JP Liz V1 wrote: » 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
JP Liz V1 wrote: » NBC has enlisted two acclaimed actors to star in its provocative upcoming miniseries The Slap. Mary-Louise Parker and Peter Sarsgaard will headline the complex family drama about what happens after a man slaps another couple’s misbehaving child. “The seemingly minor domestic dispute pulls the family apart, begins to expose long-held secrets and ignites a lawsuit that challenges the core American values of all who are pulled into it,” according to the show’s official description. Mary-Louise Parker (Weeds) will play Anouk, a close friend of Hector’s who’s the head writer on a TV show and is now dating the younger leading man. Sarsgaard (The Killing) will play Hector, a husband and father who “loves his wife and family but shows signs of weakness when he finds himself succumbing to the advances of his wife’s teenaged receptionist during his own party.” NBC has ordered eight episodes of the event series from writer Jon Robin Baitz (Brothers and Sisters) and director Lisa Cholodenko (The Kids Are All Right).http://insidetv.ew.com/2014/07/25/mary-louise-parker-the-slap/
JP Liz V1 wrote: » Thomas Jane will star in Syfy’s 10-episode space opera The Expanse as world-weary Detective Miller, a native of “the Asteroid Belt” between Mars and Jupiter.The series, set 200 years in the future, follows the case of a missing young woman who brings a hardened detective (Jane) and a rogue ship’s captain together in a race across the solar system to expose the greatest conspiracy in human history.The Expanse is slated to premiere in 2015http://tvline.com/2014/07/14/thomas-jane-the-expanse-cast-syfy/
Netflix’s 10-episode first season of original series Marco Polo will premiere at 12:01 AM PT on December 12. Based on the famed explorer’s adventures in Kublai Khan’s court in 13th century China, Marco Polo stars Italian newcomer Lorenzo Richelmy Marco. Zhu Zhu (Cloud Atlas), Joan Chen (Twin Peaks) and Benedict Wong (Prometheus). Also stars Remy Hii, Olivia Cheng, Claudia Kim, Uli Latukefu, Chin Han and Tom Wu.
NOD will explore a world were most humans can no longer sleep with scientists at a complete loss to explain why, Variety reports. A "inter-somnial" couple are the focus of the series, with Tanya who can go without sleep and Paul who has yet to shake the altered consciousness. The project is based on the novel by the same name from author Adrian Barnes.
Agent Coulson wrote: » The Greatest American Hero May Fly Again, With Pilot Order at Fox.http://tvline.com/2014/08/29/the-greatest-american-hero-remake-fox/
It’s official: Fox has given a script plus penalty order to an adaptation of “Jack Irish,” the Guy Pearce-starring Australian miniseries based on crime writer Peter Temple’s books. The series follows the title character, a part-time lawyer, debt collector and apprentice cabinet maker who is attempting to get his life back on track after his wife’s murder. He also has the unfortunate-for-him gift of finding himself in the wrong place at the wrong time.
JP Liz V1 wrote: » https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_ZUSQQdoS4 Awesome theme tune
MOH wrote: » Wow, *that's* where I know Robert Culp from originally. Also, Connie Sellecca is ringing vague bells for some reason ...
The new series will bring on Kirkman and The Walking Dead producer Gale Anne Hurd, while Son of Anarchy‘s Dave Erickson will serve as showrunner. As for other The Walking Dead talent coming to the series – it sounds like Hurd and Kirkman are it. AMC’s looking for something new, not another series featuring Rick and his less-than-merry band of zombie apocalypse survivors in a different location.
Agent Coulson wrote: » AMC greenlights a The Walking Dead companion series.http://www.nerdist.com/2014/09/amc-greenlights-pilot-for-second-the-walking-dead-series/
Fox has ordered a television sequel to Steven Spielberg’s Minority Report, EW has confirmed. The drama would pick up 10 years after the events of the film, in which a division called Precrime, headed up by Tom Cruise’s Chief John Anderton, used Precogs to arrest people before they actually committed a crime. Precrime was shut down, and the three Precogs tried to go on to lead a normal life—which is where the sequel comes in. Haunted by visions of the future, one of the Precogs teams with a detective who is haunted by her past. Amblin Television’s Justin Falvey and Darryl Frank will executive-produce with Max Borenstein (Godzilla), who will pen the project. Minority Report, also produced by 20th Century Fox and Paramount TV, was given a put pilot commitment, meaning Fox will have to pay a heavy penalty if it doesn’t go to pilot.
CBS is moving forward with The Meatball Project. The multicamera comedy is inspired by real life chefs Daniel Holzman and Michael Chernow.The Meatball Project will the story of the two best friends who decide to go into the restaurant business together, Variety reports. A premiere date has yet to be announced.
The 2002 film In America earned writer-director Jim Sheridan an Oscar nomination for his script, which he co-wrote with his daughters Naomi Sheridan and Kirsten Sheridan. The film was inspired by Sheridan’s own family. Now Sheridan will now be able to pull even more from his own experiences, as the film will be turned into a series at HBO. As Deadline first reported, Sheridan and his daughters have signed on to adapt the film—and their lives—into an HBO series being produced by Fox TV Studios. The Sheridan trio will all serve as executive producers on the project, though how closely the show will stick to the film’s premise and characters is unknown at the time. The original film told the story of an Irish immigrant family who moved into Hell’s Kitchen in New York to make a new life for themselves. There, they dealt with the lives of their neighbors, including drug addicts, transvestites, and Djimon Hounsou’s artistic recluse Mateo. In America also earned Samantha Morton a Best Actress Oscar nomination as well as a nomination for Hounsou for Best Supporting Actor.
Once the only network staying out of the whole new massive comic book TV show arena, CBS is going all in with a new Supergirl show - which they've given an official series commitment to, bypassing both the "in development" and "pilot" stage.
Based on the characters from DC Comics, Supergirl will follow Kara Zor-El. Born on the planet Krypton, Kara escaped amid its destruction years ago. And since arriving on Earth, she’s been hiding the powers she shares with her famous cousin. But now at age 24, she decides to embrace her superhuman abilities and be the hero she was always meant to be.
Fox is going Big with Kevin Biegel and Mike Royce. The duo who previously teamed on Fox's military comedy Enlisted are adapting Tom Hanks' 1988 movie Big for the network, The Hollywood Reporter has learned. The comedy, which has received a script plus penalty commitment from Fox, is described as an event series based on the movie that explores what it means to be an adult and what it means to be a kid — and how in today's world, those two things are more confused than ever
King Kong is coming to Netflix in 2016, but the animated Kong – King of the Apes won’t be telling the same old Skull Island story you’re used to hearing. Set in 2050, Kong becomes a wanted fugitive after wrecking havoc at Alcatraz Island’s Natural History and Marine Preserve. What most humans on the hunt for the formidable animal don’t realize, though, is that Kong was framed by an evil genius who plans to terrorize the world with an army of enormous robotic dinosaurs. As the only beast strong enough to save humanity from the mechanical dinos, Kong must rely on the help of three kids who know the truth about him. The original CGI animation series from Netflix and 41 Entertainment will be targeted at kids and introduced through a feature-length film that will be followed by 12 half-hour episodes starting in 2016. Industry vet Avi Arad, who’s produced Iron Man, the Spider-Man movies, and many of the X-Men films, is serving as executive producer on the series.
