sf/f TV development news - 2013

[stonester1]

Re: sf/f TV development news - 2012

I'm always going to want a locally based, physical library, both of my own and the public kind. And people are tactilly oriented and like to touch. So I don't see traditional mediums just going away.

 

[Enterprise is Great]

Re: sf/f TV development news - 2012

‘Vampire Diaries’ Co-Star Matt Davis Cast As The Male Lead In CW Drama Pilot ‘Cult’

Matt Davis, co-star of the hit CW/WBTV series The Vampire Diaries, is set to star opposite Jessica Lucas in the pilot, which WBTV co-produces with Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage’s Fake Empire. Written by Rockne O’Bannon, Cult centers on Skye (Lucas), an inquisitive young production assistant on a wildly popular television show called Cult. After a rash of disappearances and a likely murder, she joins Jeff (Davis), a journalist blogger whose brother was among those gone missing, in investigating the rabid fans of the series who might be re-creating crimes seen on the program in real life.

 

[Sindatur]

Re: sf/f TV development news - 2012

‘Vampire Diaries’ Co-Star Matt Davis Cast As The Male Lead In CW Drama Pilot ‘Cult’

Matt Davis, co-star of the hit CW/WBTV series The Vampire Diaries, is set to star opposite Jessica Lucas in the pilot, which WBTV co-produces with Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage’s Fake Empire. Written by Rockne O’Bannon, Cult centers on Skye (Lucas), an inquisitive young production assistant on a wildly popular television show called Cult. After a rash of disappearances and a likely murder, she joins Jeff (Davis), a journalist blogger whose brother was among those gone missing, in investigating the rabid fans of the series who might be re-creating crimes seen on the program in real life.

So, Alaric may end up dying for keeps then before the end of the season? Too bad, I really like Alaric

 

[Enterprise is Great]

Re: sf/f TV development news - 2012

More "Revolution" casting

Rescue Me alumna Andrea Roth and JD Pardo (The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2) have been cast in NBC’s JJ Abrams/Eric Kripke drama pilot Revolution, directed by Jon Favreau.

 

[Temis the Vorta]

Re: sf/f TV development news - 2012

I'm always going to want a locally based, physical library, both of my own and the public kind. And people are tactilly oriented and like to touch. So I don't see traditional mediums just going away.

That's a good point. I don't think personal DVD libraries, with nicely designed covers that you can put on a shelf, will ever vanish.

And you can't really give gifts that are nothing but virtual goods. Well, you can, but it's not really the same as getting something wrapped up with a bow, is it?

I don't like collecting stuff, so I'd be fine to jump to streaming, but I insist they do it my way, and that's not something I see emerging soon, maybe not at all. Till then, I'll stubbornly stick with the status quo as the next best thing.

So, Alaric may end up dying for keeps then before the end of the season? Too bad, I really like Alaric

Well, the showrunners claim that Alaric will be back as a guest star next season, but this song and dance seems awfully familiar. Wasn't there another recent case just like this one that didn't turn out so well for the character whose actor was jumping ship to a new show, despite official assurances to the contrary...?

I like Matt Davis a lot but I've pretty much given up on TVD (they keep going over the same stuff, two seasons of that is enough for me), so I'm happy to see him get his own series.

 

[Sindatur]

Re: sf/f TV development news - 2012

So, Alaric may end up dying for keeps then before the end of the season? Too bad, I really like Alaric

Well, the showrunners claim that Alaric will be back as a guest star next season, but this song and dance seems awfully familiar. Wasn't there another recent case just like this one that didn't turn out so well for the character whose actor was jumping ship to a new show, despite official assurances to the contrary...?

Heh, yea, in that case, with the short seasons, it seemed totally believable the actor could do both series, so, I was surprised by the death

I like Matt Davis a lot but I've pretty much given up on TVD (they keep going over the same stuff, two seasons of that is enough for me), so I'm happy to see him get his own series.

Yea, I'm still hanging in, but, my interest has been waning a bit this season too

 

[Temis the Vorta]

Re: sf/f TV development news - 2012

It's possible the actor could be back for flashbacks, so in that sense, maybe the producers were telling the truth?

 

[Temis the Vorta]

Re: sf/f TV development news - 2012

Simon Pegg may join LA Noir as guest star.

(I know it's not sf/f, but I like the concept and there are plenty of genre connections.)

Pegg would be great as some weasley little character in the Peter Lorre or Elisha Cook Jr. mold, who rats on the mob and gets whacked in the premiere. It would be unimaginative of them to cast him as comic relief.

 

[Enterprise is Great]

Re: sf/f TV development news - 2012

According to this if the CW picks up Cult to series it will most likely only have about 13 episodes per season:
http://blog.zap2it.com/frominsideth...ult-pilot-what-does-this-mean-for-alaric.html

 

[Enterprise is Great]

Re: sf/f TV development news - 2012

Scott Wolf joins Joey Dakota, Zak Orth joins the Revolution

Scott Wolf will play the mysterious Franklin, who seems to know a lot about Maya’s situation, may have been dabbling with time travel himself, and could be the key to Maya’s returning to the past and the man she loves.

Zak Orth will play Aaron, a brilliant scientist left in in a world where physics no longer follows the same rules.

 

[Enterprise is Great]

Re: sf/f TV development news - 2012

http://www.deadline.com/2012/03/abc-buys-drama-spec-for-next-season/

Talk about thinking ahead. With most pilots of this development cycle still gearing up for production, ABC has already bought a project that will be in consideration for the next one. Drama Infection was written on spec by Soo Hugh (The River). In the vein of Contagion, Infection chronicles a deadly pandemic ravaging the nation. A desperate President orders a border that divides the nation to halt the spread of the virus. Now, five years later, survivors on both sides fight to bring the country back together.

 

[Christopher]

Re: sf/f TV development news - 2012

Oh, for a second I thought that was saying the show was named Drama Infection, but it's actually just saying "A drama named Infection." The former sounded somewhat more interesting. (Reminds me of Monty Python's sketch about the overacting clinic.)

 

[Temis the Vorta]

Re: sf/f TV development news - 2012

So now Revolution is "a world where physics no longer follows the same rules"? Well that's an improvement over all forms of energy vanishing.

 

[RJDiogenes]

Re: sf/f TV development news - 2012

"A world where unlikely and inconsistent changes to the laws of physics occur for no apparent reason other than to conveniently create a post-apocalyptic future. Coming this Fall."

 

[Temis the Vorta]

Re: sf/f TV development news - 2012

"A world where the rules of physics no longer apply because of a convoluted and sinister conspiracy that we hint at vaguely until we get cancelled so you'll never find out nyah."

 

[stj]

Re: sf/f TV development news - 2012

A world where the old rules of physics no longer apply outside the human body. Thankfully everything beneath the skin continues as usual.

 

[CorporalCaptain]

Re: sf/f TV development news - 2012

A world where stupid is the new smart.

 

[Hugo Rune]

Re: sf/f TV development news - 2012

Looking for something that might be a little more "Fresh"... and if not that, perhaps a little scope and depth:

http://spinoff.comicbookresources.c...n-ascension-a-warren-ellis-penned-miniseries/

Comic writer Warren Ellis is in league with a fine, fine actor, Idris Elba, to produce an SF/F show for British TV: Ascension


Hugo - there like swimwear

 

[Set Harth]

Re: sf/f TV development news - 2012

A world where stupid is the new smart.

That wouldn't be science fiction, more like a documentary.

 

[jefferiestubes8]

"Defiance" on SyFy

Syfy has announced additional casting for its upcoming epic science fiction drama

Defiance is a visionary enterprise in collaboration with Trion Worlds, with the Syfy series and Trion’s multi-platform shooter MMO poised to debut simultaneously. Set in the near future, Defiance introduces a completely transformed planet Earth, inhabited by the survivors of a universal war. Forced to co-habitate, the disparate group struggles to build a new society among the devastation.

http://popculturezoo.com/2012/03/syfy-reveals-defiance-cast/

This sounds like another show i forgot the name of that is in development.