sf/f TV development news - 2013

[Enterprise is Great]

The Walking Dead’s _________ Set As The Lead Of AMC Pilot ‘Line Of Sight’(I removed the actor's name as it could be a spoiler)

 

[Christopher]

^Oh, you mean a potential spoiler for TWD, because it could mean the actor is going to leave the series? I'm not sure that's necessarily so, since sometimes series actors do other pilots and whether they stay or leave is contingent on whether the pilot sells.

 

[Bob The Skutter]

Read something saying he's doing the new show but he won't be leaving TWD.

 

[Kegg]

And

Spoiler: Walking Dead season 4 spoilers

the showrunners have said the Governor won't appear in the first couple of episodes this season (he's not featured or mentioned at all in the season trailer), and when he does show it'll be a surprise. I wouldn't be surprised if the character doesn't show up until episode eight and then has most of his episodes in next year's half-season.

That he's doing to die this season seems extremely likely, it's more surprising that he survived the fallout of season 3, where the character's arc reached a natural endpoint.

 

[Sindatur]

And

Spoiler: Walking Dead season 4 spoilers

the showrunners have said the Governor won't appear in the first couple of episodes this season (he's not featured or mentioned at all in the season trailer), and when he does show it'll be a surprise. I wouldn't be surprised if the character doesn't show up until episode eight and then has most of his episodes in next year's half-season.

That he's doing to die this season seems extremely likely, it's more surprising that he survived the fallout of season 3, where the character's arc reached a natural endpoint.

Spoiler: Walking Dead season 4 spoilers

Yea, I'm thinking it would be a bigger spoiler to have confirmation he'll live all the way through S4, then to know he might possibly die sometime in S4. I think it's a definite expectation that he won't make it to a Season 5

 

[Enterprise is Great]

Fox pilot - Broken Girl

With multiple networks interested, Fox has taken in Broken Girl, a drama project from writer John Scott Shepherd, 20th Century Fox and Prospect Park. It focuses on emotionally damaged Trish Derring who, after she loses the man she saw as her last hope for happiness, decides she has nothing left to live for only to discover she’s literally invincible. Blending elements of Girl With The Dragon Tattoo and Unbreakable, Broken Girl follows an antiheroine who must live with a body that has become both her fortress and her cage.

 

[Borgminister]

Save the cheerleader!

 

[sojourner]

Save the cheerleader!

My first thought as well.

 

[Enterprise is Great]

Series Adaptation Of ‘Westworld’ From J.J. Abrams, Jonathan Nolan & Jerry Weintraub Gets Pilot Production Commitment At HBO

 

[RJDiogenes]

Now that could be interesting.

 

[Enterprise is Great]

So Bad Robot is making a show about bad robots? Whoa.

 

[JD]

I didn't even put that together, very funny.

 

[Nerys Myk]

So Bad Robot is making a show about bad robots? Whoa.

Maybe the Bad Robot mascot will wear a cowboy hat.

 

[Enterprise is Great]

Christopher Egan To Star, Alan Dale & Tom Wisdom To Co-Star In Syfy Pilot ‘Dominion’

 

[RJDiogenes]

Sounds like yet another post-Apocalypse filled with scruffily dressed angry people.

 

[Enterprise is Great]

CW developing "Wizard of Oz" project

The summer of Wizard Of Oz continues with another sale of a
high-profile Oz-themed drama project. I’ve learned that the CW is in
negotiations for Dorothy Must Die, a drama from the Heroes trio of
creator/exec producer Tim Kring and exec producers Adam Armus and Nora
Kay Foster. Written by Armus and Foster with Kring supervising, I hear
the project is based on the upcoming young adult novel Dorothy Must
Die by Danielle Paige. It is a revisionist take on the classic tale
set in present day, 80 years after Dorothy Gale supposedly came home.
In reality, the magically-ever-youthful Dorothy has stayed in Oz,
presiding over a now fascist fairyland with her perfectly manicured
iron fist and the help of her henchmen – the Scarecrow, the Tin Man,
and the Cowardly Lion. But when another young woman from Kansas is
swept up in a tornado and magically dropped into this war-torn Oz, our
hero discovers a revolutionary underground of witches and enchanted
beings only to learn that she is destined to lead their people in the
fight to reclaim Oz from a power-hungry Dorothy’s ruthless clutches.

An evil Dorothy, Scarecrow, Tin Man and Cowardly Lion? Ugh.

CBS Kurtzman/Orci apocalyptic drama

The auspices behind CBS’ Hawaii Five-0 reboot are reteaming
for a new drama series. The eye network has put in development
Salvation, a high-concept drama executive produced by Hawaii Five-0
developers/exec producers Alex Kurtzman, Roberto Orci and Peter Lenkov
and produced by CBS TV Studios. Written by up-and-coming feature
writer Matt Wheeler, the project is set in the months leading up to a
global, catastrophic event and follows a group of characters’ attempts
to deal with the impending destruction of the planet and ensure the
survival of humanity.

 

[RJDiogenes]

Yet another revisionist classic is yet another example of creative bankruptcy, but a pre-Apocalypse drama sounds like it could be interesting.

 

[Borgminister]

Is the Wizard of Oz thing going to replace the Vampire craze? Jeez.

 

[Greg Cox]

Series Adaptation Of ‘Westworld’ From J.J. Abrams, Jonathan Nolan & Jerry Weintraub Gets Pilot Production Commitment At HBO

I'm sure nothing can go wornggggggg . . ..

 

[Sindatur]

An evil Dorothy, Scarecrow, Tin Man and Cowardly Lion? Ugh.

I don't think evil Dorothy is all that unlikely? Afterall, look at the con Glinda and the Wizard pulled on Dorothy getting her to kill the Wicked Witch.

(Glinda to Wicked Witch of the West) "Oh, the shoes? They're on Dorothy's feet, and that's where they'll stay. And you better watch your step, or a house just might fall on you, too" So, she not only taunted the Wicked Witch about her sister's death at Dorothy's hands, she also taunted her about Dorothy stealing the shoes off her dead sister's still warm corpse. On top of all that, Glinda knew full well, all Dorothy had to do was click her heels together three times and chant "There's No Place Like Home", but, instead of telling Dorothy that, she sent her to The Wizard who set her on a path to be forced to kill The Wicked Witch. It amazes me how many people really buy into the lie that Glinda is so sweet and innocent, just because she's pretty and speaks with a melodic voice.

After being put through all that, and then Dorothy's return trips, it's no wonder Dorothy became evil and power hungry.