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http://www.slashfilm.com/hangtown-western-pich-battlestar-galactica-producer-ron-moore-bought-abc/
Ever since Ron Moore chose to end his successful reboot of Battlestar Galactica hes been doing his best to get another series on television. He had ocean and magic shows, The McCulloch and 17th Precinct, set up at NBC and a remake of Wild Wild West in development at CBS. Unfortunately, it doesnt look like any of them are going to make it to network. Deadline is reporting that, unfazed, Moore has just sold a western pitch called Hangtown to ABC. Its the latest show in the Western genre a genre that hasnt fared too well on the big screen in recent years to gain traction on the small screen. Read what its about and more after the jump.
Deadline broke the news of this deal and describe the show as follows:
Despite last years hit Coen Brothers movie True Grit, the Western genre has been a tough sell to mainstream movie audiences in recent years. Even when a new spin is put on it say in Rango or Cowboys & Aliens its rarely a runaway hit. However, with TV shows like AMCs Hell on Wheels set to premiere soon and at least three other westerns in various stages of TV development over the past two years, not including Hangtown, maybe the west will be won at home and not in the theater.
Ever since Ron Moore chose to end his successful reboot of Battlestar Galactica hes been doing his best to get another series on television. He had ocean and magic shows, The McCulloch and 17th Precinct, set up at NBC and a remake of Wild Wild West in development at CBS. Unfortunately, it doesnt look like any of them are going to make it to network. Deadline is reporting that, unfazed, Moore has just sold a western pitch called Hangtown to ABC. Its the latest show in the Western genre a genre that hasnt fared too well on the big screen in recent years to gain traction on the small screen. Read what its about and more after the jump.
Deadline broke the news of this deal and describe the show as follows:
So its sort of CSI meets Bonanza or something like that. Seems that it could work.Described as a Western with a procedural overlay, Hangtown is set in the early 1900s in a frontier town thats begun rapidly expanding with the coming of the railroad. It centers on three characters: the Marshal, a Matt Dillon/Clint Eastwood type who prefers to solve crimes by his instinct; a young doctor from the East Coast who is interested in using the new field of forensics to solve crimes; and a young woman writer who is trying to sell dime novels to the publishing houses in New York about crime in the Wild West. Every week the instincts of the Marshal, the science of the doctor, and the young womans drive to tell a rousing good yarn to her editors combine to solve crimes in a wide-open, lawless town.
Despite last years hit Coen Brothers movie True Grit, the Western genre has been a tough sell to mainstream movie audiences in recent years. Even when a new spin is put on it say in Rango or Cowboys & Aliens its rarely a runaway hit. However, with TV shows like AMCs Hell on Wheels set to premiere soon and at least three other westerns in various stages of TV development over the past two years, not including Hangtown, maybe the west will be won at home and not in the theater.