Future Shows (News/Casting)

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http://tvline.com/2013/12/06/ncis-new-orleans-pilot-casting-news/

I wonder will it get a pick up unlike Red

dark crystal

Another television series based on a Stephen King story in the works:

http://www.shortlist.com/entertainment/tv/new-stephen-king-tv-series-in-development

With both Haven and Under The Dome still successful in the States, Stephen King, once lord of all horror movies, is rather hot property on television right now. ABC has just announced another TV series based on his work.

The newly announced Grand Central will be based on the short story The New York Times At Special Bargain Rates, which was published in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction in 2008.
The story concerns a woman who receives a phone call from her husband who died in a plane crash two days previously. He warns her of impending tragedy and saves her life. It's not yet clear how the show, which will go straight to series, will spin that into a full show, but the synopsis calls it "a character-driven procedural with a supernatural twist".
Grand Central will broadcast in the US in the summer of 2014. Shawn Piller, Lloyd Segan and Scott Shepherd, who are all producers on Haven, will produce.

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don ramo wrote: »

Homelands Howards Gordan and Gideon Raff along with lost writer Craig Wrighthave have had a pilot ordered by FX called Tyrant, which follows an american family in a middle east state, when the ruler of the country dies and his american son inherits the throne,

http://insidetv.ew.com/2012/12/10/homeland-tyrant-fx/

sounds interesting if a bit far fetched,

http://variety.com/2013/tv/news/fx-gives-series-order-to-tyrant-from-homeland-creator-1200945740/

FX gives series order

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Matthew Perry has signed on to star, co-write, and executive produce a new version of The Odd Couple for CBS, Deadline reports. He'll take on the Oscar role with the Felix role yet to be cast.

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Discovery Channel and Robert Redford have partnered once again, this time for a a series exploring the 40 years between the end of the American Civil War and the turn of the 20th century.
“The West,” from Sundance Prods. and Stephen David Entertainment, will explore the characters of this violent, blood-soaked period in American history, from Jesse James to Crazy Horse to Buffalo Bill. Discovery will bow the scripted project in 2014.
“‘The West’ will expose the triumphs, tragedies and legendary characters who gave rise to the taming of the American West,” said Discovery and TLC Networks topper Eileen O’Neill.
Added Redford and Laura Michalchyshyn of Sundance, “The stories of the American West are epic and profound with some of the biggest, most renowned and mythologized characters.”
Discovery and Redford teamed most recently for documentary “All the President’s Men Revisited.” DRG has international rights to “The West.”
Exec producers for “The West” include Stephen David, Redford, Michaelchyshyn and Michael Sorensen.

http://variety.com/2013/tv/news/discovery-channel-robert-redford-team-for-scripted-series-the-west-1200968863/

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David Mamet is turning to the Good Book, setting a deal with Fox, Lionsgate TV and 20th Century Fox TV to develop a seven-hour limited series rooted in the concepts behind the seven deadly sins.
Stephen McPherson is shepherding the project with Mamet through McPherson’s production pact with Lionsgate TV.
The famed playwright and screenwriter plans to write and direct the first episode, and write at least two more segs.
The themes invoked by the seven deadly sins will serve as a backdrop of a series of interconnected stories the reflect on the human condition through Mamet’s distinctive lens. And there’s plenty of material to work with from the list of Christianity’s Big 7 no-nos: wrath, greed, sloth, pride, lust, envy and gluttony.
The “7 Deadly Sins” project is in the early development stage as part of Fox’s push to offer more limited-run series and longform projects throughout the calendar year. Mamet and McPherson are exec producing.

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http://variety.com/2014/tv/news/nbc-orders-craig-robinson-comedy-to-series-1201031762/


NBC has handed a series order to a comedy from “The Office” alum Craig Robinson.
“Mr. Robinson” centers on a journeyman musician who gets a job as a music teacher at a middle school. While teaching the kids everything from rock to the blues, he simultaneously learns how to put the school’s rules to the test.
Peacock has given the project a six-episode order.
Robinson will star in the comedy, which was initially ordered to pilot in early 2013. “The Office” showrunner Greg Daniels was attached to the laffer last year but has since departed “Mr. Robinson,” Variety has confirmed.
Universal TV and 3 Arts Entertainment will project “Mr. Robinson,” with Mark Cullen, Rob Cullen, Howard Klein and Mark Schulman exec producing.

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Zoe Saldana to produce and star in NBC mini series remake Rosemary's Baby Source

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Denis Leary back on FX with new music comedy pilot http://tvline.com/2014/01/07/fx-denis-leary-pilot-sexdrugsrockroll/

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Variety has confirmed that Chevy Chase is developing a comedy at ABC with Beverly D’Angelo. ABC has offered a production commitment to the project, which centers on a married couple (Chase, D’Angelo) raising grandchildren.

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FX has recruited Michael Cera and John Hawkes to star in Charlie Kaufman's comedy pilot How & Why http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/michael-cera-john-hawkes-star-668732

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Katherine Heigl back on TV but not Grey's Anatomy



http://tvline.com/2013/09/09/katherine-heigl-cia-drama-nbc-2014/

NBC has handed a pilot order to State of Affairs, a potential drama series starring Katherine Heigl as a CIA analyst

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Zoe Saldana to produce and star in NBC mini series remake Rosemary's Baby Source

http://www.deadline.com/2014/01/patrick-j-adams-jason-isaacs-rosemarys-baby-miniseries-nbc/


Suits star Patrick J. Adams is set as the male lead opposite Zoe Saldana in NBC’s four-hour miniseries Rosemary’s Baby, an adaptation of the 1967 best-selling suspense novel by Ira Levin. Jason Isaacs also has joined the mini, directed by Agnieska Holland. It centers on Rosemary Woodhouse (Saldana), a young wife and would-be mother who, with her husband Guy (Adams), moves into a Paris apartment that has a dark past. After finally getting pregnant, she becomes increasingly suspicious that both her husband and their mysterious neighbors have ulterior motives about the future of her child. Isaacs will play warlock/coven-leader Roman Castevet, a role played by Sidney Blackmer in Roman Polanski’s 1968 feature adaptation, in which Guy was played by John Cassavetes. This marks a nice NBCUniversal crossover, with Adams — one of the hottest stars of USA Network where Suits is a flagship series — taking on a lead of an NBC project. It also marks Issacs’ return to NBC where he toplined drama Awake. (He also worked with NBC topper Bob Greenblatt on Showtime’s Brotherhood.) Filming on Rosemary’s Baby, produced by Lionsgate TV, is slated to begin shortly in Paris.

Agent Coulson

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

NBC has handed a pilot order to State of Affairs, a potential drama series starring Katherine Heigl as a CIA analyst

Patty O Furniture

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

NBC has handed a pilot order to State of Affairs, a potential drama series starring Katherine Heigl as a CIA analyst

Agent Coulson wrote: »

Katherine Heigl has come back to tv, after a few film flops, she got a bit big-headed methinks.

Patty O Furniture

Patty O Furniture wrote: »

Katherine Heigl has come back to tv, after a few film flops, she got a bit big-headed methinks.

Heigl isn't the problem, it's her mother who people have the real issue with. She's manipulative and controlling and has made enemies on every set she has ever stepped foot on.

Patty O Furniture

Lauren Graham's New CW Pilot Gets a Title, But No Pick-Up...Yet

The good news: Lauren Graham's CW dramedy pilot finally has a title: 'Unfamous.' The not-so-good news: it's still uncertain whether the project will be picked up to series.

Has she left Parenthood?

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Patty O Furniture wrote: »

Lauren Graham's New CW Pilot Gets a Title, But No Pick-Up...Yet

Has she left Parenthood?

It is based on a book she wrote not sure she is starring in it I think

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Ron Perlman will star in Hand of God, an hour-long drama pilot penned by Burn Notice EP Ben Watkins that just found a home at Amazon.Per Deadline, the project centers on the powerful Judge Harris Pernell (Perlman), a hard-living, law-bending married man with a high-end call girl on the side who has a religious awakening and starts hearing voices through his ventilator-bound son that could be God speaking to him.
World War Z helmer Marc Forster is set to direct Source

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JP Liz V1 wrote: »

Ron Perlman will star in Hand of God, an hour-long drama pilot penned by Burn Notice EP Ben Watkins that just found a home at Amazon.Per Deadline, the project centers on the powerful Judge Harris Pernell (Perlman), a hard-living, law-bending married man with a high-end call girl on the side who has a religious awakening and starts hearing voices through his ventilator-bound son that could be God speaking to him.
World War Z helmer Marc Forster is set to direct Source

So it's Boss with a slight twist.

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Deleted User wrote: »

So it's Boss with a slight twist.

John of Arcadia

AlmightyCushion

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

Ron Perlman will star in Hand of God, an hour-long drama pilot penned by Burn Notice EP Ben Watkins that just found a home at Amazon.Per Deadline, the project centers on the powerful Judge Harris Pernell (Perlman), a hard-living, law-bending married man with a high-end call girl on the side who has a religious awakening and starts hearing voices through his ventilator-bound son that could be God speaking to him.
World War Z helmer Marc Forster is set to direct Source

This sounds like it's going to either be completely awesome or straight up awful... or even both.

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AlmightyCushion wrote: »

This sounds like it's going to either be completely awesome or straight up awful... or even both.

I quite liked Eli Stone, it was funny and quirky but this sounds more dramatic

AlmightyCushion

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

I quite liked Eli Stone, it was funny and quirky but this sounds more dramatic

Never seen it, I do like Ron Perlman though.

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Goran Visnjic has been cast in CBS upcoming sci-fi drama Extant.
Visnjic (ER) will play star Halle Berry’s husband John Watts on the show in a series-regular role. Also, Michael O’Neill (The West Wing, 24) has been cast as a former astronaut who now is the director of the privatized space program.
The serialized drama Extant is described as “a mystery thriller about a female astronaut trying to reconnect with her family when she returns after a year in outer space. Her experiences lead to events that ultimately will change the course of human history.”
The series launches Wednesday, July 2.
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FunLover18

Morgan Freeman’s Revelations Entertainment has cast his “Deep Impact” costar Tea Leoni to play the Secretary of State in its CBS drama pilot, “Madam Secretary,” the network announced today.

The drama about a maverick female Secretary of State dealing with international diplomacy, office politics and a complex family life comes via executive producer and scribe Barbara Hall (“Judging Amy,” “Joan Of Arcadia”). CBSTVS is producing, along with Freeman, Lori McCreary and Tracy Mercer of Revelations.

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jenjenten

FunLover18 wrote: »

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Tea Leoni?.........i'm out right there! :mad:

JP Liz V1

jenjenten wrote: »

Tea Leoni?.........i'm out right there! :mad:

Yes I am skeptical of that casting

Neil Marshall will be directing the Constantine pilot for NBC. Going to be interesting to see what direction they go with it as I really can't see them stating loyal to the comic. Something along the lines if Elementary with an English Constantine in America is how I imagine it will play out and is something that was done in the comics. Hopefully the show won't skimp on the sex and violence though I'd be happy if it explored adult themes more than simply presented graphic violence and nudity in a sad attempt to appear adult. It will be interesting to see if they retain the smoking as it's integral to the character as well as one of the stories in the comic.

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JP Liz V1 wrote: »

http://tvline.com/2013/12/06/ncis-new-orleans-pilot-casting-news/

I wonder will it get a pick up unlike Red

Scott Bakula nabs lead role Source

CCH Pounder and Zoe McLellan also join