Cancelled shows of Tomorrow: No Soap Operas Allowed

[Prison Mike]

I think Guys with Kids looks better than Animal Practice.

 

[Sawyer]

I'm gonna have to give you the side-eye on that one. Guys with Kids looks atrocious.

 

[Prison Mike]

Animal Practice looks like NBC just gave up trying

 

[Dr. Evil]

I don't think it looks too bad. But Guys With Kids? Awful.

Animal Practice could surprise and actually be funny. They've been showing ads for The New Normal and that looks okay.

 

[Sawyer]

I'm gonna give Go On a chance because of Perry. If not for him, I probably wouldn't give it a second look.

 

[Dr. Evil]

Go On is my most anticipated of the new shows on NBC. Matthew Perry needs a successful show.

 

[Sawyer]

Deadline:

Fox To Develop Series Adaptation Of ‘The Beach’
By NELLIE ANDREEVA

EXCLUSIVE: Fox has bought The Beach, a drama based on the 1996 novel by Alex Garland and the 2000 movie directed by Danny Boyle and starring Leonardo Di Caprio. The project is being written by Andrew Miller, who penned the original script for the CW’s The Secret Circle and co-ran the series with Kevin Williamson. “It’s about a group of young people feeling disconnected and disenchanted from society who try to start over in paradise but discover that while creating the perfect world is hard, protecting it is even harder”, Miller said.

Fox’s sister studio 20th Century Fox TV, also sibling of movie studio Twentieth Century Fox that produced the movie, is producing the TV series project. In an extra connection, Peter Rice, until recently Fox Entertainment chairman who continues to oversee the broadcast network in his new bigger News Corp. TV role, was the 20th film executive overseeing the 2000 movie. WME-repped Miller’s involvement stems from a script deal he had at 20th TV. When approached with the idea, he jumped on board being fan of both the book and the movie, in which a Western backpacker teams with locals in search for a mysterious island.

I'd be more interested in this if I even remotely liked the movie it will be based on/inspired by. Then again, the last time I watched it, I was pretty young. Maybe it just wasn't my cup of tea back then and I'd like it more now. I doubt it, but maybe.

 

[Sawyer]

Also ABC is apparently developing a modern Romeo and Juliet. Seems like a good network for it. Revenge was developed as a modern retelling of The Count of Monte Cristo.

 

[Destructus86]

I pretty much avoid NBC. At least until they start embracing the digital age more.

 

[Lily Adler]

I may not watch NBC this season.

 

[Sawyer]

Guys, don't start with the NBC hate. That and talking about dead soap operas are like catnip to ETM. Once we get that ball rolling, he'll never leave.

 

[wiegeabo]

NBC at least has Grimm and Community.

And maybe Revolution, but I could see that going the way of The Event.

 

[chaseter]

I think Guys with Kids looks better than Animal Practice.

It looks like a blatant copy of that movie that just came out and that movie looked like doodoo anyways so this is super doodoo?

 

[Sawyer]

I think two things will seperate Revolution and The Event... one, it doesn't seem nearly as mystery-fueled as The Event was. Two, Eric Kripke.

 

[wiegeabo]

True that. Which is why there's still hope.

Also, swordfighting.

 

[Shifty]

I think two things will seperate Revolution and The Event... one, it doesn't seem nearly as mystery-fueled as The Event was. Two, Eric Kripke.

Plus bow and arrows. A huge year for them.

The Hunger Games
The Avengers
Brave
The CW's Arrow
Tomb Raider
Assassin's Creed III
Far Cry 3
Crysis 3

and Daryl's crossbow on The Walking Dead.

 

[Sawyer]

I really hope Revolution will be more of an exploration of this new world than just non-stop mysteries, like The Event tried to be.

I was turned off of The Event by the end of its first episode.

 

[DawnWarrior]

Plus bow and arrows. A huge year for them.

The Hunger Games
The Avengers
Brave
The CW's Arrow
Tomb Raider
Assassin's Creed III
Far Cry 3
Crysis 3

and Daryl's crossbow on The Walking Dead.

Don't forget Snow White and the Huntsman.

 

[Jordacar]

^I agree, that should count.

 

[Lily Adler]

As an archery hobbyist, I'm very proud that bows and arrows have come so far.

 

[Prison Mike]

It looks like a blatant copy of that movie that just came out and that movie looked like doodoo anyways so this is super doodoo?

My mind is drawing a blank. Which movie are you referring to?

 

[DrDoom]

Maybe Friends with Kids?

How old is chaseter anyway lol. Saying doodoo and super doodoo just makes him sound so young

 

[Sawyer]

I think he's referring to What to Expect When You're Expecting.

 

[Shifty]

Pilot season just started and there already is two similar shows in the works.

Warner Bros TV Boards The CW’s ‘Sleepy Hollow’ Drama Project
By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Wednesday August 8, 2012 @ 9:02am PDT

The CW’s Sleepy Hollow drama has landed at Warner Bros. TV. The project was pitched to the network last month with no studio attached, and has now been laid off at one of the CW’s sibling studios, Warner Bros.

The CW was in talks for the pitch, a contemporary take on Washington Irving’s short story The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, when another Sleepy Hollow drama project hit the marketplace, one co-written by Alex Kurtzman and Bob Orci and directed by Len Wiseman. The development led to the CW pushing the pause button in the negotiations to reaccess the situation. The network eventually proceeded with buying the project, described as a boundary-pushing horror story for television. (The Kurtzman/Orci drama landed at Fox with a put pilot commitment.)

Patrick Macmanus and Grant Scharbo are co-writing the CW’s Sleepy Hollow, produced by Little Engine Prods. and Chatrone Prods. in association with Warner Bros. TV. Little Engine’s Scharbo and Gina Matthews are executive producing, with Patrick Macmanus, Aaron Berger and Carina Schulze co-executive producing. With both the Fox and the CW projects sharing the same title, Sleepy Hollow, the situation is a throwback to last year when ABC and the CW developed dramas titled Beauty And The Beast. Both projects went to pilot — with the CW one making it to series.

 

[Sawyer]

Deadline:

Robert Zemeckis Signs Overall Deal With Fox TV Studios
By NELLIE ANDREEVA

Robert Zemeckis is making a major move into television, inking a deal with Fox TV Studios. Under the overall pact, the Back To The Future writer/director Zemeckis and his producing partner Jack Rapke will develop and produce original programming for cable through their company ImageMovers. “Bob and Jack are a rare breed, as gifted and accomplished creatively as they are in production; we are excited and determined to make them as much of a dynamic brand in television as they are in film”, said FtvS president David Madden. He notes that he has had a long-standing relationship with both Zemeckis and Rapke as he served as an executive on the Zemeckis-directed Romancing The Stone and made many deals with Rapke in his previous role as a top agent at CAA. “So we’re looking optimistically back to the future”, Madden quipped.

Zemeckis, Rapke and partner Steve Starkey formed their company ImageMovers in 1998. Primarily focused on movies, their first feature was box office hit Cast Away, directed by Zemeckis and starring Tom Hanks. The company’s sole series credit to date is Showtime’s period drama The Borgias, now in production on its third season. With its cable focus, FtvS seems a good fit for Zemeckis whose previous series efforts have been primarily in cable, except for the Back To The Future kids cartoon. Before The Borgias, he executive produced anthology series Tales From the Crypt and Perversions Of Science, both for HBO. Zemeckis and Rapke, whose most recent film Flight, directed by Zemeckis and starring Denzel Washington, opens November 2, are repped by CAA. Other high-profile pods at FtvS include Denis Leary and Jim Serpico’s Apostle.

So..... is Zemeckis going to bring motion capture to TV now?