Aparently not since True Lies is also being made into a series.
RDM developing Wild Wild West remake
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Aparently not since True Lies is also being made into a series.
Spies in the 19th C is at least something different.
What happened to Ron Moore's adult Harry-Potter-esque magic world series?
A WWW remake could be fun, but judging from the failures of Brisco County Jr. and Legend(albeit those were both way back in the 90s) I can't really see such a show finding any sort of audience in today's even more divided market.
Plus the cost of a doing a western period show, probably with at least some SFX would be rather pricey.
Personally it just looks to me like RDM is just pitching idea after idea at the studios trying to get one to stick.
A WWW remake could be fun, but judging from the failures of Brisco County Jr. and Legend(albeit those were both way back in the 90s) I can't really see such a show finding any sort of audience in today's even more divided market.
Plus the cost of a doing a western period show, probably with at least some SFX would be rather pricey.
Personally it just looks to me like RDM is just pitching idea after idea at the studios trying to get one to stick.
The pilot is in active development for NBC.
As the article regarding this proposed remake states, it's in extremely early stages - nowhere near being ready to pitch to a studio, let alone a network.
If it's Ron I'll watch.
Once again, Ron Moore is at the cutting edge of Hollywood unoriginality.
I dunno, his BSG was remarkably original for a skiffy TV series that takes place in space. That it happened to be based on a piece of 1970s flotsam which borrowed wholesale from a popular movie and had not a jot of originality about it was rather charming.
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Fleet Admiral
Has anyone told James Cawley about this?
In all seriousness though, I'll definitely be watching. I quite enjoyed what few episodes I've seen of the original show and I'm a big fan of Ron Moore so for me, this has WIN written all over it.
In all seriousness though, I'll definitely be watching. I quite enjoyed what few episodes I've seen of the original show and I'm a big fan of Ron Moore so for me, this has WIN written all over it.
If it captures the the same spirit as the original series and doesn't go over the top like the crappy movie did, I'll be interested in watching.
It is intrinsically unoriginal. That's what "remake" means.
No, it was remarkably unoriginal and mainstream-- to the point of using contemporary props and settings for an alien civilization that existed a long time ago in a whatever far, far away. And that, for some reason, was part of its appeal....
see that is my major concern about moore doing it.
that was part of the heart and soul of wild wild west even in what seemed darkest moments
there would be that comment about the situation.
that and the friendship between gordon and west.
as for briscoe county junior i still believe if they had shifted it to another night it would have done a lot better.
as it was it was a water cooler discussion show and i always wondered if ratings just didnt reflect the number people watching it.
for one thing a lot of people taped it and x files due their being on friday night.
but fox killed briscoe while saving x files and moving it.
Yup. Thus making it unlike any previous "skiffy TV series that takes place in space" and thus, by definition, original within that category. Which is exactly what Dennis just said.
Agree 100% on both counts. I thought RDM did a fantastic job reinventing BSG as a gritty, cynical reboot. But enough is enough. Not everything has to be dark and conspiracy-filled. I'd be quite happy if it came back in the style of Adventures of Brisco County Jr. We saw RDM try to take a fun show and turn it gritty before with Bionic Woman and we saw how well that turned out.
They also need to make sure the have the right actors for the two key roles. The movie failed in part because it got the equation half wrong: Kevin Kline was perfect choice for Artremis, but Will Smith was stunt casting that failed (George Clooney I agree would have been perfect back in the day).
Of course, with RDM's tendency to gender-swap (characters, that is) I fully expect the show to end up featuring Tricia Helfer as Jane West. Which actually sounds kind of cool.
Alex
Says the guy posting on a Trek board.....Star Trek...known for slapping a piece of foam latex on a person's forehead and calling them an alien. How's that for originality? Hypocrite much?
Those of you bashing Moore for lifting yet another old concept need to realize that this sort of thing is what the general populace responds to. They like what seems familiar to them, and the new and original scares them and makes them feel stupid.
I don't bash RDM because I "like" the original BSG. I bash him because he can't write.
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Lord Garth
Guest
I don't know anything about Wild Wild West but it seems the article agrees with me: the western is a dead genre; more or less. I'm surprised Ron Moore would see any value in remaking it. Between this, the fantasy series, I, Robot and The Thing, it's easy to lose track of everything he's been developing. On top of Virtuality.
Ron Moore has been very fortunate in his career already. He co-recreated the Battlestar Galactica franchise and was a large part of Star Trek's second generation. No matter what else he comes up with, those are what he's going to be known for.
Ron Moore has been very fortunate in his career already. He co-recreated the Battlestar Galactica franchise and was a large part of Star Trek's second generation. No matter what else he comes up with, those are what he's going to be known for.
Oh, do elaborate.
Just to do something different, maybe? At least it's not yet another cop show.
Nowhere Man
Commodore
What he said. I don't think WWW needs the BSG/Cap. treatment, maybe some, but not full on.