Future Shows (News/Casting)

CastorTroy

New Starz series set in the world of wrestling called "Heels". Supposedly being fast tracked for an 8 episode series.
http://deadline.com/2017/02/heels-wrestling-drama-series-starz-1201914899/

Written by Michael Waldron and to be directed by Kyle Patrick Alvarez (The Stanford Prison Experiment), Heels is the story of two brothers and rivals – one a villain, or “heel,” in the ring; the other a hero, or “face.” Real conflicts play out in fake matches as they war over their late father’s wrestling promotion, vying for national attention in small-town Georgia.

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http://tvline.com/2016/11/17/holly-hunter-alan-ball-hbo-drama-series-cast-family/

Alan Ball has hit the mother lode, tapping Oscar winner Holly Hunter to play the matriarch in his new tragicomic family drama for HBO.
The Six Feet Under and True Blood boss’ untitled series focuses on the contemporary multi-racial Black-Bishop family: a philosophy professor, his lawyer wife (Hunter), their three adopted children from Somalia, Vietnam and Colombia, and their sole biological child. This seemingly perfect, progressive family is in actuality harboring deep rifts. Then, one of the children begins to see things others cannot. Is it mental illness? Or something else?
Hunter’s matriarch character, socially conscious idealist Audrey Black, decided — along with husband Greg — to build a family by adopting children from Vietnam, Somali and Colombia before having their own child in their forties. Once a therapist in private practice, she now reluctantly utilizes her skills as a psychologist in the corporate world, balancing her more progressive personal philosophy with the need to make money. Audrey is a smart, caring woman who believes she knows what’s best for everyone and has no problem telling them. But with her husband now fighting depression and her children mostly grown, she finds herself somewhat adrift.

Tim Robbins joins http://tvline.com/2017/02/21/tim-robbins-alan-ball-hbo-drama-here-now-cast/

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Jack Coleman has signed on to play Reba McEntire’s ex-husband in Marc Cherry’s new pilot for ABC - TV Line

Reba plays Ruby Adair, sheriff of the town of Oxblood, Ky., and how her worldview is altered when an FBI agent of Middle Eastern heritage arrives to help her investigate a terrible crime.

Emily Rose, Amanda Detmer, Ryan McPartlin, Ben Esler, Natalie Hall and Saidah Ekulona also join

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Agent Coulson wrote: »

S.W.A.T.’ Reboot at CBS



http://variety.com/2017/tv/news/swat-reboot-cbs-stephanie-sigman-1201987165/

Shemar Moore to play Honcho

http://tvline.com/2017/02/28/shemar-moore-swat-pilot-cbs/

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Busy Philipps has nabbed the co-lead in The Sackett Sisters, a half-hour, single-camera pilot exec produced by Tina Fey and her Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt/30 Rock collaborators Robert Carlock and David Miner

http://tvline.com/2017/02/17/busy-philipps-the-sackett-sisters-nbc-comedy-series-tina-fey/

Casey Wilson to play the co-lead

http://tvline.com/2017/03/01/casey-wilson-busy-philipps-the-sackett-sisters-nbc-comedy-tina-fey/

Agent Coulson

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

Nathalie Kelley (The Vampire Diaries) cast in Dynasty reboot pilot

Her character, Cristal, is a Hispanic woman set to marry WASPy billionaire Blake Carrington, immediately putting her at odds with Blake’s daughter Fallon

http://tvline.com/2017/01/30/dynasty-reboot-cast-nathalie-kelley-cw-pilot-cristal-carrington/

Grant Show cast as Blake Carrington.

He's a good good choice I think.

http://deadline.com/2017/03/dynasty-grant-show-star-blake-carrington-the-cw-reboot-1202034650/

JP Liz V1

Amy Acker is set to play opposite True Blood‘s Stephen Moyer in Fox’s as-yet-untitled Marvel drama pilot.

Penned by Matt Nix (Burn Notice), the projects focuses on two ordinary parents (played by Acker and Moyer) who discover their children possess mutant powers. Forced to go on the run from a hostile government, the family joins up with an underground network of mutants and must fight to survive.

Per THR.com, Acker’s character, Kate Stewart, is in the midst of a separation from her husband Reed when their family situation takes a dark turn. She in turn discovers that she is stronger than she thinks.

The cast also includes Jamie Chung (Gotham) as Teleporter Blink, Blair Redford (Switched at Birth) as the Native American leader of the aforementioned underground network, Sean Teale (Reign, Incorporated) as a mutant with the ability to absorb and manipulate photons, and Natalie Alyn Lind (The Goldbergs) as one of the Stewarts’ kids.

Source - TV Line

Agent Coulson

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Vampire Chronicles

Anne Rice Developing 'Vampire Chronicles' TV Series



http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/anne-rice-bring-vampire-chronicles-tv-950550

Anne Rice’s ‘Vampire Chronicles’ in the Works as TV Series From Paramount, Anonymous Content

Lestat is coming to television. Paramount TV and Anonymous Content have optioned the rights to 11 of Anne Rice’s “Vampire Chronicles” books for adaptation, the companies announced Friday.

“It is undeniable that Anne Rice has created the paradigm against which all vampire stories are measured. The rich and vast world she has created with ‘The Vampire Chronicles’ is unmatched and sophisticated with 90’s gothic undertones that will be perfectly suited to captivate audiences,” said Amy Powell, President, Paramount TV, in a statement. “The series is full of compelling characters led by Lestat, arguably one of the greatest original characters, literary or otherwise. We are thrilled to collaborate with Anne, Christopher and the team at Anonymous Content on this epic series.”

Anne’s son Christopher Rice will write the series and serve as executive producer alongside his mother, and Anonymous Content’s David Kanter and Steve Golin.

Rice’s first novel “Interview with the Vampire” was published in 1979 and was turned into the most famous “Vampire Chronicles” film, starring Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt, with Cruise playing the vampire Lestat.

The film rights to Rice’s novels were previously set up at Universal and Imagine Entertainment, but the rights lapsed and Rice decided to develop them for TV last year.

“I’m thrilled beyond words to be working with Paramount TV and Anonymous Content –known for extraordinary cutting edge series such as ‘True Detective,’ ‘Quarry,’ and ‘The Knick,'” said Rice. “In this unique golden age of television, I couldn’t ask for a finer or more passionate team to help bring my beloved vampire hero, Lestat, alive in a series of the highest quality. This is a dream come true, both for me and for Christopher and for the fans who have been asking to see the Brat Prince in this medium for years.”

http://www.thewrap.com/anne-rices-vampire-chronicles-works-tv-series-paramount-anonymous-content/

Agent Coulson

Game of Thrones: 4 Spinoffs

HBO is making plans for life after Game of Thrones — by green-lighting a lot more Game of Thrones.
A spokesperson for the cable net confirms that it has inked deals with four writers — Jane Goldman (X-Men), Brian Helgeland (Mystic River) , Carly Wray (Mad Men) and Max Borenstein (Godzilla, Kong: Skull Island) — to “explore different time periods of George R. R. Martin’s vast and rich universe. There is no set timetable for these projects. We’ll take as much or as little time as the writers need and, as with all our development, we will evaluate what we have when the scripts are in.”

http://tvline.com/2017/05/04/game-of-thrones-spinoff-four-new-series/

AlmightyCushion

Agent Coulson wrote: »

Game of Thrones: 4 Spinoffs



http://tvline.com/2017/05/04/game-of-thrones-spinoff-four-new-series/

I know they were looking at doing a spin off and they'd be mad not too considering how popular GOT is but 4 of them?!?!?!

CastorTroy

http://ew.com/tv/2017/05/10/judge-dredd-tv-show/

Judge Dredd live action tv series announced

James74

CastorTroy wrote: »

http://ew.com/tv/2017/05/10/judge-dredd-tv-show/

Judge Dredd live action tv series announced

Oh Lordie this could be so good, but needs one of HBO, AMC, Showtime etc do it right.

Nervous Wreck

James74 wrote: »

Oh Lordie this could be so good, but needs one of HBO, AMC, Showtime etc do it right.

I hope AMC stay away from it. Really not into the idea of 6 episodes of JD walking his way to Mega City One after running out of gas, or some such.

James74

Nervous Wreck wrote: »

I hope AMC stay away from it. Really not into the idea of 6 episodes of JD walking his way to Mega City One after running out of gas, or some such.

Well I wasn't saying give it the Walking Dead crowd, I just meant that it needs a network that won't shy away from the hyper-violence required for the JD satire to work. But on AMC, remember they're also responsible for Mad Men, Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul... not just zombie walking sims.

Nervous Wreck

James74 wrote: »

Well I wasn't saying give it the Walking Dead crowd, I just meant that it needs a network that won't shy away from the hyper-violence required for the JD satire to work. But on AMC, remember they're also responsible for Mad Men, Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul... not just zombie walking sims.

My issue is that when a big budget is required, AMC drop the ball. Also when they can't figure out how to adapt the source material (see Preacher.... no, actually don't!). HBO would be perfect!

CastorTroy

Starz and Cinemax are 2 that are usually overlooked in favour of HBO, but that's where we got the likes of Spartacus, Black Sails and Banshee from.

Agent Coulson

The guy attached as executive producer to make had most of his shows on Syfy if they pick it up and give the Battlestar treatment I'd be ok with that.

Skerries

Deadpool to be an adult animated tv series

MOH

CastorTroy wrote: »

Starz and Cinemax are 2 that are usually overlooked in favour of HBO, but that's where we got the likes of Spartacus, Black Sails and Banshee from.

Yep, American Gods just started on Starz and the first five mins of that are pretty violent. Didn't skimp on the budget either, looks great.

CastorTroy

Yeah just watched the first episode so far. It seems a better fit than HBO in my opinion.

Agent Coulson

Purge

NBCUniversal’s upfront presentation today featured Blumhouse topper Jason Blum who talked about the upcoming Purge series.

From Blumhouse Television, a co-venture with ITV Studios, and Universal Cable Productions, Purge is slated to run on both USA Network and Syfy in 2018 when a fourth movie in the Blumhouse/Universal franchise will also be released.

Written, directed and executive produced by the film franchise creator James DeMonaco, the series had been described as “an entirely new chapter in America’s 12 hours of annual lawlessness.”

Blum today shed light on the premiere of the series with more details. “It will reveal to the fans what happens the other 364 days of the year and how that law affects people,” he said.

Platinum Dunes and DeMonaco’s longtime producing partner Sebastien K. Lemercier will also executive produce the series.

The feature Purge franchise — about one day each year when murder and mayhem is legalized — has been on the rise, hatching its highest-grossing effort so far with the most recent third movie, The Purge: Election Year.

http://deadline.com/2017/05/purge-tv-series-premise-usa-network-syfy-blumhouse-1202093752/

CastorTroy

The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance

10 Episode Prequel series incoming to netflix
http://www.comingsoon.net/tv/trailers/850001-netflix-announces-the-dark-crystal-prequel-series

JP Liz V1

Glenn Close has been tapped to star in Amazon half-hour comedy pilot Sea Oak. The pilot, picked up in March, is described as a mix of zombie drama and family revenge comedy.

Sea Oak revolves around Aunt Bernie (Close), a meek, unmarried woman with no children in a working-class Rust Belt City who dies tragically in a home invasion. Compelled by sheer force of dissatisfaction, she comes back from the dead full of rage and determined to get the life she never had. She proceeds to inflict a range of demands on what's left of her nuclear family, including a quasi-stripper nephew and two feckless nieces, who live in a low-end subsidized hellhole of a housing complex called Sea Oak.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/glenn-close-star-amazon-zombie-comedy-pilot-sea-oak-1014128

Agent Coulson

Dracula

‘Sherlock’ Team In Talks For Dracula Miniseries With BBC

Sherlock writers Mark Gatiss and Steven Moffat are reteaming with Sue Vertue’s Hartswood Films for a new miniseries based on Bram Stoker’s Dracula. The pair, who have yet to start work on the project, will write the series based on the vampire literary classic and are already in talks with the BBC for UK broadcasting rights.

Details have yet to be revealed and there is no word on casting yet but Moffat and Gatiss, who are currently working on solo projects, are expected to begin work soon on a series of specials based on the 1897 Gothic horror novel, which sees the bloodthirsty Count Dracula move from Transylvania to England.

It has not yet been decided if it will be historical or modern day. The team has had huge success with their modern update of Sherlock starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman since it first aired on the BBC in 2010.

Dracula will be the first collaboration between Moffat and Gatiss since the last Sherlock episode aired in January. Mofatt wrote and exec produced six seasons of BBC’s Doctor Who before stepping down earlier this year. Actor and writer Gatiss has starred in Game of Thrones as well as Sherlock, the latter in which he played Holmes’ brother Mycroft.

Sister publication Variety first reported the news.

http://deadline.com/2017/06/sherlock-team-in-talks-for-new-dracula-series-with-bbc-1202116653/

Agent Coulson

Rage Is Back

Syfy to Develop Supernatural Drama

Syfy is developing an hour-long supernatural drama series based on the Adam Mansbach novel “Rage Is Back,” Variety has learned from sources.

The series is set in 1987 during New York’s “War on Graffiti.” In this world, a young graffiti crew copes with the murder of one of their members, investigating a connection to shamans of the past and making them masters of the urban underground who use coded language and symbols in spiritual warfare.

Syfy had no comment.

In addition to writing “Rage Is Back,” Mansbach is the New York Times bestselling author of “Go the F— to Sleep,” which has sold more than two million copies worldwide. He also wrote the screenplay for the 2016 film “Barry,” which chronicled the life of Barack Obama during his early years at Columbia University.

Mansbach will co-executive produce the project with Danny Hoch, the actor known for his work in films such as “Whiteboyz,” “Blackhawk Down,” and “We Own the Night.” He also had a role in “Barry” as the campus security guard who racially profiles Obama. On the television side, Hoch has appeared in shows such as “The Knick,” “The Good Wife,” and “Law & Order: SVU.” Universal Cable Productions and 3Arts Entertainment will produce.

http://variety.com/2017/tv/news/syfy-adam-mansbach-rage-is-back-1202489667/

Agent Coulson

Untitled Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon series.

Reese Witherspoon, Jennifer Aniston Team Up to Star in TV Series

Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon are teaming up for a new TV series that will focus on a New York morning show, Variety has confirmed.

“House of Cards” producer Jay Carson is attached to write the script, with Steve Kloves executive producing. Witherspoon and Aniston will also executive produce, with Witherspoon producing through her Hello Sunshine production banner along with her film and television head Lauren Levy Neustadter. The project hails from HBO alum Michael Ellenberg’s newly launched Media Res banner.

The series is expected to be shopped to networks and streaming services in the coming weeks, industry sources say.

Aniston and Witherspoon previously worked together when Witherspoon guest starred on “Friends” as Aniston’s sister. Witherspoon recently made the jump to TV with the HBO drama “Big Little Lies,” which earned her an Emmy nomination. For Aniston, it would mark her first regular TV role since the end of “Friends” in 2004.

Speaking to Variety in January, Aniston expressed a desire to return to TV. “I’ve thought about it a lot,” she said. “That’s where the work is. That’s where the quality is. At this point in my career, I want to be part of wonderful stories, exciting characters, and also just having a good time.”

http://variety.com/2017/tv/news/reese-witherspoon-jennifer-aniston-tv-series-1202509000/

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A marquee drama series package is heating up the marketplace. I hear Old Man, starring Samuel L. Jackson in his first TV series gig, from Black Sails co-creator Jonathan E. Steinberg, Fargo and Handmaid’s Tale executive producer Warren Littlefiueld and Fox 21 TV Studios, is being pitched to the major basic and pay cable networks and streaming platforms, including FX, TNT, HBO, Showtime, Netflix, Hulu and Amazon, with multiple offers already on the table.
Written by Steinbarg based on the book The Old Man by Edgar Award-winning crime thriller author Thomas Perry, Old Man centers on widower Dan Chase (Jackson), an average Vermont retiree with a dark secret. Following Chase’s involvement as a young army intelligence hotshot in a botched operation in Libya thirty five years ago, he went on the run, trying to escape people who want him dead. Just as he had begun to think he was finally safe, Chase finds himself again in the crosshairs.
Steinberg executive produces with his producing partner Dan Shotz, Jackson and Littlefield.

http://deadline.com/2017/07/samuel-l-jackson-star-old-man-drama-series-jon-steinberg-warren-littlefield-fox-21-tv-studios-1202137852/

Agent Coulson

Romper Stomper

Iconic Australian Neo-Nazi Film ‘Romper Stomper’

“Romper Stomper,” the iconic Australian neo-Nazi-themed film that was a career turning point for Russell Crowe, is to be revisited as a TV series. The 6-part show is an original production for Down Under video streaming service, Stan.

A high stakes crime drama/political thriller that explores the human face of extremism, the series is to be directed by Geoffrey Wright, who directed the 1992 cult movie, along with Daina Reid “Never Tear Us Apart: The Untold Story of INXS”), and New Zealand’s James Napier Robertson (“The Dark Horse”). Production gets under way this week.

Crowe will not return. Instead, the announced cast includes Jacqueline McKenzie and Dan Wyllie , reprising their roles from the original film. Joining them are Lachy Hulme (“Power Games: The Packer-Murdoch Story,” “Beaconsfield”), Sophie Lowe (“The Beautiful Lie,” “The Slap”), David Wenham (“Lion,” “Top of the Lake”) and rising star Toby Wallace (“Boys In The Trees”).

Production is by John Edwards and Dan Edwards for Roadshow Rough Diamond, with major production investment from Stan and federal funding agency Screen Australia, in association with Film Victoria. International distribution will be handled by DCD Rights.

The series is written by Wright, Robertson, author/poet and rapper Omar Musa (Here Come the Dogs), and journalist and author Malcolm Knox. They frame the show as a timely revisiting of issues as today’s world confronts the politics of hate and hard-right populism.

“Romper Stomper will be unmissable television, as provocative now as the film was in 1992, examining at a personal level the hatred, fear, vengeance and politics hidden in plain sight all around us,” said Stan’s chief content officer, Nick Forward.

http://variety.com/2017/digital/asia/romper-stomper-set-as-tv-series-at-stan-1202510778/

maudgonner

The new George RR Martin series Nightflyers will be filmed at Troy studios later this year.

http://iftn.ie/news/?act1=record&onl...chnews&force=1

Great news for Limerick and Ireland. Anybody know if it's a full series pickup? The IFTN article makes it sound like it is, but I did a quick search and Variety etc only make mention of a pilot order? IMDB have it listed as a TV movie.

JP Liz V1

Patrick Dempsey has been tapped to topline Epix straight-to-series drama The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair.

Directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud (Black and White in Color), the 10-episode series is based on the best-selling European novel by Joel Dicker. The thriller stars Dempsey as Quebert, a literary icon who finds himself indicted for murder after the body of a young girl is found buried on his property.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/greys-anatomy-alum-patrick-dempsey-sets-tv-return-1029724