Future Shows (News/Casting)

Kuva

Critters TV show

Hehe, fond memories of this, must rewatch and see is it as good as I remember!

http://variety.com/2018/tv/news/critters-series-conan-obrien-go90-1202659582/

Agent Coulson

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Anne Rice’s ‘Vampire Chronicles’ in the Works as TV Series From Paramount, Anonymous Content



http://www.thewrap.com/anne-rices-vampire-chronicles-works-tv-series-paramount-anonymous-content/

Bryan Fuller is now the showrunner for this after leaving American Gods.

http://deadline.com/2018/01/bryan-fuller-joins-the-vampire-chronicles-from-paramount-tv-anonymous-content-1202241467/

CastorTroy

From Star Trek Discovery to Gods to this, i think he needs to adopt the Littlest Hobo theme song. Though I do miss his Pushing Daisies and Dead Like Me type quirky shows. Need to watch Wonderfalls sometime

Thargor

Kuva wrote: »

Critters TV show

Hehe, fond memories of this, must rewatch and see is it as good as I remember!

http://variety.com/2018/tv/news/critters-series-conan-obrien-go90-1202659582/

Thats a bit random!

Agent Coulson

Fire and Fury

‘Fire and Fury’ to Be Adapted Into TV Series

Michael Wolff’s “Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House” is being eyed for an adaptation into a television series, Variety has confirmed.

Endeavor Content has purchased the film and television rights to the book, which goes inside the first year of Donald Trump’s presidency. It largely portrays Trump as unprepared for the enormity of his office, and that he is unable to focus his attention on policy details. The book also includes quotes from former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon, who referred to the 2016 meeting between Donald Trump Jr. and a Russian lawyer as “treasonous.” Bannon eventually resigned his position at Breitbart News over the furor caused by his statements.

The book proved to be an immediate best-seller and was sold out at bookstores in several major cities the day it was released.

http://variety.com/2018/tv/news/fire-and-fury-michael-wolff-tv-series-1202667271/

Kuva

Kuva wrote: »

Critters TV show

Hehe, fond memories of this, must rewatch and see is it as good as I remember!

http://variety.com/2018/tv/news/critters-series-conan-obrien-go90-1202659582/

Oh yea, now we've got the mighty ducks back together, this is as good as I remember, the flying V baby.

https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/j5v3p8/the-mighty-ducks-may-fly-together-again-in-new-tv-series-vgtrn

Agent Coulson

MaddAddam

Margaret Atwood’s ‘MaddAddam’ Trilogy Getting Series Treatment

n a competitive situation, Anonymous Content and Paramount Television have acquired the rights to develop a series based on The Handmaid’s Tale author Margaret Atwood’s best-selling MaddAddam trilogy, comprised of the novels Oryx and Crake, The Year of the Flood, and MaddAddam.

MaddAddam is the harrowing, cautionary, inspirational story of a global pandemic and the end of mankind, and the small group of survivors who are left to shepherd a new race to inherit the world. The series centers on Jimmy, a young boy disillusioned with the all-powerful corporations who rule civilization, whose best friend will develop the drug that wipes out humanity; Toby and Ren, two members of the cult “God’s Gardeners” who fight to survive on the margins of society; and Zeb, one of the founders of “God’s Gardeners.”

Anonymous Content’s David Kanter and Bard Dorros will executive produce along with Rock Paper Scissors Entertainment’s Angus Wall, Linda Carlson and Kent Kubena. Maddaddam will be produced through the first look deal that Paramount TV and Anonymous Content recently signed with Rock Paper Scissors, which includes both scripted and unscripted content.

“I am very happy with the vision described to me by Angus, Kent, David, Bard and Amy, as well as the stunning visual presentation they put together. I very much look forward to working with them,” said Atwood.

Anonymous Content’s Dorros and Kanter jointly said, “We’re thrilled to be bringing MaddAddam Trilogy to television. The worlds of Oryx & Crake, The Year of the Flood and MadAddam beautifully illustrate the extraordinary range of Margaret Atwood’s imagination and go deeply afield in time and global evolution presenting fascinating opportunities to dramatize the wildest vision of the future ever shown on television. We’re excited to be embarking on this wonderful journey together with Angus Wall, our friends at Rock Paper Scissors and our partners at Paramount Television.”

“Margaret Atwood’s unique and singular literary voice speaks to the greater issues facing our current climate and resonates with fans worldwide; the MaddAddam Trilogy is no exception,” said Amy Powell, President of Paramount TV. “These stories are perfectly suited for portrayal on television and we are thrilled to once again bring a literary masterpiece to life with our partners at Anonymous Content, Angus Wall and Rock Paper Scissors Entertainment.”

http://deadline.com/2018/01/margaret-atwoods-maddaddam-trilogy-series-treatment-anonymous-content-par-tv-1202268373/

Agent Coulson

Conan The Barbarian

Amazon is developing a Conan The Barbarian TV series

Everyone's favourite Cimmerian has been absent from screens since 2011, when Jason Momoa starred in a Conan The Barbarian reboot, which failed to get a new franchise of the ground. You have to go back to 1984, with Conan The Destroyer, the sadly inferior sequel to John Milius' masterful 1982 film, Conan The Barbarian, for more sword swinging action, and Arnold Schwarzenegger spent the next 30 years or so dropping hints that he'd complete the trilogy with King Conan one day.

Needless to say, King Conan continues to stall, and it doesn't look like it's going to happen. Especially now that Amazon is developing a new series, under the simple title of Conan, which will trace the character's origin from wandering barbarian to king of the realm. Conan has some impressive talent working for it, Ryan Condal (Colony), Miguel Sapochnik (known for directing episodes of Game Of Thrones), and Warren Littlefield (who has worked on prestige dramas like The Handmaid's Tale and Fargo) are producing with Pathfinder Media and Endeavor Content.

http://www.denofgeek.com/uk/tv/conan-the-barbarian/55092/conan-the-barbarian-tv-series-in-the-works

CastorTroy

http://bloody-disgusting.com/tv/3482429/don-mancini-developing-childs-play-television-series-exclusive/

Chucky going the Ash route.
"Wanna play?"

Marje

Agent Coulson wrote: »

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/

Prolific writer-producer Julie Plec (The Vampire Diaries, The Originals) has landed her first pilot directing gig, with the CW’s Roswell reboot, from writer Carina Adly MacKenzie, Amblin TV, Bender Brown Prods and Warner Bros. TV. Plec also will executive produce the pilot and will continue as executive producer via her My So-Called Company production banner if the pilot is ordered to series.

http://deadline.com/2018/02/roswell-julie-plec-direct-the-cw-reboot-pilot-1202290690/

Agent Coulson

Hiding In Time

‘Hiding In Time’ Comic Book Series Being Developed For Television By MGM TV

MGM Television (Fargo, The Handmaid’s Tale) has optioned Hiding In Time, an Image Comics miniseries written by Christopher E. Long and illustrated by Ryan Winn, to develop as a television series. Richard Smith (In Her Name/White Horse Pictures) is attached to pen the adaptation.

Published under the ShadowLine Comics label in 2007, Hiding in Time, is set in the near future, where time travel has been cracked and the Witness Protection Program begins relocating those who turn in State’s Evidence to various times in history. Abraham Smith is one such witness, relocated to the past, living a life that’s not his own, centuries before he’s even born. When a witness within the Program is murdered anachronistically, a conspiracy is revealed and Abraham’s safety is called into question.

Long is set to co-executive produce, along with Ray Miller and David Server of Archetype who will serve as producers. Lloyd Braun of Whalerock Industries executive produces with MGM Television’s Andrew Mittman.

The three-part series had a limited release but was well-received and was optioned by Warner Brothers in 2008 for a feature film.

http://deadline.com/2018/03/hiding-in-time-comic-book-miniseries-in-works-series-mgm-tv-1202311537/

Agent Coulson

Street Fighter

‘Street Fighter’ TV Series Based On Video Game Franchise In Works At eOne

Entertainment One/Mark Gordon has closed a deal to develop, produce and finance a TV series adaptation of the popular Street Fighter global video game franchise, with Joey Ansah, Jacqueline Quella and Mark Wooding, the team behind the live-action web series Street Fighter: Assassin’s Fist, set to executive produce. eOne will handle international sales on the project.

Street Fighter the series will draw on the game’s World Warrior story-arc — introduced in the 1991 Street Fighter II: The World Warrior sequel to the original game — as the jumping off point, centering on four protagonists: Ryu, Ken, Guile and Chun-Li. Together, they fight to take down M. Bison, the evil mastermind who runs Shadaloo, a global criminal organization. Though on different journeys, our heroes’ paths will cross as they are drawn into the World Warrior Tournament, a competition devised by M. Bison to find the most powerful and capable fighter in the world. On the journey they come to share, they must draw on their strength, skills, intelligence and loyalty in a battle to survive and emerge as the World Warrior.

“Street Fighter is a global tour de force franchise, having garnered immense worldwide commercial success and built a vast devoted fanbase that has only grown through its 30 year legacy. We are thrilled to be teaming up with Joey, Jacqueline and Mark, who are already so deeply connected to this brand, to bring this adored story to television audiences everywhere,” said Mark Gordon, eOne’s President and Chief Content Officer, Film, Television and Digital. “A particular strength of Street Fighter is the wide range of ethnically diverse characters and powerful women featured in the game. It will allow us to build an inclusive and engaging TV universe.”

http://deadline.com/2018/03/street-fighter-video-game-franchise-adapted-tv-series-entertainment-one-mark-gordon-1202352026/

Agent Coulson

Astro City

‘Astro City’ TV Series Based On Comics In Works At FremantleMedia North America

American Gods producer FremantleMedia North America has acquired the rights to Astro City superhero comic book series to develop as a live-action TV drama series.

The Astro City comics, created by writer Kurt Busiek and artists Brent Anderson and Alex Ross, spans 16 (and counting) standalone yet loosely-connected story arcs containing more than 2,000 original characters. It is claimed to be the last, fully fleshed out superhero universe in the English language comic book business that has not been exploited for the screen. Astro City made its debut in 1995 with Image Comics and is currently published by DC Comics.

Despite the fact that the comic books’ current publisher, DC Comics, is owned by Warner Bros., Busiek owns all of the rights to Astro City, which he will now exploit in TV with FMNA.

The fictional Astro City universe explores the lives of ordinary people and those of the all-too-human superhumans in their midst, and their collective, daily struggle to hold on to hope in the face of world-shaking, life-altering events beyond any single individual’s control.

A mid-sized American city blessed with, and cursed by, the largest number of superheroes and supervillains in one place on Earth, Astro City is described as a unique brand of humanistic saga — part superhero epic, part intimate drama — in which the (mostly) good hearted, workaday residents of the eponymous locale come into daily contact with the worrisome, the weird and the wondrous.

http://deadline.com/2018/03/astro-city-comic-book-anthology-tv-series-american-gods-producer-fremantlemedia-north-america-1202339180/

JP Liz V1

The HBO drama pilot “Euphoria” has set its main cast, with Zendaya cast in the lead role, Variety has learned.

The project, an adaptation of the Israeli series of the same name, is describe as the story of drugs, sex, identity, trauma, social media, love and friendship all told by a lying, drug addicted 17 year old girl named Rue.

Zendaya will play Rue. In addition, the pilot will also feature: Maude Apatow as Lexi, Brian “Astro” Bradley as McKay, Angus Cloud as Fezco, Eric Dane as Cal, Alexa Demie as Maddy, Jacob Elordi as Nate, Barbie Ferreira as Kat, Nika King as Leslie, Storm Reid as Gia, Hunter Schafer as Jules, and Sydney Sweeney as Cassie.

https://variety.com/2018/tv/news/zendaya-hbo-pilot-euphoria-1202831112/

Agent Coulson

The Outsider

Richard Price To Script MRC 10-Episode Series Adaptation Of Stephen King’s ‘The Outsider;’ Jack Bender, Marty Bowen EPs

EXCLUSIVE: Media Rights Capital is back in business with Stephen King, its partner on The Dark Tower. MRC has optioned the Stephen King #1 bestselling novel The Outsider. MRC plans a 10-episode limited series adaptation, and they have secured Richard Price to write it. Jack Bender and Marty Bowen are exec producing with MRC. Bender and Bowen teamed on the series Mr. Mercedes, and Bender is a possible to direct the pilot for The Outsider. King has the option to join as executive producer. MRC will develop the show with Price writing the pilot before they set it at a network.

https://deadline.com/2018/06/richard-price-the-outsider-stephen-king-mrc-10-episode-series-jack-bender-marty-bowen-executive-producer-1202407954/

Agent Coulson

Child’s Play


‘Child’s Play’ Series May Be Headed To TV After Creator Twitter Tease

https://deadline.com/2018/06/childs-play-series-may-be-headed-to-tv-after-creator-twitter-tease-1202416166/

JP Liz V1

Jason Momoa has been in cast in a lead role in Apple’s original series “See” from Steven Knight.

The show is a world-building drama set in the future, to be executive produced by Knight, along with director Francis Lawrence

Momoa will play Baba Voss, a fearless warrior, leader and guardian on the original series.

https://www.thewrap.com/jason-momoa-star-apples-steven-knight-drama-see/

Marje

New Star Trek series with Patrick Stewart starring as Jean Luc Picard

It is officially so: Sir Patrick Stewart will reprise his iconic role as Jean-Luc Picard in a new, as-yet-untitled Star Trek series for CBS All Access, TVLine has learned. Stewart made the announcement himself on Saturday during a surprise appearance on stage at a Las Vegas Star Trek convention.

The new series will be spearheaded by Star Trek: Discovery showrunner Alex Kurtzman, and “tell the story of the next chapter of Picard’s life.” No further details, such as a timetable for release, have been announced.

“With overwhelming joy, it’s a privilege to welcome Sir Patrick Stewart back to the Star Trek fold,” Kurtzman said in a statement. “For over 20 years, fans have hoped for the return of Captain Jean-Luc Picard and that day is finally here. We can’t wait to forge new ground, surprise people, and honor generations both new and old.”

Kuva

Marje wrote: »

New Star Trek series with Patrick Stewart starring as Jean Luc Picard

Pilot will start with this tune

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AE1Zo5Ljws0

and a slow zoom in of his big bald head with him doing a bit of work with a flower bed of a pile of dead roses that he couldn't grow right as head gardener of Starfleet Academy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3FgJztHqFE

Only show I'd look forward to...if it wasn't years away.

JP Liz V1

Paul Rudd is set to star opposite himself in Season 1 of the new comedy series Living With Yourself for Netflix, Rudd with Timothy Greenberg, Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris will produce

https://tvline.com/2018/08/10/paul-rudd-netflix-comedy-dual-role-living-with-yourself/

The Black Oil

David Simon's next HBO project. 6 part mini series.

Book adaptation, Plot Against America

The book depicts a the rise of fascism in an America led by Charles Lindbergh in the 1940s, from the perspective of a Jewish family in New Jersey.

Vulture

JP Liz V1

Allen Leech has been cast opposite Sophia Bush in the pilot of Surveillance

CastorTroy

Was just thinking last night, has there been any update on the next Band of Brothers/The Pacific series?

The Black Oil

Agent Coulson wrote: »

The Lost Boys

‘Lost Boys’ TV Series in the Works at CW

“iZombie” showrunner Rob Thomas is sinking his teeth into adaptation of the 1987 vampire film that starred Jason Patric, Corey Haim and Kiefer Sutherland



http://www.thewrap.com/lost-boys-tv-series-in-the-works-at-cw/

Pilot shoots in Vancouver this March, Catherine Hardwicke directing.

http://www.hollywoodnorth.buzz/2019/02/tv-pilots-cw-pilot-the-lost-boys-expected-to-film-in-vancouver-this-march.html

JP Liz V1

Jupiter’s Legacy is based on the 2013 comic written by Mark Millar and Josh Duhamel, Ben Daniels, Leslie Bibb and Matt Lanter have joined the Netflix superhero series

Source TV Line

Agent Coulson

Walking Dead Spinoff

New ‘Walking Dead’ Spinoff In The Works, AMC Executives Confirm

A new spinoff of The Walking Dead is in the works, AMC Networks confirmed during its quarterly earnings call with Wall Street analysts.


Asked to elaborate on CEO Josh Sapan’s mention of a third zombie outing, COO Ed Carroll said the spinoff is in “active development.” He declined to offer many more specifics, including whether it would fall under an existing distribution agreement with Hulu.

“We’re not at a stage where we’ll be announcing its plans to premiere,” Carroll said. “But we have hired creative people that have pitched story outlines. We feel very good about the development of that series. We’re not in a position to talk about partnerships in terms of other territories or ancillary windows, other than that there’s a healthy appetite for it and we’ve had a number of conversations with a lot of players in the space.”

A new TWD series comes as the mother-ship show has seen a slew of departures such as Andrew Lincoln and Lauren Cohan and series-low ratings in its ninth season. Additionally, as more crossovers are in the works with spinoff Fear the Walking Dead, Lincoln is set for a series of TWD movies and Black Panther star Danai Gurira will be easing down her TWD presence in the show’s upcoming 10th season.

Carroll asserted that the inevitable fade of the original show should not obscure its status as the No. 1 series on cable and the No. 2 drama on TV behind NBC’s This is Us.

“We are well aware that when a show has been around for nine years, you would expect viewership to be declining, but I think we’ve managed that and managed that well,” Carroll said. “When The Walking Dead is no longer part of the channel, I think that will have more of an impact on revenue than on [income] because generally expenses go up as the seasons continue and viewership declines. That’s just a general pattern with any show that’s been around as long as The Walking Dead has.”

The company’s fourth-quarter results beat Wall Street estimates, with adjusted earnings per share of $1.92 clearing the bar by 8 cents and revenue of $773 million coming in more than $15 million above analyst expectations.

https://deadline.com/2019/02/new-walking-dead-spinoff-in-the-works-amc-executives-confirm-1202566913/

JP Liz V1

Justin Bartha will co-star in Syfy’s dark comedy pilot (Future) Cult Classic, about a group of teens whose community is rocked by a 1990s slasher-movie obsessed serial killer. The actor will play a formerly successful true-crime novelist and the father of Emily Alyn Lind’s character.

Source TV Line

JP Liz V1

Ryan Phillippe will star in the CBS drama pilot, Frankenstein-inspired series
Now titled Alive, the project is described as a modern interpretation of the classic tale in a cop procedural setting. Phillippe will play San Francisco homicide detective Mark Escher, who’s mysteriously brought back to life after being killed in the line of duty. As Mark and his wife realize he isn’t the same person he used to be, they zero in on the strange man behind his resurrection: Dr. Victor Frankenstein.

Katrina Law will portray Mark’s spouse Elizabeth Lavenza, a pathologist/medical examiner who is stunned when her husband returns from the dead. Although she is thrilled to have him back, she knows there’s a secret behind his resurrection and new personality — and she thinks she knows exactly who’s responsible.

https://tvline.com/2019/03/19/ryan-phillippe-frankenstein-cbs-drama-pilot-cast/

Agent Coulson

Ripley

Showtime To Win Auction For Steve Zaillian Series On Patricia Highsmith’s Tom Ripley Books

Showtime is in final negotiations to make a straight-to-series commitment for a drama that Oscar-winning screenwriter Steve Zaillian will write and direct that focuses on Tom Ripley, the sociopath anti-hero of the Patricia Highsmith crime novel series. Sources said that this will go in a straight-to-series deal and that Zaillian is expected to write and direct most of the first season’s worth of episodes. It will be the first major series for Zaillian since the acclaimed HBO mini The Night Of.

Zaillian will use the five novels written by Highsmith — The Talented Mrs. Ripley, Ripley Under Ground, Ripley’s Game, The Boy Who Followed Ripley and Ripley Underwater — as a road map to show Ripley’s progression from con artist to serial killer.

The series will be produced by Endemol Shine North America and Entertainment 360, with Sharon Levy overseeing. The series will be executive produced by Zaillian, Garrett Basch, Philipp Keel, Ben Forkner, Levy and Entertainment 360’s Guymon Casady. Keel is the head of Highsmith’s longtime publisher, Diogenes, in Zurich.

Highsmith’s novels have been turned into movies several times, with Matt Damon, Alain Delon, Dennis Hopper, Barry Pepper and John Malkovich all portraying Ripley over the years.

https://deadline.com/2019/04/showtime-steve-zaillian-series-patricia-highsmith-tom-ripley-books-1202587247/

Agent Coulson

Sleeping Beauties

Adaptation of Stephen and Owen King’s ‘Sleeping Beauties’ Novel in the Works at AMC

2017 novel centers on a worldwide-sleeping-sickness that only affects women

A TV adaptation of Stephen and Owen King’s best-selling novel “Sleeping Beauties” is in development at AMC.

The project has received a pilot script commitment from the cable network, with Owen King set to write, an individual with knowledge of the project tells TheWrap. Michael Sugar and Ashley Zalta will executive produce for Sugar23, with Anonymous Content also producing.

Set in a small Appalachian town whose primary employer is a women’s prison, the father-son duo’s 2017 novel tells the story of a sleeping sickness that affects only women and begins to spread around the world.

https://www.thewrap.com/stephen-king-owen-sleeping-beauties-adaptation-amc/