sf/f TV development news - 2016

[Enterprise is Great]

ABC Family (changing to Freeform in 2016) orders summer camp horror series from Once Upon A Time creators - http://tvline.com/2015/11/18/dead-of-summer-abc-family-series-once-upon-a-time-creators/


SyFy orders 2 seasons of horror anthology series Channel Zero - http://www.spoilertv.com/2015/11/channel-zero-horror-anthology-series-2.html?m=1

 

[RJDiogenes]

Sounds like Channel Zero will be an anthology in the sense of American Horror Story and (theoretically) Scream Queens: One story per season.

 

[Enterprise is Great]

Exorcism theme series Haunted in development at Fox - http://tvline.com/2015/11/19/haunted-fox-series-exorcism-the-demon-of-brownsville-road/

 

[JD]

I'm a huge fan of OUaT, and Kitsis and Horowitz's work on Lost so I'll definitely be checking out Dead of Summer. The other two sound like they have potential.

 

[Enterprise is Great]

Vin Diesel announced on Instagram that a Riddick spin off tv series, Merc City is in development - https://www.instagram.com/p/-UQFRhmPjO/

 

[Mr. Adventure]

I saw WeTV of all people is airing all episodes of a new series called South of Hell on Friday. Some kind of demon hunter show where she exorcisizes others while fighting her own dark side. Hadn't heard much and don't know what to make of WeTV. Seems like they might get just be dumping it with dropping it all on Black Friday.

 

[RJDiogenes]

Never heard of it. I'll have to see if it's on my cable lineup.

 

[Enterprise is Great]

Tremors series reboot starring Kevin Bacon in the works - http://www.ew.com/article/2015/11/24/tremors-series-kevin-baco

 

[RJDiogenes]

^^ That link doesn't work, but all you have to do is add the 'n' to the end of 'Bacon' (otherwise you're two many degrees away, apparently).

This is interesting. I liked Tremors and the TV series. I wonder if this will really be a reboot or if it will be consistent with everything that's come before.

 

[Enterprise is Great]

Promotional photos from NBC's Emerald City - http://www.spoilertv.com/2015/12/emerald-city-first-look-promotional.html

 

[RJDiogenes]

Well, it looks like it could be visually interesting, at least, which is very unusual these days.

 

[Bob The Skutter]

BBC America have ordered Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency to series.

 

[RJDiogenes]

Oh, now that could be very good.

 

[Christopher]

BBC America have ordered Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency to series.

Unrelated to the previous BBC miniseries, I gather.

 

[Bob The Skutter]

^Yes, I think so. It's listed as an adaptation of the graphic novel.

 

[Christopher]

^There's a graphic novel?

 

[Bob The Skutter]

^To be honest with you that's what I thought but it says it's being made in conjunction with IDW Entertainment, so I assume either they are about the print a graphic novel, or they bought the right with the intention of making a graphic novel from the TV series.

 

[Enterprise is Great]

Pilot news CW Orders Frequency Redo Plus Paranormal Phenomena Drama from Kevin Williamson - http://tvline.com/2016/01/29/pilot-cw-frequency

CW Orders Riverdale, Mars Mission, Transylvania Monster Mash - http://tvline.com/2016/01/29/pilot-cw-riverdale-subversive-live-action-archie/

 

[RJDiogenes]

Transylvania sounds like it could be good. At least it's a period piece. And the Mars concept could be interesting, too-- it sounds a bit Bradburyish. Riverdale sounds monumentally stupid.

 

[Mr. Adventure]

Riverdale sounds monumentally stupid.

I said the same thing about Buffy the Vampire Slayer. The Archie comics have had a lot of off-kilter offshoots of late: Afterlife with Archie, Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, vs. Sharknado, vs. Predator, Weird Adventures, etc. so never know might prove interesting. (might suck too....)