sf/f TV development news - 2013

[Sindatur]

Re: sf/f TV development news - 2012

The notion of space as so friendly an environment people can just wander about ad lib doesn't seem very promising. Actually, the notion that people can just sneak into an army at all seems more like something borrowed from old movies rather than a real idea.

If that's what the article means, yea, that doesn't sounds very promising at first sight. I took it to mean instead that when they run into other folks at outposts or whatever they claim to part of a real armada, rather than actually sneaking into formation with the armada.

 

[xortex]

Re: sf/f TV development news - 2012

Does anybody have a definition of intellectual property? Would it's theft just be constituted by using an idea's specific expression, and not the idea itself? Plots and premises can't be stolen? as there are no new plots or premises? that seems awefully short sighted to me. Harlan had a good case against 'In time' but not 'Terminator' it seems to me. Was 'All Good Things' a homage or a rip off of Vonnegut's 'Slaughter House Five'? Beethoven used the same melody for one of his most popular overtures as a Mozart violin concerto. Obviously everyone's expression is going to be different. The same ideas can be done from different angles and perspectives and directions/approaches just as some trek ideas were done over and over again from head to tail as it were but where does derivitive rights end and stealing begin?

 

[Kegg]

Re: sf/f TV development news - 2012

Who says HBO doesn't do sci fi? [...] Hmm. I have a feeling that swashbuckling space opera is going to be more my kinda thing...

I dunno. The pedigree of the HBO series is pretty promising and the idea of sci-fi show set in continential Europe (even an American one) is appealing.

Clandestine has a nice enough premise, but I've never heard of the guy involved (unlike RHW's Defender) so it's more of an unknown quantity at this point. I think a space opera series with a sense of fun would be nice, but it needs to be fun and good.

 

[Vendikarr]

Re: sf/f TV development news - 2012

Does anybody have a definition of intellectual property? Would it's theft just be constituted by using an idea's specific expression, and not the idea itself? Plots and premises can't be stolen? as there are no new plots or premises? that seems awefully short sighted to me. Harlan had a good case against 'In time' but not 'Terminator' it seems to me. Was 'All Good Things' a homage or a rip off of Vonnegut's 'Slaughter House Five'? Beethoven used the same melody for one of his most popular overtures as a Mozart violin concerto. Obviously everyone's expression is going to be different. The same ideas can be done from different angles and perspectives and directions/approaches just as some trek ideas were done over and over again from head to tail as it were but where does derivitive rights end and stealing begin?

It's not the plots, but the similarity in details. Yes, you can write a movie about stolen time as a currency, but if too many of your ideas in the script coincide with someone elses story, it will get a closer look. Yes, some things may seem obvious in a certain type of story, but it will not be looked upon favorably if someone got there first.

 

[sojourner]

Re: sf/f TV development news - 2012

Even the great artists steal/are influenced by previous artists. Especially in fiction. There is no plot that hasn't been used before.

Influenced, yes. Steal, no.

Incorrect.

 

[Temis the Vorta]

Re: sf/f TV development news - 2012

RHWs space opera is the top of my list, too, but I like the idea of a swashbuckling space opera and Starz gritty space war approach, I'm assuming that they will go for the nasty ass Spartacus style. Wouldn't it be great to have a range of space opera types to choose from?

For the HBO series, thing I'm not too keen about on, is that it sounds like its following the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo trend, just adding a sci fi element. I'm not really interested in the whole dark detective story thing but obviously it's impossible to tell from a brief description how the series would turn out. I'm pleased to see HBO is not allergic to sci fi as a genre.

 

[Sindatur]

Re: sf/f TV development news - 2012

RHWs space opera is the top of my list, too, but I like the idea of a swashbuckling space opera and Starz gritty space war approach, I'm assuming that they will go for the nasty ass Spartacus style. Wouldn't it be great to have a range of space opera types to choose from?

For the HBO series, thing I'm not too keen about on, is that it sounds like its following the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo trend, just adding a sci fi element. I'm not really interested in the whole dark detective story thing but obviously it's impossible to tell from a brief description how the series would turn out. I'm pleased to see HBO is not allergic to sci fi as a genre.

Choose, hell. If they're all worth watching, I'm watching them all

Yea, I'll try whatever Space Opera I have access to, and only dump what doesn't suit my fancy

 

[JD]

Re: sf/f TV development news - 2012

Actual space opera sighting: Clandestine!

SyFy has put in development Clandestine, a drama produced by Universal Cable Prods. Written by actor-writer Todd Stashwick and artist Dennis Calero, Clandestine is described as a swash-buckling space drama/adventure and revolves around mercenaries who masquerade as part of an Intergalactic fleet...The project stems from an option at UCP had on Stashwick & Calero's online comic Devil Inside.

Who says HBO doesn't do sci fi?

Michael R. Roskam, who got a Best Foreign-Language Film Oscar nomination last year for his Belgian film Bullhead, is at the center of a new HBO pilot script order, one which teams him with Michael Mann and Breaking Bad executive producer Mark Johnson. HBO has ordered a pilot script for a drama titled Buda Bridge, a Belgian-set crime story that takes place in Brussels in the near future. It unfolds when a woman is found dead on Buda Bridge, which leads to a series of violent crimes and strange science that bring mayhem to the dark capital of the European state.

Hmm. I have a feeling that swashbuckling space opera is going to be more my kinda thing...

Both of them sound good to me. I've seen Stashwick in some good roles as an actor, but I have no idea what to make of him as someone behind the camera.
I like the idea of a sci-fi show set in Europe. It seems like most of that kind of stuff I've coma cross is set either in the US or Asia, or a Blade Runner/Firefly style amalgamation of the two.

 

[Enterprise is Great]

Re: sf/f TV development news - 2012

NBC Developing Super Villain Drama

NBC has put in development Hench, a high-concept drama from Peter Berg and Sarah Aubrey’s Film 44 and Universal TV. Written by Alexandra Cunningham, Hench centers on a regular guy who, in order to support his family, gets jobs temping for super villains. Cunningham, Berg and Aubrey executive produce.

 

[Borgminister]

Re: sf/f TV development news - 2012

Hm. Potentially interesting--but for a series?

 

[Temis the Vorta]

Re: sf/f TV development news - 2012

A hapless ordinary guy who gets involved in various evil schemes just to make a living could be fun. Since its broadcast, no doubt it will be light and funny rather than dark and angsty.

If they wanted to be a bit clever, they could turn it into a metaphor for everyone's working life, but I guess I shouldn't ask too much.

Since Zachary Levi is currently without a show, they should look at him for the lead.

 

[RJDiogenes]

Re: sf/f TV development news - 2012

They say it's a drama, but it does sound like a comedy. Nevertheless, it's an interesting concept. I'd be likely to give it a try.

 

[JD]

Re: sf/f TV development news - 2012

Interesting. At least somebody is trying something a little bit different.

 

[DWF]

Re: sf/f TV development news - 2012

Since Zachary Levi is currently without a show, they should look at him for the lead.

Zack Levi is playing Fandral in Thor: The Dark World, he might be looking do to more in the theater than on television.

 

[Vendikarr]

Re: sf/f TV development news - 2012

NBC Developing Super Villain Drama

NBC has put in development Hench, a high-concept drama from Peter Berg and Sarah Aubrey’s Film 44 and Universal TV. Written by Alexandra Cunningham, Hench centers on a regular guy who, in order to support his family, gets jobs temping for super villains. Cunningham, Berg and Aubrey executive produce.

This concept reminds me of the character Dylan Battles from the pre-reboot DCU.

 

[Temis the Vorta]

Re: sf/f TV development news - 2012

Since Zachary Levi is currently without a show, they should look at him for the lead.

Zack Levi is playing Fandral in Thor: The Dark World, he might be looking do to more in the theater than on television.

He was also cast in the lead of a sitcom that didnt get picked up for this season, so he hasnt dropped out of the TV biz.

 

[Mistral]

Re: sf/f TV development news - 2012

Hench sounds like fun.

 

[Sindatur]

Re: sf/f TV development news - 2012

Since Zachary Levi is currently without a show, they should look at him for the lead.

Zack Levi is playing Fandral in Thor: The Dark World, he might be looking do to more in the theater than on television.

He was also cast in the lead of a sitcom that didnt get picked up for this season, so he hasnt dropped out of the TV biz.

I enjoyed him on The Talking Dead, and hope he does it again this year. He didn't look anything like Chuck, LOL.

 

[Enterprise is Great]

Re: sf/f TV development news - 2012

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/li...uckleberry-finn-show-pilot-development-363795

Finn and Sawyer

The network is developing Finn & Sawyer, a contemporary take on Mark Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, The Hollywood Reporter has learned exclusively.

The drama hails from Detroit 1-8-7 duo Jason Richman and David Zabel and is described as an adventure-themed reinvention that revolves around the two famed literary characters who re-meet as young men in their 20s and form an investigative firm in a bustling and steampunk
New Orleans.

Gothica

Race to Witch Mountain's Matt Lopez has sold Gothica, a supernatural mystery drama to the network.

The project, which is not related to the 2003 Halle Berry feature Gothika, centers on a woman searching for her own identity in modern San Francisco who delves into a world of supernatural mystery and horror, guided by an enigmatic playboy named Dorian Gray.

 

[sojourner]

Re: sf/f TV development news - 2012

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/li...uckleberry-finn-show-pilot-development-363795

Finn and Sawyer

The network is developing Finn & Sawyer, a contemporary take on Mark Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, The Hollywood Reporter has learned exclusively.

The drama hails from Detroit 1-8-7 duo Jason Richman and David Zabel and is described as an adventure-themed reinvention that revolves around the two famed literary characters who re-meet as young men in their 20s and form an investigative firm in a bustling and steampunk
New Orleans.

So, this could be a direct prequel to League of Extraordinary Gentlemen?