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[TheOddOne]

Looks like a British period drama!

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[RatskyWatsky]

‘Terminator’ TV Series In Works In Conjunction With Film Reboot

Skydance Prods. and Annapurna Pictures, the companies behind the upcoming Terminator film trilogy, are expanding the franchise to television with a TV series to be done in conjunction with the first rebooted Terminator film slated for release in 2015.

The series will be written and exec produced by feature scribes Zack Stentz and Ashley Miller (X-Men: First Class, Thor), with the writers of the upcoming Terminator movie Laeta Kalogridis and Patrick Lussier serving as executive producers.

The series will follow a critical moment from the original 1984 Terminator movie, taking it in a completely different direction that the film. Plot details about the upcoming Terminator movie are being kept under wraps, but it too is expected to be tied to the first movie. As the rebooted film trilogy and the new television series progress, the two narratives will be designed to intersect with each other.

 

[ivysaur12]

‘Terminator’ TV Series In Works In Conjunction With Film Reboot

Weird, they also were both on Sarah Connors.

 

[darkwing]

‘Terminator’ TV Series In Works In Conjunction With Film Reboot

fools, they better finish Sarah Connors first

 

[RatskyWatsky]

MTV Nabs Series Adaptation Of ‘Shannara’ Fantasy Novels With Jon Favreau Directing

The project has Iron Man helmer Jon Favreau on board to direct and will be written by Smallville creators Al Gough and Miles Millar.

Shannara is set in our world, thousands of years after the destruction of our civilization. The story is centered on the Shannara family, whose descendants are empowered with ancient magic and whose adventures continuously reshape the future of the world. The first season of the potential series will be based on The Elfstones Of Shannara, the second title in the series — a fan favorite accredited with cementing the series place in the fantasy world.

 

[ivysaur12]

MTV Nabs Series Adaptation Of ‘Shannara’ Fantasy Novels With Jon Favreau Directing

The project has Iron Man helmer Jon Favreau on board to direct and will be written by Charlie's Angels creators Al Gough and Miles Millar.

Fixed

Spoiler

;-)

 

[RatskyWatsky]

Fixed

Spoiler

;-)

The Smallville creators were behind that wretched Charlie's Angels reboot? Oh my.

 

[TheOddOne]

Fixed

Spoiler

;-)

I wonder if I should watch their Aquaman pilot, for the luls.

 

[beat]

MTV Nabs Series Adaptation Of 'Shannara' Fantasy Novels With Jon Favreau Directing

Interested! I liked Elfstones a lot.

will be written by Smallville creators Al Gough and Miles Millar.

Interest dead. Superman is my favorite superhero and I like him like 25% less now just because of Smallville, and I quit watching that after three seasons.

 

[RatskyWatsky]

XBox Develops Pro Skaters Comedy Series

I’ve learned the company is venturing into comedy with an untitled half-hour project which I hear marks the first script sale to close at xBox. Like Halo and Every Street United, the comedy too is tied to gaming, which is xBox’s core business.

Written by Ian Edelman, the untitled single-comedy is about four racially diverse, ex pro skaters living together in a Los Angeles. Skate boarding is big in sports video games as is soccer.

 

[Dan]

Skate boarding is big in sports video games

Hey Microsoft, it's not 2003 anymore.

 

[beat]

Weird, they also were both on Sarah Connors.

Josh Friedman (TSCC creator/showrunner) just congratulated them: https://twitter.com/Josh_Friedman/status/409163812168687617

 

[RatskyWatsky]

Hey Microsoft, it's not 2003 anymore.

lol seriously. When was the last time "skateboarding was big in videogames"?

 

[maquiladora]

lol seriously. When was the last time "skateboarding was big in videogames"?

In the mind of middle aged executives it is.

 

[Snake]

Weird, they also were both on Sarah Connors.

I choose to believe that this means we're getting a backdoor renewal of T:TSCC.

 

[Jest Chillin]

lol seriously. When was the last time "skateboarding was big in videogames"?

The SKATE series was only a few years ago and it was popular enough to unseat and basically kill the THPS series. EA decided it wasn't profitable enough though because they didn't sell enough copies to justify the rate of release for sequels (even though the fanbase didn't want constant sequels). Then EA gutted the studio responsible for the games.

 

[RatskyWatsky]

The SKATE series was only a few years ago and it was popular enough to unseat and basically kill the THPS series. EA decided it wasn't profitable enough though because they didn't sell enough copies to justify the rate of release for sequels (even though the fanbase didn't want constant sequels). Then EA gutted the studio responsible for the games.

RIP skateboarding

 

[TheOddOne]

Didn't know where to put this, so I put it here. Magic.

- 'Revenge' Creator Inks Overall Deal With HBO (Exclusive)

Mike Kelley and his producing partner Melissa Loy will create and develop new projects for the premium cable network under their newly launched production company.

 

[ivysaur12]

Didn't know where to put this, so I put it here. Magic.

- 'Revenge' Creator Inks Overall Deal With HBO (Exclusive)

Ehhhhhhhhhhhh...................?

 

[TheOddOne]

Ehhhhhhhhhhhh...................?

There were no actual projects listed, so that is a big meh. But Revenge creator on board is still pretty awesome news.

 

[ivysaur12]

There were no actual projects listed, so that is a big meh. But Revenge creator on board is still pretty awesome news.

Is it? Is it?

 

[TheOddOne]

Is it? Is it?

Oh, I must have missed something. Do tell!

 

[TheOddOne]

- FX Gives Series Order to ‘Tyrant’ From ‘Homeland’ Creator

FX has given a series order to drama “Tyrant,” from “Homeland” creator Gideon Raff.

Series from Fox 21 and FX Prods. revolves around the son of a Middle Eastern dictator who returns to his home country with his American family after 20 years in the U.S. Once there, he’s drawn into political and familial turmoil.

Raff, who created the Israeli series “Prisoner of War” on which “Homeland” was based, wrote the pilot and exec produces with “Homeland” steward Howard Gordon and Craig Wright. David Yates directed the pilot.

“ ‘Tyrant’ introduces characters and a world that have never been explored in a dramatic television series format. There is a reason a bidding war broke out over this project: it grabs you as all great epics do and simply refuses to let go,” FX Networks prez John Landgraf said.

FX’s order for the show will be at least 10 episodes, possibly more. Production is to begin in March in Tel Aviv for a summer premiere.

 

[Cornballer]

Works for me. Hope it turns out well.

 

[RatskyWatsky]

- FX Gives Series Order to ‘Tyrant’ From ‘Homeland’ Creator

Cool. Too bad Ang Lee isn't still attached.

 

[Cornballer]

- THR: Kyle Chandler's 'The Vatican' Pilot Dead at Showtime

 

[ivysaur12]

- THR: Kyle Chandler's 'The Vatican' Pilot Dead at Showtime

I have many thoughts.

 

[RatskyWatsky]

- THR: Kyle Chandler's 'The Vatican' Pilot Dead at Showtime

Damn, I thought that sounded cool.

 

[ivysaur12]

Jesus, they really threw the showrunner under the bus in the way they reported that story.

 

[Cornballer]

I have many thoughts.

Do tell...

Did you get a look at the script?

 

[Dan]

- FX Gives Series Order to ‘Tyrant’ From ‘Homeland’ Creator

I wonder if they'll name the country. That'd be tricky to avoid unless it's going to be a real insular show that doesn't touch on international politics at all, which also seems like it'd be tricky to do with a 21st century Middle Eastern nation.

 

[Cornballer]

- FX Orders Executioner Pilot From ‘Sons Of Anarchy’ Creator Kurt Sutter & Brian Grazer

Sons of Anarchy creator Kurt Sutter has lined up his follow-up series to the hit FX drama, and it is as far from SOA‘s contemporary Central Valley biker community as they come (but probably just as violent). Sutter has teamed with Imagine’s Brian Grazer for The Bastard Executioner, a period drama project, which has received a pilot greenlight from FX. The Bastard Executioner tells the story of a warrior knight in King Edward III’s charge who is broken by the ravages of war and vows to lay down his sword. But when that violence finds him again he is forced to pick up the bloodiest sword of all. “I love the network. I love the world. I love the blood,” Sutter said. He will write the script and will executive produce with Imagine’s Grazer and Francie Calfo for Fox 21 and FX Prods. through Sutter’s overall deal with Fox 21 parent 20th Century Fox TV where Imagine TV also is based. Sutter is expected to start working on The Bastard Executioner when he wraps the upcoming seventh and final season of SOA, with filming of the pilot slated to begin late next year.

 

[RatskyWatsky]

- FX Orders Executioner Pilot From ‘Sons Of Anarchy’ Creator Kurt Sutter & Brian Grazer

Cool, another period piece! Btw, whatever happened to Diva, Clown, Whore or whatever it was called?

 

[Cornballer]

Cool, another period piece! Btw, whatever happened to Diva, Clown, Whore or whatever it was called?

Sounds like the back burner for now. Later in the article:

Sutter, repped by WME and Michael Gendler, has several other projects in the works at FX, including a potential SOA prequel and a comedy starring his wife/SOA star Katey Sagal, but they will take a back seat to Bastard Executioner for now.

 

[RatskyWatsky]

Sounds like the back burner for now. Later in the article:

Putting his wife on the back burner...ouch.

 

[Clevinger]

whatever happened to Sutter's rated-R Supernatural or whatever people described it as

 

[RatskyWatsky]

whatever happened to Sutter's rated-R Supernatural or whatever people described it as

Sounds like the back burner for now. Later in the article:

Sutter, repped by WME and Michael Gendler, has several other projects in the works at FX, including a potential SOA prequel and a comedy starring his wife/SOA star Katey Sagal, but they will take a back seat to Bastard Executioner for now.

 

[ivysaur12]

whatever happened to Sutter's rated-R Supernatural or whatever people described it as

Dead.

 

[Extra Sauce]

From Dusk 'Til Dawn series not launching until 2014? Classic "no Mario on launch day" type mistake. Tsk tsk.

 

[RatskyWatsky]

From Dusk 'Til Dawn series not launching until 2014? Classic "no Mario on launch day" type mistake. Tsk tsk.

There's what, 5 days left this year? There was no way it was going to launch this month.

 

[TheOddOne]

- FX Orders Executioner Pilot From ‘Sons Of Anarchy’ Creator Kurt Sutter & Brian Grazer

I'm ok with this.

 

[WarrenMax007]

Netflix Adds ‘BoJack Horseman’ Animated Comedy Starring Will Arnett and Aaron Paul to Originals Stable

Netflix has acquired animated comedy “BoJack Horseman,” voiced by Will Arnett and Aaron Paul, from Michael Eisner’s Tornante Co., the streamer’s first adult-oriented animated original.

Series, with all 12 episodes set to bow on Netflix sometime in mid-2014, revolves around whiskey-drinking humanoid horse and former TV star BoJack (Arnett) who deals with his personal crises with human sidekick Todd (Paul) and feline agent and ex-lover Princess Caroline (Amy Sedaris). “BoJack Horseman” will be available in all Netflix territories.

 

[RatskyWatsky]

Starz Pulls Out Of Sky Atlantic Series ‘Fortitude’

Back in April, Starz committed to Sky Atlantic’s upcoming drama series Fortitude to air on the U.S. pay cable network in Q4 next year. That is no longer the plan. “Due to changes in the Sky Atlantic production of Fortitude, Starz will not be licensing the series in the US,” the network said in a statement. “The series will now be a fully funded Sky project for Sky Atlantic.”

Netflix Adds ‘BoJack Horseman’ Animated Comedy Starring Will Arnett and Aaron Paul to Originals Stable

Sounds fun!

 

[TheOddOne]

- Fox 21 Options Surf Saga ‘Welcome To Paradise, Now Go To Hell’

Fox 21 has optioned the Chas Smith book Welcome To Paradise, Now Go To Hell: A True Story Of Violence, Corruption And The Soul Of Surfing to adapt into an hourlong drama for cable. Television 360 is producing along with Justin Manask, who manages the author. The book was just published by HarperCollins.

A former war reporter turned editor at large for Surfing Magazine, Smith has written about the adrenaline and crime-filled world of surfing on Oahu’s North Shore. For two months in the winter, the Pacific storms create monstrous waves that draw surfers from all over the world in search of building-sized waves. It transforms the laid back coastal towns into a mecca for surfers, but often a nightmare for residents because of the collision of surf and crime. That counterculture seems an interesting one to explore for cable. Manask and attorney Darren Trattner made the deal with Gotham lit agent Ryan Fischer-Harbage.

 

[RatskyWatsky]

David Spade To Co-Write & Potentially Star In Music Industry Comedy Project For HBO

The pay cable network is in negotiations for the untitled project Spade will co-write with comedy writer Dean Lorey (The Crazy Ones). It centers on Shane, once the biggest rock and roll manager in LA, who struggles to stay relevant in a constantly changing music scene fueled by techno, hip-hop and his newly signed pop Christian boy band The Five Commandments. There is no acting deal in the works with Spade, but the script is written as a starring vehicle for him, with an intention for him to play Shane if the project gets the green light.

 

[TheOddOne]

- Baz Luhrmann and Shawn Ryan Planning a TV Drama Set at the Dawn of the Hip-Hop Era

Baz Luhrmann's first-ever TV series may soon be a reality. Vulture hears that Luhrmann is teaming with producer Shawn Ryan (The Shield, Terriers) and playwright Stephen Adly Guirgis (The Motherfucker With the Hat) on an epic, music-filled period drama exploring the dawn of the hip-hop era as seen through the eyes of two young New Yorkers. Executives at Netflix, Amazon, and FX have all heard the pitch for the project this week, our Hollywood spies tell us; other cable networks, including Showtime, are also said to be taking meetings on the idea. Interest in the show is said to be high, and a deal for production of a pilot (or maybe even a series) seems all but assured. Spectacular Spectacular!

Plot specifics for the as-yet-untitled show are few right now, but it will apparently spend its first season in 1977, with disco peaking and the Sugar Hill Gang's "Rapper's Delight" still two years away. While it's not a musical — characters won't randomly break into song — it will have heavy musical elements and performances. (This is Baz Luhrmann, after all.) The series will tell the stories of five young New Yorkers, with a focus on two best friends: one a talented writer, the other a natural performer. A person who's heard the pitch described the series as a coming-of-age story at heart, as well as a look at how hip-hop was born. Episodes may flash forward to reveal the fates of the central two characters. The grim state of New York City at the time — high crime, the city's financial crisis — also sounds like it might be a character of sorts.

 

[RatskyWatsky]

- Baz Luhrmann and Shawn Ryan Planning a TV Drama Set at the Dawn of the Hip-Hop Era

Sounds cool. I hope the show retains the trademark Baz Luhrmann look and feel.

 

[TheOddOne]

- Cinemax's 2013 yearender gives us a small amount of footage of Steven Soderbergh's 'The Knick' (around 1:10)
- HBO's yearender also shows a bunch of stuff!

 

[RatskyWatsky]

Sundance Channel Developing NRA Drama ‘Cold Dead Hands’

It centers on the fictional and polarizing head of the NRA, Trip Thibodeaux, and the drama that swirls around him both at work and at home. Trip is a father and husband — and he also happens to be the nation’s most powerful gun-rights advocate and the de facto CEO of the gun industry. A charismatic and polarizing figure, he’ll be forced to navigate a volatile landscape in American culture and politics, as well as crises of his own faith, when his rarefied world spirals out of control.

Sounds pretty cool. Sundance is on a roll right now.

- Cinemax's 2013 yearender gives us a small amount of footage of Steven Soderbergh's 'The Knick' (around 1:10)

Looks good!

 

[RatskyWatsky]

Xbox Orders Series Of Documentaries

xBox is now entering the documentary arena with a multi-film series about the start of the digital revolution. It hails from Oscar-winning documentary producer Simon Chinn (Man On Wire, Searching For Sugar Man), his Emmy-winning cousin Jonathan Chinn (American High) and their newly launched Lightbox, a company focused on creating non-fiction TV programming.

Each film in the xBox documentary series will be helmed by a different director and will range from an hour to feature length. Zak Penn (X-Men 2) has signed on to direct the first film, which investigates the events surrounding the great video game burial of 1983.