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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.

These threads, while they are appreciated, don't tend to invoke a whole lot of discussion in the forum.

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

Ideally, we would ask that a show should have at least have an air-date and / or footage before it's warranted to be be posted for discussion / it's own thread.

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Classic Sci-fi book Gateway is to be made into a tv series

AlmightyCushion

Skerries wrote: »

Classic Sci-fi book Gateway is to be made into a tv series

Never heard of it before but it looks interesting.

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

Olivia Wilde and Bobby Cannavale join Martin Scorsese and Mick Jagger's rock 'n' roll pilot for HBO

i heard it was set in the 70s disco era, following the executive of the music labels as a new are of music is emerging,

http://www.rollingstone.com/movies/news/mick-jagger-martin-scorsese-enlist-olivia-wilde-for-1970s-hbo-show-20140312

either way, i am looking forward to this:)

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

Karen Gillan has been tapped to star in ABC's Emily Kapnek comedy Selfie.

The modern take on My Fair Lady is inspired by the musical and tells the story of a self-obsessed 20-something woman named Eliza Dooley (Gillan) who is more concerned with "likes" than being liked. After suffering a public and humiliating breakup, she becomes the subject of a viral video and suddenly has more social media "followers" than she ever imagined -- but for all the wrong reasons. She then enlists the help of a marketing expert at her company to help repair her tarnished image.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/doctor-whos-karen-gillan-star-681384

John Cho has landed the male lead

jenjenten wrote: »

This shows premise sounds very interesting, but is it another "Numbers''?....job-of-the-week?

CBS has given a pilot order to Scorpion, a drama from Nick Santora, Justin Lin, Alex Kurtzman and Bob Orci. The project, which had a put pilot commitment, was written by Breakout Kings co-creator Santora and will be directed by Fast & Furious’ Lin, with CBS TV Studios producing. It centers on an eccentric genius and his international network of super-geniuses who form the last line of defense against the complex threats of the modern age.

Scorpion was inspired by the true story of Walter O’Brien (hacker name “Scorpion”), CEO of global think tank Scorpion Computer Services. A man with one of the world’s highest documented IQs (1 in 1.5B people), O’Brien became a real-life Professor X and recruited and trained other geniuses from around the world to work together to save lives and solve problems from casino security to Military Drone warfare. Executive producing Scorpion are Santora, Lin, O’Brien, K/O Paper Products’ Kurtzman, Orci and Heather Kadin and SB Prods.’ Scooter Braun, with SB’s Danny Rose and Danielle Woodrow of Lin’s Perfect Storm Entertainment co-exec producing, and SB’s Scott Manson and Perfect Storm’s Troy Craig Poon producing.

http://www.deadline.com/2014/02/cbs-orders-drama-pilot-from-nick-santora-justin-lin-alex-kurtzman-bob-orci/

Katherine McPhee (Smash) will play female lead

Danny Huston has been cast in NBC's pilot Salvation, he will play the male lead opposite Ashley Judd

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

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

Sally Hawkins and Catherine Keener also join pilot

From the makers of Friends a new Netflix Original staring Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin.

http://time.com/30347/netflix-jane-fonda-lily-tomlin/

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

http://www.thewrap.com/tv/article/billy-crystal-pilot-comedians-gets-order-fx-93256

FX has ordered a pilot for the comedy "The Comedians," starring Billy Crystal as a superstar veteran who is paired with a younger, edgier comic on a late-night sketch show.
"The Comedians" comes from showrunners Larry Charles ("Seinfeld," "Curb Your Enthusiasm"), Matt Nix ("Burn Notice"), and Ben Wexler ("Community, "Arrested Development") who are writers and executive producers, along with Crystal. Charles will direct the pilot.
“It truly is an honor to be in business with Billy Crystal and Larry Charles, two of the all-time greats in comedy,” said FX Networks president John Landgraf. “We have also wanted for some time to be in business with Matt Nix, who has done such an amazing job creating and running 'Burn Notice.' They, along with Ben Wexler, are an unbeatable team and we’re incredibly excited about this project.”
The half-hour, single-camera comedy is produced by Fox Television Studios. Pilot production is scheduled for this summer.

http://www.tvguide.com/News/FX-Billy-Crystal-Josh-Gad-Comedians-1079495.aspx

FX has ordered 13 episodes of The Comedians, a half-hour sitcom starring Billy Crystal and Josh Gad, the network announced Wednesday.
The Comedians, based on a Swedish series of the same name, will offer an unfiltered behind-the-scenes look at late-night sketch comedy. Crystal stars as a successful veteran comedian who is reluctantly paired with Gad, an edgier up-and-coming star. The show also marks Crystal's first starring TV role since his role as Jodie Dallas on Soap.
Larry Charles, Matt Nix and Ben Wexler will write and executive-produce the project, along with Crystal. Gad will serve as a producer.
"We're incredibly excited about The Comedians and the fact that Billy Crystal will be making his return to series television on FX," FX President of Original Programming Nick Grad said in a statement. "The chemistry between Billy and Josh is amazing, and Larry, Matt, Ben and Billy did a fantastic job of making what is certain to become one of the best comedies on TV."
The Comedians will air on FX in 2015.

Sony to produce show for the Playstation based on the graphic novel Powers.

http://www.deadline.com/2014/03/sony-pictures-tv-to-produce-drama-series-powers-for-playstation/#more-701727

USA Network announced the pick-up of two new drama series, Complications and Rush

From Burn Notice creator Matt Nix, Complications stars Irishman Jason O’Mara (Terra Nova, Life on Mars) as John Ellis, a disillusioned suburban ER doctor who finds his existence transformed when he intervenes in a drive-by shooting, saving a young boy’s life and killing one of his attackers. When Ellis learns the boy is still marked for death, he discovers that his own life – and his outlook on medicine – may never be the same.

Rush meanwhile stars Welsh actor Tom Ellis (Miranda, Gates) as Hollywood physician William Rush, who is described as “not your average on-call doctor.” Rush is highly discreet no matter what the ailment, as long as the client can pay his cash-only premium. The hard-partying, large-living doc has no desire to change his life or how he lives it, until an old flame and his conscience begin to stir things up.

http://tvline.com/2014/03/21/usa-network-new-series-complications-rush/

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

USA Network announced the pick-up of two new drama series, Complications and Rush

From Burn Notice creator Matt Nix, Complications stars Irishman Jason O’Mara (Terra Nova, Life on Mars) as John Ellis, a disillusioned suburban ER doctor who finds his existence transformed when he intervenes in a drive-by shooting, saving a young boy’s life and killing one of his attackers. When Ellis learns the boy is still marked for death, he discovers that his own life – and his outlook on medicine – may never be the same.
http://tvline.com/2014/03/21/usa-network-new-series-complications-rush/

So this won't last past one season then

Agent Coulson wrote: »

So this won't last past one season then

is he the new christian slater?

jenjenten wrote: »

is he the new christian slater?

He has had the lead in 4 shows that haven't got past the first season. He joined 2 others that were cancelled the season he joined!

I quite like him and his version of Life on Mars was quiet good and so was Tera Nova.

Agent Coulson wrote: »

So this won't last past one season then

jenjenten wrote: »

is he the new christian slater?

Matthew Perry has the same luck with sitcoms. Which is a shame because I think his upcoming Odd Couple reboot has potential

FunLover18 wrote: »

Matthew Perry has the same luck with sitcoms. Which is a shame because I think his upcoming Odd Couple reboot has potential

summer glau i think holds some kind of record

FunLover18 wrote: »

Matthew Perry has the same luck with sitcoms. Which is a shame because I think his upcoming Odd Couple reboot has potential

It is a shame because Mr. Snshine and Go On were quite enjoyable as it was Perry being Chandler again

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

It is a shame because Mr. Snshine and Go On were quite enjoyable as it was Perry being Chandler again

Go On had potential. Clearly intended as an ensemble but Perry got all the limelight. Mr K is probably one of my favourite non-Community sitcom characters in recent years

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

Dana Delany cast as Pernell's wife

NBC announced Monday that it has ordered Aquarius, a late-’60s-set drama in which David Duchovny will play an L.A. police sergeant tracking a low-level criminal and aspiring cult leader who is recruiting young women for his “cause” — and his name is Charles Manson. “The twists and turns of a complicated undercover operation will lead Duchovny’s character and his young partner to the brink of Manson’s crimes that will eventually lead to the Tate-LaBianca murders in subsequent seasons,” according to the network. Manson was found guilty of conspiracy to commit murder on 1971 and is currently serving a life sentence in Corcoran State Prison in California.
Aquarius — which was given a 13-episode order before shooting a pilot and is being billed as an “event series” — will be executive produced by Duchovny, writer John McNamara (In Plain Sight, Profit), Marty Adelstein and Melanie Greene. Source

FXX has given a straight-to-series order to a comedy series starring Tracy Morgan, from It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia creators Rob McElhenney, Charlie Day and Glenn Howerton and Sunny writer Luvh Rakhe

Tom Hardy has partnered with executive producer Ridley Scott for Taboo, a miniseries created by Steven Knight (Eastern Promises).
Taboo, which will consist of eight one-hour episodes, will follow James Keziah Delaney (Hardy), “a rogue adventurer who returns from Africa with 14 ill-gotten diamonds to seek vengeance after the death of his father.” Set in 1813, the miniseries follows Delaney as he attempts to build a trade and shipping empire, a task that puts him in the middle of a war between Britain and America.
“We’re creating a flagship British drama for this generation,” Tom Hardy said in a statement. “A hybrid of orthodox and unconventional story telling, packed with darkness and spirited characters. I think Steve Knight and Ridley Scott are the perfect partners and the BBC the perfect home for this hugely exciting and compelling project.”
Knight, who most recently teamed up with Hardy for the thriller Locke, added: “This man, James Delaney, is a deeply flawed and deeply troubled human being. His greatest struggle will be against the East India Company which, throughout the nineteenth century, was the equivalent of the CIA, the NSA and the biggest, baddest multi-national corporation on earth, all rolled into one self righteous, religiously motivated monolith.”
Taboo is based on an original story by Hardy and his father, Chips Hardy. It’s being produced for BBC One, with Sonar Entertainment distributing the series outside the UK.

http://insidetv.ew.com/2014/04/07/tom-hardy-ridley-scott-taboo/

Bravo is continuing its push into scripted programming, announcing Wednesday it is in development on All the Pretty Faces, from executive producer Jennifer Garner’s Vandalia Films in association with Warner Horizon Television.
The mystery dramedy series, written and executive produced by J. Mills Goodloe, is set in the beach town of Half Moon Bay, Calif., and focuses on two immortal families in a decades-long feud who come together after one of them dies to search for the secret to their eternal life.
“By teaming up with the incredibly talented Jennifer Garner, we can bring fans a compelling family drama with a fun, mystical twist,” said Andrew Wang, VP Scripted Development & Production for Bravo Media, in a statement.

http://insidetv.ew.com/2014/04/23/jennifer-garner-mystery-drama-bravo/

http://variety.com/2014/digital/news/yahoo-orders-two-comedy-series-from-paul-feig-mike-tollin-1201165735/

Yahoo unveiled its first-ever full-length scripted series orders at its Digital Content NewFronts presentation Monday, calling on established Hollywood veterans to deliver half-hour comedies that will bow by year-end and in 2015.
Paul Feig, the writer-producer behind NBC’s critically acclaimed but short-lived “Freaks & Geeks” and director of hit theatrical “Bridesmaids,” will exec produce “Other Space,” eight half-hour episodes chronicling a misfit group of space adventurers who stumble upon an alternate universe.
Mike Tollin, executive producer of the WB hit series “Smallville” and “One Tree Hill,” is teaming with TV director Bryan Gordon (“Curb Your Enthusiasm”) for eight half-hour episodes of “Sin City Saints,” which follows the exploits of a Las Vegas-based pro basketball expansion team.

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

Olivia Wilde and Bobby Cannavale join Martin Scorsese and Mick Jagger's rock 'n' roll pilot for HBO

Ray Romano joins

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, 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.”
Source

Jane Krakowski joins the upcoming NBC comedy series Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, from 30 Rock creator/star/executive producer Tina Fey and executive producer Robert Carlock. Krakowski will recur on the project, starring Ellie Kemper as the wide-eyed Kimmy who, after 15 years of living in a cult, decides it’s time to reclaim her life and heads to New York. Krakowski will play a rich Upper West Side mom who hires Kimmy as a nanny.

http://www.deadline.com/2014/05/jane-krakowski-tina-fey-robert-carlock-comedy-nbc/

TBS announced three series in development, including an adaptation of College Humor's Jake & Amir. Ed Helms will executive-produce the odd couple comedy, which features Jake and Amir navigating the cubicles of their workplace while maintaining their shenanigans.
Helms will also executive-produce Good Bread, about a tough but likable real estate developer who's forced to partner with an idealistic young woman. The comedy will be set at the Good Bread Café, which sits at the epicenter of an urban neighborhood teetering on the brink of gentrification.
John Krasinski will executive-produce Jackass of All Trades, a comedy about an emotionally stunted adult trying to provide for his family with the help of his genius — or mentally unstable — brother-in-law who lives behind his house.

Source TVGuide.com

Here's some region free trailers for recently announced new pick ups (I'm not allowed post links yet):
deadline.com/2014/05/cbs-upfronts-2014-trailers-new-shows-fall-schedule/
deadline.com/2014/05/tbs-upfronts-2014-trailers-new-shows-fall-schedule/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
spoilertv.com/2014/05/abc-new-shows-201415-first-promos.html
deadline.com/2014/05/fox-upfronts-2014-trailers-new-shows-fall-schedule/

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

http://wegotthiscovered.com/tv/melissa-leo-joins-matt-dillon-night-shyamalans-wayward-pines/

Oscar-winner Melissa Leo has signed onto M. Night Shyamalan’s upcoming TV series Wayward Pines. The event series received the greenlight from Fox earlier this month, with an autumn 2014 debut scheduled.
Based on the novel Pines by Blake Crouch, the pilot has been adapted by The Playboy Club‘s Chad Hodge. Dillon stars as Secret Service agent Ethan Burke. When he arrives in the small Idaho town, he is tasked with finding out what happened to two missing federal agents. As expected, all is not as it seems as he winds up with a fistful of questions and no answers in sight.
Leo will play Pam, an “intense, unpredictable” nurse who tends to Burke after he ends up in Wayward Pines hospital. Starting off their relationship nice as (cherry) pie, Pam soon reveals her true colours and the two become enemies.
The show’s creators have acknowledged that Pines owes…well, its central premise to David Lynch and Mark Frost’s seminal cult classic, Twin Peaks. That show focused on Kyle McLachlan’s Agent Cooper. Sent to the small Washington town of Twin Peaks to solve the murder of Laura Palmer he too finds himself grappling with more questions than answers. Twisting, turning and offering up the finest slab of Lynchian you’re gonna get, the show captivated audiences in the 1990s.
Following on from Fox’s previous success with limited event series (a fixed number of episodes for a story arc) The Following, they’ve also added the 24: Live Another Day reboot to their TV slate. You’ve got to wonder why Shyamalan was approached for such a project. The director once synonymous with boundary bustin’ inventive thrillers has lost his clout in recent years. The Last Airbender suffered huge financial losses along with a severe critical beating. His latest feature, After Earth arrives soon in cinemas so we’ll see if he’s sharpened up.
Wayward Pines will premiere on Fox in 2014.

Trailers up

Netflix is planning a new €123 million drama series inspired by the life of Queen Elizabeth II.The Crown is set to be 20 episodes in length and will follow Queen Elizabeth's reign from the moment she succeeded her father George VI, at the age of 26, to the present day.
According to reports, Netflix has committed a budget of at least €6m per episode.
The series will be written by Peter Morgan, who wrote 2006 film The Queen and recent stage play The Audience, which both starred Helen Mirren as the monarch. However, Mirren is not currently attached to star in The Crown.