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Future Shows (News/Casting)

This thread has been set up to alleviate the excessive amount of news stories - or more specifically, on new shows still in development or in early casting stages.

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We'd ask that any news on shows still in development (whether it's casting stages, pre-production or filming) be posted here.

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Syfy Acquires Canadian Werewolf Series 'Bitten'

Syfy sure loves it some Canada, or at least the country's television series. The cable network currently airs two dramas imported from the land of moose and hockey, those being 'Lost Girl' and 'Continuum.' Both have proven to be big successes for the channel,

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EXCLUSIVE: In a rare small-screen stint, Bill Murray has joined the cast of HBO’s Olive Kitteridge, the miniseries based on Elizabeth Strout’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. Adapted by Jane Anderson and directed by The Kids Are All Right’s Lisa Cholodenko, the mini tells the tale of a seemingly placid New England town fraught with illicit affairs, crime and tragedy, as chronicled through the eyes of Olive who is tough on the outside but has a strong moral center. She’s played by Frances McDormand, and Murray is playing Jack Kennison, a local widower whom Kitteridge befriends.

http://www.deadline.com/2013/11/bill-murray-joins-hbo-mini-olive-kitteridge/

http://insidetv.ew.com/2013/11/18/anna-gunn-jacki-weaver-broadchurch-remake/

Fox snagged not one but two high-profile actresses to join its Broadchurch remake.
Anna Gunn (Breaking Bad) and Jacki Weaver (Silver Linings Playbook) will star in the newly dubbed Gracepoint, the network’s remake of the popular British TV drama. Gunn will play Det. Ellie Miller while Weaver will take over the role of Susan Wright.
As previously announced, Broadchurch’s David Tennant will reprise his role in the drama about a murder in a small coastal town. This time, however, his character is named Det. Emmett Carver.
Dan Futterman (Capote, In Treatment) and Anya Epstein (In Treatment, Homicide) will serve as the showrunners and executive producers. The original series creator, Chris Chibnall, will also EP.
Filming will begin in January for broadcast during the 2014-2015 season. Chibnall will write the premiere episode.

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JP Liz V1 wrote: »

Robert Patrick has joined From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series for Robert Rodriguez’s El Rey Network

Sounds like Different Show with more vampires :P

Robert Patrick has joined From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series for Robert Rodriguez’s El Rey Network

Jack Black and Tim Robbins are headed to The Brink, a half-hour comedy pilot for HBO about three compromised souls attempting to stave off World War III.
Written by Weeds Roberto Benabib and brother Kim and directed by Jay Roach (Game Change), the project is described as an epic dark comedy focusing on a geopolitical crisis and its effect on three disparate and desperate men. Black will play Alex Coppins, a lowly Foreign Service officer reluctantly caught on the ground in the middle of it all, while Robbins will play US Secretary of State Walter Hollander, a man of big appetites and little patience for the war mongers in the Situation Room. Casting for the third lead continues. Roberto Benabib will serve as an EP alongside Jerry Weintraub and Roach. Kim Benabib is a Co-EP. Black and Robbins will serve as producers Source

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

Anna Torv is entering a new alternative universe: The former Fringe star is joining Ryan Murphy's sex-and-relationships pilot Open as the lesbian lover of Jennifer Jason Leigh, TVLine has learned

Aisha Tyler, Michelle Monaghan, Scott Speedman and Wes Bentley also join the cast

USA Network has given the green-light to a new event series titled Dig. The six episode series, which hails from Heroes creator Tim Kring and Homeland scribe Gideon Raff, is set to enter production early next year for a fall 2014 premiere.
Developed by Keshet Media and the Universal Cable Productions based BermanBraun, Dig tells the story of Peter, an FBI agent stationed in Jerusalem who, while investigating a murder of a woman archeologist, uncovers a conspiracy 2000 years in the making that threatens to change the course of history
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Marvel have teamed up with Netflix to make 4 different live action superhero shows, based on Daredevil, Iron Fists, Jessica Jones and Luke Cage, their due for release in 2015, and then there will be a 5th series called The Defenders where all 4 of the characters will be teamed up, ALA small screen Avengers,

http://www.vulture.com/2013/11/marvel-to-make-4-live-action-series-for-netflix.html?mid=imdb

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JP Liz V1 wrote: »

NBC has given a 13-episode straight-to-series order to a new half-hour comedy series created by Tina Fey and her 30 Rock collaborator Robert Carlock and starring Office alum Ellie Kemper, T
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Yeah i read about that as I like both Tina Fey & Ellie Kemper both funny women, so looking forward to that!

Skerries wrote: »

SyFy are trying to make 12 Monkeys into a tv series, and Gilliam thinks it's a stupid idea

http://www.digitalspy.ie/ustv/news/a511727/12-monkeys-tv-series-dumb-and-ridiculous-says-terry-gilliam.html

Aaron Stanford lands Bruce Willis role in Syfy's 12 Monkeys pilot Source

NBC has given a 13-episode straight-to-series order to a new half-hour comedy series created by Tina Fey and her 30 Rock collaborator Robert Carlock and starring Office alum Ellie Kemper, TVLine has learned.
Tentatively titled Tooken, the single-camera comedy — set to premiere in Fall 2014 — centers on a woman (Kemper) who escapes from a doomsday cult and starts life over in New York City (where the show will be shot).
Fey (who will not appear onscreen, save for a possible guest appearance) and Carlock penned the pilot script and will serve as EPs alongside fellow Rocker David Miner.
“Tina and Robert, who cemented their partnership on 30 Rock, have created a new signature comedy for us that is audacious, emotional, and clever,” said Peacock Chairman Robert Greenblatt. “While tapping into very relatable themes, there isn’t anything like this anywhere else on television. NBC has been their home for many years and we’re so happy that they’ve found another way to push the comedy envelope for us.”
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Matt Passmore (The Glades) has a starring role in one of USA Network’s most buzzed about pilots.
TVLine has learned that the Aussie actor has been tapped to star in an untitled drama project from Suits scribe Sean Jablonski.
The potential series follows investment banker Neil Truman (Passmore) and his wife, Grace, as they struggle to sift through their stagnant marriage, looking for the spark they once had. When Neil discovers that Grace has been seeing a male escort his entire world is turned upside down. As he gains a new perspective on life and what motivates women, Grace contemplates her own needs and whether her marriage is worth saving Source

http://tvline.com/2013/10/28/janet-montgomery-salem-tv-series-wgn-america/

Janet Montgomery has snagged the lead role in WGN America’s first scripted drama series Salem, TVLine has learned.
Additionally, Nikita‘s Xander Berkeley will co-star in the witch-themed project, which is set in the 17th century and explores the town’s infamous witch trials.
Montgomery plays lead sorceress Mary Sibley, the confident and powerful wife of the ancient, ailing but very wealthy George Sibley. Berkeley, meanwhile, will recur as Magistrate Hale, a politician who believes in pomp and circumstance.
The cast also includes Revenge‘s Ashley Madekwe as Mary’s alluring and ageless right-hand woman and Fringe‘s Seth Gabel as a local aristocrat who oversees the witch hunts.
Salem, from Star Trek vet Brannon Braga, is scheduled to debut on WGN America in Spring 2014

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

We have Richard Castle :P

I'd actually forgotten about Castle. I kinda tuned out of the show during last season.

Regarding reboots, Charmed may be getting one.

A revamped version of Charmed is going into production.

According to The Wrap, CBS is currently working on a "re-imagining" of the hit '90s series.

The original US show, which debuted in 1998 and ran for eight seasons, starred Shannen Doherty, Holly Marie Combs and Alyssa Milano as the three Halliwell sisters, who all had witchcraft skills.

Currently, the reboot project consists of a script deal. However, no pilot or broadcast commitment has yet been made.

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/ustv/news/a526627/charmed-reboot-in-the-works-at-cbs.html

Thrill wrote: »

Murder she wrote gets a reboot by NBC.

http://www.deadline.com/2013/10/murder-she-wrote-reboot-series-octavia-spencer-nbc/

We have Richard Castle :P

Murder she wrote gets a reboot by NBC.

The new hour long project, which has received a put pilot commitment, is a re-imagining of the long-running CBS series.

Described as a light, contemporary procedural in the vein of Bones or Fargo, it follows a hospital administrator and amateur sleuth (Spencer) who self-publishes her first mystery novel.

Set in a day where sensational headlines inundate the news, this woman’s avid fascination with true crime leads her to become an active participant in the investigations. Former Desperate Housewives executive producer Cunningham is writing and will executive produce with Janollari.

I hear Lansbury has been approached to be a part of the reboot.

http://www.deadline.com/2013/10/murder-she-wrote-reboot-series-octavia-spencer-nbc/

BBC America has handed an 8 episode straight-to-series order to Intruders, a new drama series which hails from BBC Worldwide and The X-Files & Millennium alum Glen Morgan.
Based on the novel The Intruders by Michael Marshall Smith, Intruders is about a secret society devoted to chasing immortality by seeking refuge in the bodies of others. BBC Worldwide is producing with Glen Morgan, Jane Tranter and Julie Gardner serving as executive producers. Production on the series is slated to commence next Spring. BBC Worldwide will handle global distribution.
“Intruders features an imaginative premise that fits perfectly with BBC America’s signature block of complex and otherworldly dramas led by Doctor Who and Orphan Black“, said Perry Simon, General Manager of BBC America. “Glen Morgan has delivered a brilliant script, and we’re thrilled to be working with Glen, Jane Tranter, Julie Gardner and our colleagues at BBC Worldwide Productions on this provocative new series.”
While Glen Morgan added: “I am excited to be working with Jane Tranter and Julie Gardner who have been so groundbreaking in this genre across both sides of the Atlantic, and I am delighted BBC America has greenlit Intruders to series.”

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

Fox has given a 13-episode series order to the ancient Egypt-set action-adventure drama Hieroglyph. The project — penned by Travis Beacham (Pacific Rim, Clash of the Titans) — blends fantasy and reality when a notorious thief is plucked from prison to serve the Pharoah. In his new role, he must navigating palace intrigue, seductive concubines, criminal underbellies and divine sorcerers.
“We wanted to do a show about deceit, sex, intrigue in the court and fantastical goings-on – no better place to set that than ancient Egypt,” Fox entertainment chief Kevin Reilly said in a statement. “Travis Beacham has an inventive mind, and he has wrapped this all together in this intoxicating new drama.”
Beacham will executive-produce alongside Peter Chernin (Rise of the Planet of the Apes), Katherine Pope (New Girl) and Miguel Sapochnik (Fringe), who will also direct the pilot Source

had me untill magic came into it, doesnt matter anyway network tv can never do things like this right anyway, they like their shows to be cheap, around the 3-4 million dollar mark per episode, a show like this calls for a game of thrones type of investment of about 7 million dollar an episode,

then again they can go down the spartacus route of cheap looking CGI and second rate actors (not dissing spartacus, i loved it), except for the fact they cant make it even 10% as violent and they cant be showing off to much skin either,

Fox has given a 13-episode series order to the ancient Egypt-set action-adventure drama Hieroglyph. The project — penned by Travis Beacham (Pacific Rim, Clash of the Titans) — blends fantasy and reality when a notorious thief is plucked from prison to serve the Pharoah. In his new role, he must navigating palace intrigue, seductive concubines, criminal underbellies and divine sorcerers.
“We wanted to do a show about deceit, sex, intrigue in the court and fantastical goings-on – no better place to set that than ancient Egypt,” Fox entertainment chief Kevin Reilly said in a statement. “Travis Beacham has an inventive mind, and he has wrapped this all together in this intoxicating new drama.”
Beacham will executive-produce alongside Peter Chernin (Rise of the Planet of the Apes), Katherine Pope (New Girl) and Miguel Sapochnik (Fringe), who will also direct the pilot Source

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

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HBO has given the green light to an untitled San Francisco-set dramedy starring Glee‘s Jonathan Groff.
Based on a feature script penned by Michael Lannan, the untitled eight-episode series centers on the three Bay Area friends enjoying what life has to offer a new generation of gay men. Murray Bartlett (Guiding Light) and Frankie J. Alvarez (Smash) co-star, with Andrew Haigh (Gladiator), David Marshall Grant (Brothers & Sisters) and Sarah Condon (Bored to Death) exec-producing.

The show will premiere the 19th of January 2014

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Is that just one pilot she sold to NBC with someone else than Eva Amurri? last time i saw Eva was in New Girl as Becky afaik thats her name?

Susan Sarandon is set to star in Growing Ivy, a single-camera comedy pilot for NBC, conceived, co-written by and co-starring her daughter Eva Amurri Martino, and executive-produced by Parks and Recreation favorite Rashida Jones and Will McCormack (the latter who will co-write with Martino).
Growing Ivy finds Martino in the lead role of Ivy Davis, a Type A career woman with a flailing personal life who invites her freewheeling, eccentric mom Franckie (Sarandon) to move in with her and work on their relationship. Her goal? To experience some of the stability she lacked in her childhood, restore balance in her everyday existence and potentially find love.

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brian_t wrote: »

NBC is developing a sequel to Remington Steele. It will be developed as a half-hour comedy.

http://www.deadline.com/2013/10/remington-steele-reboot-nbc/#more-607554

Another remake, nothing original!

I saw something on Pierce Brosnan on the Everything or Nothing Bond story as he had a 30 day cooling off period from Remington Steele before getting the option of picking it up again, he was almost James Bond, had it all set up promo pics etc & then taken away from him on the 30th day, As he was still under contract he done the next series but was still visibly shocked at it at being so near being the next James Bond, or should i say shaken & stirred

NBC is developing a sequel to Remington Steele. It will be developed as a half-hour comedy.

the reboot follows Olivia Holt, the daughter of Remington Steele and Laura Holt, as she reopens the once-world-famous Remington Steele Detective Agency — only to fall into the same hilarious, action-packed, romantic entanglements of her parents.

http://www.deadline.com/2013/10/remington-steele-reboot-nbc/#more-607554

http://insidetv.ew.com/2013/10/09/andy-samberg-cuckoo-nbc/

BBC 3's Cuckoo getting a US remake

Patty O Furniture wrote: »

Is he the same person that left are the 2nd ep of S01, that had got a coach scholarship elsewhere?

Yep and as a guest character for a few episode arc is fine for New Girl, I prefer Winston

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Dman001 wrote: »

So he won't be staying on New Girl? Pity, it could have been interesting to him on the show long term.

Is he the same person that left are the 2nd ep of S01, that had got a coach scholarship elsewhere?

Fox has given a series order to Mulaney, a multi-camera comedy from Saturday Night Live scribe John Mulaney and his SNL bossman Lorne Michaels. Based loosely on Mulaney’s life, the project — on which NBC passed during pilot season — follows an aspiring comedian (Mulaney) living under the influence of his boss (played by Martin Short, another SNL alum), roommates and neighbours Source

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

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Damon Wayans Junior is poised to stay in the Fox family now that the network has given a pilot-production committment to Man/Child, a new comedy project set to be directed by Modern Family co-executive producer Jason Winer and written by Reed Agnew and Eli Jorne, the showrunners from FX’s canine comedy Wilfred

So he won't be staying on New Girl? Pity, it could have been interesting to him on the show long term.