dont know if he still attached now he is getting oscar buzz and tons of award nominations for his latest film. I am really not sure how a us version of Shameless will work tbh

Basq

I'm not the biggest Shameless fan.. not that I don't like it but I've only watched a few episodes from the first season so I can't comment as much.. but a US version doesn't work.

The whole council estate thing just wouldn't work in the US.. odds are they'll be changed to a trailer trash family. It'll be dreadful.. I just know it.

Though to be honest, this year's pilots couldn't possibly be any worses than last year's. Bar Modern Family, I couldn't give a rat's ass about any of them.

JP Liz V1

Four-time Emmy-winner Allison Janney is returning to television to star in the ABC pilot Mr. Sunshine, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Longtime West Wing star Janney will star alongside Friends alum Matthew Perry. Perry stars in the pilot as the manager of a deteriorating San Diego stadium who begins to reevaluate his life after his 40th birthday. Janney will play the stadium's owner, Crystal, an eccentric pill-popper. Perry helped develop the project, which he will also co-write and executive produce.
Sunshine marks the third pairing for Aaron Sorkin grads Janney and Perry. Perry appeared on three episodes of Sorkin's The West Wing in the show's fourth and fifth seasons. Janney then played herself on an episode of Sorkin's failed 2006 late-night drama, Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip.
Janney is also set to appear in Wing executive producer John Wells' upcoming Showtime project, Shameless, THR reports.

Basq

So Woody Harrellson, Allison Janney and Wiliam H Macy are all rumoured for Shameless?

Christ, it's got some great talent associated with it.. I'll give it that!

Richard Dower

Mr E wrote: »

Fillion is doing well in Castle, and that show is looking good for a 3rd season.

Agreed, i watched the latest ep. and found it very enjoyable....not a fan and don't watch. But they had great chemistry and banter, it'll deffo get a third season.

Richard Dower

NBC picks up `The Cape`: http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/television/news/e3i662cd5cc93e7334305a575b04489867d

pickarooney

Apart from the untitled Larry Charles project, everything listed sounds dreadful. Like basquille, I reckon only Modern Family remains watchale out of this year's new shows. I'm trying to watch The Middle but it's really rather weak fare.

Also Starring LeVar Burton

pickarooney wrote: »

Apart from the untitled Larry Charles project, everything listed sounds dreadful. Like basquille, I reckon only Modern Family remains watchale out of this year's new shows. I'm trying to watch The Middle but it's really rather weak fare.

Modern Family definitely is the best new show of this season. Although, I think The Middle, Community, and Glee were also very good new shows...

Also Starring LeVar Burton

Richard Dower wrote: »

NBC picks up `The Cape`: http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/television/news/e3i662cd5cc93e7334305a575b04489867d

That's only a confirmation that they've ordered the pilot. We already knew that.

JP Liz V1

CaptainNegative wrote: »

Here are a few pilots that sound promising... There's plenty more pilots being shot - check out all the info at thefutoncritic.com...

Here are the ones I found interesting...

Awkward Situations For Men (ABC) - comedy about a british man who moves to america with his wife, only to discover that his everyday behavior clashes with american values and constantly gets him into trouble.

Things just got awkward for Chuck's Tony Hale and Eli Stone's Matt Letscher. The pair are set to co-star in ABC's new comedy pilot, Awkward Situations for Men, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Awkward follows British TV personality Danny Wallace, who plays himself, as he moves to America with his wife. Hale will play Will, Danny's American friend who tries to keep Danny in check with American customs, to no avail. Letscher will portray Bob, the boss of Danny's wife, Meg, at a smoothie corporation.
The show is based on Wallace's book, Awkward Situations for Men, and comes from Warner Brothers Television.

JP Liz V1

Tom Welling may be back on The CW next season — at least as a producer. The network has picked up a Welling-produced dramedy pilot set in world of competitive college cheerleading titled Hellcats. It’s Election meets Bring it On.
You thinking what I’m thinking? ‘Cause I’m thinking there may be Smallville-related strings attached to this deal. But that’s pure speculation on my part.
The CW has also given a greenlight to the hour-long pilots Betwixt (about urban-based ‘changelings’ who are responsible for saving humans from evil), and HMS, a Hayden Panettiere-produced (seriously!) drama about med students at Harvard.

JP Liz V1

Mr E wrote: »

I like the sound of the new Nikita.
If done right (Alias-ish with a story arc, rather than the klunky 90s series) it could be good.

The CW has also ordered Nikita, a contemporary update of La Femme Nikita. The logline: Nikita has gone rogue, and a new Nikita is being trained to replace her.

Richard Dower

Interesting pilots from The CW.

Also Starring LeVar Burton

Seems the CW are gonna attempt to appeal to a new target audience next year, while probably still attempting to keep the teenage girl audience...

JP Liz V1

Sarah Chalke has landed the female lead in the ABC comedy pilot Freshman.
The Scrubs vet will play Jane, a smart and funny freshman congresswoman who excels at pretty much everything except relationships.
Exec produced by Arianna Huffington and How I Met Your Mother’s Greg Malins, Freshman centers on three rookie politicians who live together in Washington D.C.
Still to be cast are Chalke’s two male co-stars.

Also Starring LeVar Burton

TITAN TEAM (A.K.A. UNTITLED ADAM F. GOLDBERG PROJECT) (FOX) - Bret Harrison ("Reaper") has landed the lead role on the comedy pilot, about an "A-Team"-esque group of twentysomething geniuses who crack computer security systems. He'll play Cameron Bright, the latest addition to the team. Seth Gordon is helming the Sony Pictures Television/Happy Madison Productions-based half-hour from a script by Adam F. Goldberg.

If Bret Harrison is in it, then I'll definitely be hoping that this goes well...

JP Liz V1

Friday Night Lights MVP Zach Gilford has joined the cast of ABC’s hour-long drama pilot Matadors.
The prospective series revolves around two rival Chicago-based families, one in the DA’s office and another in a high-powered law firm. Zach is playing Alex Galloway, the Romeo of a modern-day Romeo & Juliet story.

pickarooney

Sarah Chalke having trouble with her relationships. A winner!

JP Liz V1

"Lost" may be ending its storied run in May, but Daniel Dae Kim is hoping he can stick around in Hawaii.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, the "Lost" star has landed one of the lead roles in CBS' pilot update of "Hawaii Five-0."
Kim will play Detective Chin Ho Kelly, stepping into Kam Fong's shoes from the original island cop classic.
The new "Hawaii Five-0" comes from "Fringe" co-creators Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman, plus "CSI: NY" veteran Peter Lenkov.
The trade notes that while the show's lead role -- Dectect Steve McGarrett -- has yet to be cast, "Moonlight" and "Three Rivers" star Alex O'Loughlin has been in talks to take over the part made famous by Jack Lord.
Kim has played Jin Kwon for six seasons on "Lost." His prior credits included "24," "Angel" and the miniseries "The Andromeda Strain."

JP Liz V1

Another Friday Night Lights alum has scored a pilot.
Sources confirm that Minka Kelly has landed a role in the prospective CBS comedy, True Love.
The project — produced by Matt Tarses of Scrubs and Worst Week fame — focuses on four friends looking for love in New York. Kelly will play Kate, who’s described as sweet, strong-willed, and Midwestern.

JP Liz V1

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

Friday Night Lights MVP Zach Gilford has joined the cast of ABC’s hour-long drama pilot Matadors.
The prospective series revolves around two rival Chicago-based families, one in the DA’s office and another in a high-powered law firm. Zach is playing Alex Galloway, the Romeo of a modern-day Romeo & Juliet story.

David Strathairn has landed the lead in the ABC drama pilot Matadors, co-starring Friday Night Lights‘ Zach Gilford.

David Krumholtz has been cast as the lead in Fox’s Untitled Ron Howard IRS pilot. The multi-camera workplace comedy, penned by Office writer-director Brent Forrester, is set at an Internal Revenue Service district office. Howard is exec producing with Imagine’s Brian Grazer and David Nevins.

JP Liz V1

NBC is cozying up to Friends with Benefits.
From (500) Days of Summer writers Scott Neustadter and Michael Weber, the comedy pilot was passed on by ABC, which originally developed the project, Variety reports.
The single-camera comedy focuses on five friends who get involved in FWB relationships while on their hunt for love.
Wedding Crashers helmer David Dobkin will direct the pilot.

and

Buffy alum Marc Blucas has landed a role in ABC's drama pilot True Blue.
He has been cast in one of the lead roles.
The project, which centres around six San Francisco homicide detectives who are investigating the murder of one of their own, sees Blucas play a divorced father of two who is harbouring feelings for his ex.
Without a Trace alum Poppy Montgomery has nabbed a role in the ABC pilot True Blue.
The drama revolves around six former best friends who rose through the ranks at the San Francisco Police Department and reunite to solve the murder of one of their own. Past rivalries and old flames pop up, however.
Montgomery will play hard-working Katherine Miller, the department's only female police captain, who struggles to balance her demanding career and complicated personal life following a divorce.

Richard Dower

New CW pilots: http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/ustv/news/a203994/the-cw-orders-new-drama-pilot-nomads.html

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/ustv/news/a203962/the-cw-launch-two-new-reality-shows.html

JP Liz V1

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Maggie Q has been cast in the lead role in the franchise revitalization, which focuses on a new Nikita being trained to go after the old Nikita, who went rogue.

Previous franchise stars have included Ana Parillaud (Luc Besson's "La Femme Nikita"), Bridget Fonda (the American remake "Point of No Return") and Peta Wilson (the USA series).

Maggie Q was born Margaret Quigley, but that sounds less cool and exotic, now doesn't it? An "exotic" (we like using Hollywood code) mix of Vietnamese and Polish-Irish (but born in Hawaii), Maggie Q went to Asia to pursue a career in modeling and eventually became a major star in Hong Kong films, before transitioning into Hollywood prominence with roles in "Mission: Impossible III," "Life Free or Die Hard" and "Balls of Fury."

The CW's "Nikita" is being developed by Craig Silverstein and produced by WBTV and McG's Wonderland.

Richard Dower

McG...christ.

Basq

Richard Dower wrote: »

McG...christ.

His films are awful... but to be fair, he's produced some superb TV shows including 'Supernatural', 'Chuck' and your personal favourite 'The OC'!

Richard Dower

^ touche!....but him and Shwartz BOTCHED up The OC!!

JP Liz V1

Eugene Levy has boarded Hitched, another CBS comedy which revolves around a twentysomething newlywed couple who, surrounded by family and friends, are still learning about each other. Levy will play the father of the groom.

Shea O'Meara

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

Eugene Levy has boarded Hitched, another CBS comedy which revolves around a twentysomething newlywed couple who, surrounded by family and friends, are still learning about each other. Levy will play the father of the groom.

Are we talking American Pie 2?

JP Liz V1

Sarah Connor Chronicles alum Leven Rambin has joined the cast of ABC’s summer series Scoundrels.
The dramedy centers on the matriarch (Virginia Madsen) of a family of crooks who attempts to lead her brood on an honest, hardworking path after her hubby (Neal McDonough) is sent to prison. Rambin will play their dumb-as-nails, aspiring model daughter, Vanessa.
Scoundrels — which has been picked up for eight episodes (all of them slated to air this summer) — is based on the New Zealand series Outrageous Fortune.

Gingervitis

http://io9.com/5476760/15-upcoming-tv-shows-that-could-save-small+screen-scifi

Richard Dower

Riverworld is BUST!!....why?, that idiot Stuart Gillard directed...see IMDB for the trash he made!

Basq

Richard Dower wrote: »

Riverworld is BUST!!....why?, that idiot Stuart Gillard directed...see IMDB for the trash he made!

Whatcha mean it's "bust"? It's airing in April.

Stuart Gillard's IMDb reads like any other mainstream TV directors resume. He gets points for directing The Outer Limits episode Sandkings.

Richard Dower

I read an article on Riverworld before the above article, it's been completed for AGES!, sc-Fi are showing all four parts in one night!

Ergo, The Prisoner....they have no faith in it/know it's bad!...Gillard directed hatching Pete ffs!, he made the crappy War Games 2....i've seen ALOT of Gillards stuff, trust me.

Basq

Richard Dower wrote: »

Gillard directed hatching Pete ffs!

You say that like I should know what it is! :pac:

Richard Dower

basquille wrote: »

You say that like I should know what it is! :pac:

Thanks for proving my point!....it's a DCOM.

Basq

Richard Dower wrote: »

Thanks for proving my point!....it's a DCOM.

And you said that like I should know what it means..

I'm a software developer - so you say that and I think this!

EDIT: Ahhh.. gotcha!

Richard Dower

It' kinda sad, me using DCOM...like it's normal.

JP Liz V1

Helen Mirren's star turn in Prime Suspect is turning out to be a hard act to follow.

Production on the pilot for a U.S. remake has been pushed back by NBC because of difficulties casting the lead role, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

The reboot was written by Without a Trace creator Hank Steinberg and based on the popular BBC drama of the same name — which also aired on PBS. The crime procedural followed a detective as she investigated complicated cases.

Following a long search, NBC executives decided to postpone the pilot until June since they felt they had not been able to find the best actress for the part, the trade paper reported.

Mirren, the series' original star, won two Emmys and three BAFTAs for her work as Detective Jane Tennison.

Glenn Close or Patricia Clarkson come to mind

JP Liz V1

On the eve of Nip/Tuck’s series finale, two of its stars are moving on to the next phase of their careers.
Dylan Walsh has been tapped to headline CBS’ Untitled Michael Dinner Pilot, while Joely Richardson has joined ABC’s The Whole Truth.
The Untitled Michael Dinner Pilot, originally titled ATF, centers on an ATF agent (Walsh) who’s struggling to balance career and family.
The Whole Truth, meanwhile, chronicles the building of a case from the perspective of both the defense and prosecution. Richardson will play the prosecuting attorney.

JP Liz V1

Looks like Julie Benz is sticking with ABC a bit longer.
The former Dexter star, who currently recurs on Desperate Housewives, has landed the other lead role in the network's drama pilot No Ordinary Family, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
The series centers on a typical American family with super powers. The Shield's Michael Chiklis is already onboard to play the patriarch, Jim, a former aspiring artist-turned-police artist with special abilities. Benz, 37, will play his wife, a scientist with a power for super speed.
No Ordinary Family comes from Greg Berlanti, the man behind Brothers & Sisters, Eli Stone and Dirty Sexy Money.

JP Liz V1

Tom Cavanagh will star in ABC's new pilot Edgar Floats
Cavanagh will take on the title role, a police psychologist by day and a bounty hunter by night. Alicia Witt and Robert Patrick co-star.
The drama comes from Life executive producer Rand Ravich.

Tom is always likeable in any role he plays

JP Liz V1

Keri Russell is returning to television in a new Fox sitcom produced by Arrested Development creator Mitch Hurwitz and starring Will Arnett
She is in talks to play Arnett’s love interest in Wilde Kingdom, the new single-camera romantic comedy pilot from Hurtwitz and fellow Arrested scribe James Vallely. Arnett also serves as a writer/producer.
The project centers on Steve Wilde (Arnett), a wealthy, self-centered Beverly Hills playboy who falls for a selfless humanitarian (Russell).