Future Shows (News/Casting)

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Common is set to play the lead role in a new Starz series based on the “Black Samurai” book series with Wu-Tang Clan’s RZA and Jerry Bruckheimer executive producing, the series is currently in development

Agent Coulson

Starsky & Hutch

‘Starsky & Hutch’ TV Series Reboot In Works At Sony TV With James Gunn

The 1970s buddy cop series Starsky & Hutch is eyeing a TV return with a reboot shepherded by The Guardians Of the Galaxy franchise writer-director James Gunn. Sony Pictures TV Studios is behind the revival series project, which is currently being pitched to broadcast, cable and streaming networks with multiple interested.

Described as a character driven one-hour procedural, the new Starsky and Hutch will be written by James Gunn as well as his brother Brian and their cousin Mark who often work as a writing tandem (Journey 2).

The Gunns executive produce alongside Neal Moritz whose Original Films has an overall deal with Sony TV. The company’s head of TV, Pavun Shetty, also is executive producing.

James Gunn is attached to possibly direct subject to availability.

Created by William Blinn and produced by Spelling-Goldberg Productions, the original series, which aired on ABC from 1975 to 1979, centered on two detectives, the streetwise David Michael Starsky (played by Paul Michael Glaser) and the by-the-book Kenneth Richard “Hutch” Hutchinson (David Soul), traversing the streets of the fictional Bay City, California in a two-door Ford Gran Torino.

Sony TV has the television rights to the series via its ownership of the Spelling-Goldberg catalogue, which also includes the 1970s series S.W.A.T, a title the studio is rebooting for CBS.

The film rights to Starsky & Hutch belong to Warner Bros., which produced the 2004 feature remake directed by Todd Phillips and starring Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson

http://deadline.com/2017/08/starsky-hutch-tv-series-reboot-sony-tv-james-gunn-1202155307/

Agent Coulson

Jumper

Jamie Bell, Julian Simpson Developing TV Version Of ‘Jumper’

EXCLUSIVE: Jamie Bell and Julian Simpson (Doctor Who) are helping to develop a TV reboot of the successful 2008 feature film Jumper for Studio Canal, New Regency and Lionsgate. Bell may be reprising his role from the film for the series which is in development through the multi-faceted TV production and distribution deal between Lionsgate and New Regency.

Jumper tells the story of a teenager with teleportation abilities who suddenly finds himself in the middle of an ancient war between those like him and their sworn annihilators. The movie version was released by Fox and grossed a whopping $222.2M worldwide.

http://deadline.com/2017/08/jamie-bell-julian-simpson-tv-version-jumper-1202155640/

Agent Coulson

Impulse

Doug Liman’s ‘Impulse’ Gets Series Order From YouTube Red

YouTube has given a series order to “Impulse,” a drama from Universal Cable Productions and executive producer Doug Liman of Hypnotic. The series is based on the third novel in the “Jumper” series by Steven Gould.

http://variety.com/2017/tv/news/youtube-impulse-1202479585/

Agent Coulson

So two series based in the Jumper universe are in the works.

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Brenton Thwaites is set to star as Dick Grayson (aka Batman’s sidekick Robin) in Titans, DC Comics’ upcoming live-action adaptation of the superhero property.
Executive producers Akiva Goldsman, Geoff Johns, Greg Berlanti and Sarah Schechter will bring the up-and-coming superheroes to life in 2018, in a series that will stream exclusively on the upcoming DC-branded direct-to-consumer digital service. Written by Goldsman, Berlanti and DC Entertainment Chief Creative Officer Johns, Titans will follow Dick Grayson as he emerges from Batman’s shadow to become the leader of a fearless band of young, soon-to-be superheroes recruited from every corner of the DC Universe.

http://tvline.com/2017/08/31/titans-brenton-thwaites-robin-cast-dick-grayson/

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Jim Carrey is re-teaming with Oscar-winning director Michel Gondry (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind) for a new Showtime half-hour comedy series titled Kidding.

Here’s the pitch: “Carrey plays Jeff, aka Mr. Pickles, an icon of children’s television, a beacon of kindness and wisdom to America’s impressionable young minds and the parents who grew up with him – who also anchors a multimillion dollar branding empire. But when this beloved personality’s family – wife, two sons, sister, and father – begins to implode, Jeff finds no fairy tale or fable or puppet will guide him through this crisis, which advances faster than his means to cope. The result: a kind man in a cruel world faces a slow leak of sanity as hilarious as it is heartbreaking.”

http://ew.com/tv/2017/09/14/jim-carrey-kidding-showtime/

maudgonner

Nightflyers gets a series order.

http://tvline.com/2017/09/13/nightflyers-series-order-syfy-george-r-r-martin/

Fantastic news for Troy Studios.

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Sean Penn has signed on to star in The First, Hulu’s forthcoming Mars-themed drama series from House of Cards creator Beau Willimon.
Set in the near future, The First will follow the first human mission to Mars, while exploring the challenges of taking the first steps toward interplanetary colonization. The project — which received a straight-to-series order from Hulu earlier this year — focuses not only on the astronauts, but also on their families and loved ones, as well as the ground team on Earth.

http://tvline.com/2017/09/20/sean-penn-the-first-hulu-mars-drama-series-cast/

Agent Coulson

‘Game of Thrones’: Fifth Prequel Series in Development at HBO

A fifth “Game of Thrones” prequel series is officially in the works at HBO, Variety has confirmed.

Bryan Cogman, who has worked on “Game of Thrones” since Season 1, has been tapped to pen a potential fifth prequel project for the network. It was previously known that four prequels were in development, though George R.R. Martin said that a fifth was also in the works. When Martin first spoke of the fifth writer being recruited in May, he said that apart from himself and “Thrones” experts Elio Garcia and Linda Antonsson, “I don’t know anyone who knows and loves Westeros as well as he does.”

Cogman has worked on the show in various capacities over the years, most recently as a writer and co-executive producer. Among the episodes Cogman has written for the series are “Stormborn,” the second episode of Season 7, and “The Broken Man, the seventh episode of Season 6 which introduced the character of Lyanna Mormont.

The four writers previously announced are Max Borenstein (“Kong: Skull Island”), Jane Goldman (“Kingsman: The Golden Circle”), Brian Helgeland (“Legend”), and Carly Wray (“Mad Men,” “The Leftovers”).

Details for the five projects are being kept under tight guard, though Martin has made clear that each project is a prequel rather than a spinoff and that none of the current main cast of the series will be involved. He has also ruled out fan theories that any of them will focus on his characters Ser Duncan the Tall and Aegon the Unlikely, or Dunk and Egg as they are popularly known. He has also said that Robert’s Rebellion will not be the subject of any of the prequels.

http://variety.com/2017/tv/news/game-of-thrones-prequel-series-hbo-1202564574/

Agent Coulson

The Hunt

Jordan Peele Nazi Hunter TV Series in Works

“The Hunt” will be set in the 1970s and is based on real events

Hot off the success of his directorial feature debut earlier this year, Jordan Peele is developing a TV series about Nazi hunters.

The TV project, called “The Hunt,” is based on real-life events and centers on a group of Nazi hunters in the 1970s. A network is not currently attached.

David Weil is writing the script and will executive produce with Peele.

http://www.thewrap.com/jordan-peele-nazi-hunter-tv-series-hunt/

Kuva

Stargate is back

https://www.gateworld.net/news/2017/09/stargate-origins-december-january-premiere/

AlmightyCushion

Kuva wrote: »

Stargate is back

https://www.gateworld.net/news/2017/09/stargate-origins-december-january-premiere/

Each episode is only 10 minute long. Don't get me wrong it's better than nothing and could mean we get a proper series soonish but still kinda sucky.

Agent Coulson

Lazarus, Snow Crash & Ringworld.

Amazon Increases Production Spending for 2018, Developing Three New Sci-Fi Series

http://variety.com/2017/tv/news/amazon-studios-lazarus-snow-crash-ringworld-1202576048/

Agent Coulson

Munich

FremantleMedia To Adapt Robert Harris’ ‘Munich’ As UK/German Series

From features to TV projects, World War II is a big focus for creatives this season, and particularly as we head into Mipcom. To wit: FremantleMedia’s Euston Films and UFA Fiction are set to co-produce the adaptation of Robert Harris’ latest novel, Munich. The spy thriller will be filmed in the UK and Germany. It’s a story about treason and conscience, loyalty and betrayal, and is filled with real-life characters — Hitler, Chamberlain, Mussolini, Daladier — and events that changed history.

Best-selling novelist Harris has visited WWII before and this time he fronts the story with an Englishman and a German struggling against the Nazis. As Chamberlain’s plane judders over the Channel and Hitler’s train steams relentlessly south from Berlin, two young men travel with secrets of their own. Hugh Legat is one of Chamberlain’s private secretaries and Paul Hartmann is a German diplomat and member of the anti-Hitler resistance. Great friends at Oxford before Hitler came to power, they haven’t seen one another since they were last in Munich six years earlier. Now, as the future of Europe hangs in the balance, their paths are destined to cross again.

http://deadline.com/2017/10/fremantlemedia-munich-series-robert-harris-mipcom-1202181650/

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Kristin Chenoweth has lead role in ABC’s comedy pilot The Real Fairy Godmother.

The show, penned by Alan Zachary and Michael Weiner, tells the story of a stereotypical housewife (in the style of Bravo’s infamous Real Housewives franchise) who one day discovers that she’s actually a fairy with a number of magical, godmotherly responsibilities. The show will be be produced by Craig Zadan and and Neil Meron.

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Cinemax’s martial-arts drama Warrior, from Banshee co-creator Jonathan Tropper, has cast British actor Andrew Koji as its lead

Agent Coulson

Whistleblower

CBS Developing ‘Whistleblower’ Drama From Chris Silber & Jerry Bruckheimer TV

Written by Silber, Whistleblower centers on a former whistleblower who lost everything — career, family, reputation — when he stood up against a conglomerate to expose wrongdoing. He now runs a firm dedicated to exposing wrongdoers while protecting those who have the courage to stand up for what’s right.

http://deadline.com/2017/10/cbs-developing-whistleblower-drama-jerry-bruckheimer-tv-1202191666/

Agent Coulson

Michael Bennett

‘Michael Bennett’ Drama Based On James Patterson’s Book Series In Works At ABC

Written by The Man In the High Castle co-executive producer Rick Cleveland, the project centers on NYPD Detective Michael Bennett, who is something of a living legend. Brilliant, seasoned and highly dedicated, he is a master homicide investigator, able to crack the city’s toughest cases without breaking a sweat. At home, it’s a different story. Following the death of his beloved wife years earlier, Bennett became a single father to their diverse brood of not one, not two, but 6 adopted children. He is a well-meaning and devoted dad, but raising that many kids on his own is a struggle, to say the least, and balancing his personal and professional lives is always an epic challenge.

http://deadline.com/2017/10/michael-bennett-drama-james-patterson-book-series-character-abc-1202190983/

Agent Coulson

Roswell

‘Roswell’ Series Reboot in Development at CW

The new, one-hour drama series would follow the daughter of undocumented immigrants who reluctantly returns to her tourist-trap hometown of Roswell, New Mexico. There she discovers a shocking truth about her teenage crush who is now a police officer: he’s an alien who has kept his unearthly abilities hidden his entire life. She protects his secret as the two reconnect and begin to investigate his origins, but when a violent attack and long-standing government cover-up point to a greater alien presence on Earth, the politics of fear and hatred threaten to expose him and destroy their deepening romance.

Like the original series, this project would be based on the “Roswell High” book series by Melinda Metz. Carina Adly MacKenzie will write and executive produce. Justin Falvey and Darryl Frank of Amblin Television will executive produce, with Lawrence Bender and Kevin Kelly Brown also executive producing. Brown was previously an executive producer on the original series. Amblin Television and Bender Brown Productions will produce in association with Warner Bros. Television

http://variety.com/2017/tv/news/roswell-reboot-series-cw-1202588397/

corkie

‘Magnum P.I.’ Reboot in Development at CBS From Peter Lenkov With Production Commitment

“Magnum P.I.” is getting the reboot treatment at CBS, Variety has learned.

Peter Lenkov, the writer and producer behind current CBS reboots of “Hawaii Five-O” and “MacGyver,” will serve as the writer and executive producer on a new version of the classic 1980s series, which has a pilot production commitment at the network.

Described as an updated version of the original series, “Magnum P.I.” follows Thomas Magnum, a decorated ex-Navy SEAL who, upon returning home to Hawaii from Afghanistan, repurposes his military skills to become a private investigator. With help from fellow vets Theodore “TC” Calvin and Orville “Rick” Wright, as well as that of disavowed former MI:6 agent Juliet Higgins, Magnum takes on the cases no one else will, helping those who have no one else to turn to. Tom Selleck played the mustachioed Magnum in the original series.

Female Higgins???????

CastorTroy

So that will be reboots of Five 0, MacGyver and Magnum PI all on CBS. And since they like having their shows in the same universe with Five 0, MacGyver and the NCIS series all crossing over in some way or the other, will that mean Magnum is always just going to be in a different part of Hawaii than Steve and co? I assume there'll be crossing over there as well

MOH

corkie wrote: »

Female Higgins???????

That just seems wrong.

CastorTroy wrote: »

So that will be reboots of Five 0, MacGyver and Magnum PI all on CBS. And since they like having their shows in the same universe with Five 0, MacGyver and the NCIS series all crossing over in some way or the other, will that mean Magnum is always just going to be in a different part of Hawaii than Steve and co? I assume there'll be crossing over there as well

Apparently the original had crossovers with Simon and Simon and with Murder She Wrote!

Agent Coulson

Bad Boys Spinoff.

‘Bad Boys’ Spinoff TV Series Starring Gabrielle Union In the Works

EXCLUSIVE: The Bad Boys hit movie franchise is getting a spinoff TV series centered on the character played in the second film by Gabrielle Union.

No one would comment but I hear the untitled project, which is currently being pitched to TV networks, already has garnered strong interest from multiple places and is expected to land a major commitment. It hails from the Bad Boys movies’ producer Jerry Bruckheimer, Doug Belgrad via his 2.0 Entertainment and Primary Wave Entertainment. Sony Pictures TV Studios, whose movie sibling is behind the feature franchise, is the studio.

The untitled Bad Boys spinoff is being written by The Blacklist writers-producers Brandon Margolis and Brandon Sonnier. Union’s Special Agent Sydney “Syd” Burnett, introduced in the sequel Bad Boys II, is the sister of Detective Lieutenant Marcus Burnett (Martin Lawrence) who was romantically involved with Marcus’ partner, Detective Lieutenant Mike Lowrey (Will Smith). She is an undercover operative with the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). You can watch a trailer for Bad Boys II below.

Union just became available as BET announced that her popular series Being Mary Jane will end with next year a two-hour series finale movie.

I hear the idea for a Bad Boys offshoot centered around Union’s character came from Primary Wave Entertainment, which manages the actress, in the company’s first broadcast development season since it brought in former NBC Universal TV Entertainment chairman Jeff Gaspin as President. He executive produces the project alongside Union’s manager Jeff Morrone.

Also executive producing the potential series are Belgrad and Jerry Bruckheimer TV’s Bruckheimer, Jonathan Littman and KristieAnne Reed.

http://deadline.com/2017/10/bad-boys-spinoff-tv-series-starring-gabrielle-union-jerry-bruckheimer-1202194320/

Agent Coulson

Invisible Man

Hulu is developing a series adaptation of the novel “Invisible Man” by Ralph Ellison.

Variety has learned that the project is in very early development stages, and that no script has yet been written. Hulu earlier this year acquired the rights to develop a series based on the landmark 1952 novel, which is owned by the Ralph and Fanny Ellison Charitable Trust. John Callahan is serving as an executive producer on the project.

Winner of the National Book Award in 1953, “Invisible Man” is considered a classic of 20th century American literature. The novel is told from the perspective of an unnamed African-American narrator who considers himself to be socially invisible due to the color of his skin. The narrator recalls stories from his life — first growing up and attending college in the South, then migrating to and living in New York City.

http://variety.com/2017/tv/news/invisible-man-hulu-series-1202599486/

Agent Coulson

Blair Witch

Blair Witch TV series in development by original film director

The Blair Witch returned last year as director Adam Wingard unleashed his surprise sequel, and now we have word that Eduardo Sanchez, co-director of the original The Blair Witch Project, is developing a follow-up to the classic found footage horror in the form of a TV series.

“For us, it’s a very natural thing to go and say “Hey, let’s do a frickin’ Blair Witch show and you can say it’s from the original creators and we can bring in a whole bunch of interesting directors to direct episodes,” said Sanchez on the Diminishing Returns podcast, before being asked whether it would be an anthology series with prequel episodes, or all found footage episodes. “I can’t really discuss [it]. I think that the idea of a Blair Witch anthology has always been very – just a really interesting thing. You’re close. You’re in the ballpark. You know, and I think it might be one of those things that might be – you know? The more you think about it, you’re like ‘That might be the perfect… a TV show. You know?’ So, we’ll see what happens, but I think that’s the next big thing for Blair Witch. Probably TV.”

Sanchez goes on to reveal that Lionsgate hold the rights to the franchise, and that ultimately any decision on a series rests with them.

https://www.flickeringmyth.com/2017/10/blair-witch-tv-series-in-development-by-original-film-director/

Agent Coulson

Snow Blind

Fox Buys ‘Snow Blind’ Drama Based On Comic From Vaun Wilmott & Boom!

Fox has given a script commitment plus penalty to Snow Blind, an hourlong witness protection drama based on the graphic novel by Ollie Masters (DC/Vertigo’s The Kitchen) and Tyler Jenkins (Grass Kings), from Prison Break executive producer and Dominion creator/showrunner Vaun Wilmott, Boom! Studios and 20th Century Fox TV.

Written by Wilmott, Snow Blind centers on Sheriff Billy Bowden, who, after a local story on him goes viral, struggles to keep his past life of crime and his placement in witness protection hidden from his friends and family in a small Alaska town.

Wilmott executive produces with Boom! Studios’ Stephen Christy and Ross Richie. Boom! and 20th Century Fox TV, where Boom! is under a first-look deal, co-produce.

http://deadline.com/2017/10/fox-snow-blind-drama-graphic-novel-prison-break-ep-boom-studios-1202197995/

Mr Crispy

Amazon, Warner Bros, and the Tolkien estate are in talks to bring a Lord of the Rings series to Amazon, according to Variety (reported by Slash Film).

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David Oyelowo, Dominic West, and Lily Collins have been cast in the lead roles in the upcoming BBC mini-series adaptation of “Les Misérables,” Variety has learned.

Based on Victor Hugo’s iconic literary classic, the story centers on French convict Jean Valjean (West) and his struggles to escape his past while being hunted for years over a parole violation by Inspector Javert (Oyelowo), set against the backdrop of the uprising of 1832. Collins will star as Fantine.

The cast also includes Adeel Akhtar and Olivia Colman as Monsieur and Madame Thénardier, Ellie Bamber as Cosette, Josh O’Connor as Marius, and Erin Kellyman as Éponine.

http://variety.com/2018/tv/news/les-miserables-mini-series-bbc-david-oyelowo-1202530969/

Marje

Accused

David Shore, whose adaptation of an award-winning South Korean format became the breakout new series of the season, ABC’s The Good Doctor, has teamed with Paramount Network to develop Accused, based on the International Emmy-winning British series.

Originally created by Jimmy McGovern, the series debuted in 2010 on BBC One and ran for two seasons. The first season won International Emmys for best drama series and best actor, Chris Eccleston. Season 2 won an International Emmy award for best actor, Sean Bean, and BAFTA TV Award for best supporting actress, Olivia Colman.

Accused is an anthology series in which each stand-alone episode follows a different character as they make their way to court to hear whether they’ve been found guilty of a crime. As we approach the verdict, their backstories, personal journeys, and the events that led up to them being accused of the crime play out and leave the viewers questioning whether each of the people is really guilty or not.

Paramount Network launches January 18, 2018. Replacing Spike TV, it has been designated to become the leading scripted brand for the revamped Viacom cable group.