sf/f TV development news - 2015

Very interesting (and encouraging) that the new Bewitched is a sequel to the original, rather than a remake. I wonder if they'll explain how Tabitha was ten years older in the 70s than she should have been.

 

‘Phantom Of The Opera’ Drama Set At ABC With Marc Cherry Producing

Archie Comics Drama Series ‘Riverdale’ Set At Fox With Greg Berlanti Producing

 

Charles Dance cast in SyFy's Childhood's End mini-series

 

^I'm a little bothered that the article seems to suggest the emphasis will be on Rikki Stormgren (whose first name they misspelled), the Finnish UN secretary-general who was only featured in the first of the novel's three sections. The character I think of as the real lead of Childhood's End, Jan Rodricks, is biracial. I hope they haven't rewritten the story to focus on a white lead over a person of color. That would be Earthsea all over again.

 

Tracy Katsky Lines Up Six Comedy Sales - one of them is called Botcop

Botcop

Adam Davidson To Direct Pilot For ‘The Walking Dead’ Companion Series

TBS Orders ‘Wrecked’ Deserted Island Comedy Pilot That Echoes ‘Lost’

Peter Jacobson, Alex Neustaedter & Gonzalo Menendez Join USA Pilot ‘Colony’

 

CW developing young William Shakespeare supernatural drama

Rumor: Krypton series in development

 

Holy cow... first Smallville, now Krypton? We're going backwards!

 

That Krypton series could be pretty cool. I really enjoyed the Last Days of Krypton novel, and if this is done at all similarly to that I could see it being good.

The Bewitched sequel and Botcop both sound like they could be fun.
The Frankenstein series has the potential to be cool, or it could be just another quirky cop show.
Not really sure what to make of the Shakespeare series. I've enjoyed most of that kind of stuff that The CW has done, so I'll probably at least give it a try.
I'm still kind of baffled that the Supergirl series (which is mentioned in the article about Krypton) is at CBS and not The CW.

 

Well, DC's already got three shows on The CW, counting the upcoming iZombie; the network only has so much room. And they've also got Gotham on FOX and Constantine on NBC.

 

The Krypton series could potentially be good-- but will they make it exotic like the Krypton of old or laughable like the Krypton of Man of Steel?

I'm surprised they're not setting the Shakespeare series in the 21st century.

 

Fox Buys Supernatural Comedy Produced By Ben Affleck & Matt Damon

 

Peter Pan Drama ‘The League Of Pan’ Set At Fox

‘Richie Rich’ Comedy Series Picked Up By Netflix For 2015

 

FX Developing Sci-Fi Comedy From ‘Super Fun Night’ Trio

‘Breed’ Supernatural Crime Drama From John Scott Shepherd Gets TNT Pilot Order

 

Pilot ‘Galyntine’ Not Going Forward At AMC

‘Limitless’ Drama Based On Movie From Bradley Cooper, Alex Kurtzman & Bob Orci Set At CBS

 

Syfy to adapt 3001: The Final Odyssey into miniseries

 

It's been years, but I recall reading the 3001 book and thinking it was truly dreadful.

 

Ah, I love 3001 (as I love all things Clarke), so I'm excited about this. It's just a shame that they're skipping over 2061; that was my favorite book in the series.

 

Patrick Fugit To Star In Cinemax’s ‘Outcast’ From ‘Walking Dead’s Robert Kirkman

‘Faust’ Drama From Mark Burnett & Roma Downey Set At NBC