NBC's Emerald City

[Sawyer]

http://www.deadline.com/2014/01/nbc...he-slap-pilot-order-to-katherine-heigl-drama/

NBC Gives Series Orders To ‘Emerald City’ & ‘The Slap’, Pilot Order To Katherine Heigl Drama
By NELLIE ANDREEVA

UPDATED: NBC has given a 10-episode order to Emerald City, an Oz-themed drama from Siberia creator/showrunner Matthew Arnold. The order comes after the project recently underwent a rewrite by Josh Friedman. The two will executive produce through Universal Television where Friedman is under a deal. A writers room is slated to get up and running soon but casting may be postponed until after pilot season. Emerald City is described as a modern and dark reimagining of the classic tale of Oz in the vein of Game Of Thrones, drawing upon stories from Baum’s original 14 books that include lethal warriors, competing kingdoms, and the infamous wizard as we’ve never seen him before. A head-strong 20-year-old Dorothy Gale is unwittingly sent on an eye-opening journey that thrusts her into the center of an epic and bloody battle for the control of Oz. Following the success of the 1900 The Wonderful Wizard Of Oz, Baum wrote 13 sequel novels. Emerald City is the one of several Wizard Of Oz in development at various networks and the first to get a green light.

Interesting. Given the age of their Dorothy, I wonder if this could be a follow-up to the story we know, rather than a "reimagining".

 

[Majik1387]

Sounds stupid.

Kind of over all these dark, gritty, reimaginings of fairy tales.

 

[X-Ray]

seen it already when it was called Tin Man...

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[Specter313]

Thought of Tin Man as well.

I love darker reimaginings of things and I'll give this a shot if the previews and story look good and the casting is decent.

 

[Majik1387]

No, Tin Man was another beast in itself. Steampunk Oz; how unoriginal.

 

[Primal Slayer]

It officially has a facebook page, no trailer though. This is the FB header.

 

[Sawyer]

http://deadline.com/2014/08/emerald-city-not-going-forward-nbc-823524/

‘Emerald City’ Not Going Forward At NBC
by Nellie Andreeva

EXCLUSIVE: NBC won’t be heading for Oz. The network has opted not to proceed with Emerald City, its 10-episode Oz-themed drama series, which had been ordered straight-to-series for next season. The project hails from executive producers Matthew Arnold, who originally conceived the idea and penned the original script, and Josh Friedman, who tweaked the pilot script and has been running the writers room. I hear after several backup scripts had been produced, there was a difference in vision between NBC brass and Friedman about what the show should be, leading to NBC’s decision to not go forward with it. Word is that Universal Television, which developed the project and is producing it, is still high on it and may shop it elsewhere.

Emerald City is described as a modern and dark reimagining of the classic tale of Oz in the vein of Game Of Thrones, drawing upon stories from Baum’s original 14 books that include lethal warriors, competing kingdoms, and the infamous wizard as we’ve never seen him before. A head-strong 20-year-old Dorothy Gale is unwittingly sent on an eye-opening journey that thrusts her into the center of an epic and bloody battle for the control of Oz.

Taking on high concepts in a straight-to-series format is a tricky proposition. Fox recently also pulled the plug on its Ancient Egypt action adventure series Hieroglyph after filming a pilot and reading several backup scripts.

So basically an actual series order means nothing these days.

 

[DrCosmic]

Just like when you order food. "Hmmm, this isn't what I asked for, please take it back." The waiter can't say, "Uh, yes it is, eat your gorram salmon."

 

[Specter313]

http://deadline.com/2014/08/emerald-city-not-going-forward-nbc-823524/

So basically an actual series order means nothing these days.

Yeah, between this and that Hieroglyph show, this is getting ridiculous.

 

[X-Ray]

http://deadline.com/2014/08/emerald-city-not-going-forward-nbc-823524/

So basically an actual series order means nothing these days.

It'll probably land on the SyFy channel.

 

[Jason Kane]

http://deadline.com/2014/08/emerald-city-not-going-forward-nbc-823524/

So basically an actual series order means nothing these days.

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road.....

 

[Majik1387]

Good riddance.

 

[Sawyer]

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/wizard-oz-series-emerald-city-788811

Back on.

 

[Kar]

This doesn't sound bad at all. As tired as I am of the dark reimaging business going on with Fairy Tales these days, this sounds dope as Hell and I'm down.

 

[Primal Slayer]

Most fairy tales started out dark in the first place, if anything they've been very light hearted imo.

 

[Sawyer]

Adria Arjona is Dorothy

I enjoyed her on POI. Curious to see what her Dorothy will be like.

 

[Sawyer]

Tarsem Singh To Direct All 10 Episodes

 

[Majik1387]

I might have to give this a shot now

 

[Specter313]

NBC has cast its wizard.

Following a prolonged deal-making process, Vincent D'Onofrio has been tapped to play the Wizard of Oz in Emerald City, The Hollywood Reporter has learned.

The 10-episode, straight-to-series drama centers on 20-year-old Dorothy Gale (True Detective's Adria Arjona) and her K9 police dog who are transported to a mystical land of competing kingdoms, lethal warriors, dark magic and a bloody battle for supremacy. The series takes place in the fabled Land of Oz in a way never seen before, where wicked witches don’t stay dead for long and a young girl becomes a headstrong warrior who holds the fate of kingdoms in her hands.

D'Onofrio's Wizard of Oz is described as the enigmatic leader of Emerald City. A man of science in a world of magic, he rules through inspiration, fear and a tenuous accord with the grand witches.

The deal brings D'Onofrio, who returned to TV with Netflix's Daredevil, back to NBC following his run on Law & Order: Criminal Intent. The casting also reunites the actor with The Cell director Tarsem Singh, who will helm Emerald City.

The series is based on L. Frank Baum's Wizard of Oz book series and was originally developed for the 2013-14 season and picked up straight to series in January 2014. However, the network opted not to move forward when NBC and producers could not agree on a shared vision for the show. Producers Universal Television shopped the series to other potential networks before NBC revived the series in April with David Schulner (Dracula) and executive producer Shaun Cassidy replacing Josh Friedman and Matt Arnold.

D'Onofrio, repped by UTA, Silver Lining Entertainment and Hansen Jacobson, joins a cast that also includes Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Ana Ularu as the Wicked Witch of the West, Gerran Howell, Jordan Loughran and Mido Hamada.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/vincent-donofrio-play-wizard-nbcs-833689

 

[Majik1387]

He deserves better than this.

 

[Specter313]

The next time NBC travels down the Yellow Brick Road, Joely Richardson will lead the way.

The Nip/Tuck alumna has boarded Emerald City, the Peacock Net’s upcoming reimagining of the Wizard of Oz universe.

According to TVInsider, Richardson will play Glinda the Good Witch in the drama, which reinvents Oz as a mystical land of competing kingdoms, lethal warriors, dark magic and a bloody battle for supremacy.

Other Emerald City cast members include Vincent D’Onofrio (Marvel’s Daredevil) as the Wizard and Adria Arjona (True Detective) as Dorothy.

http://tvline.com/2015/12/08/emerald-city-joely-richardson-cast-glinda/

 

[Primal Slayer]

They havent even begun filming yet?

 

[Quasar]

Stumbled upon these 3 pics of S1. It claims the show is coming in September 2016.

https://www.yahoo.com/tv/see-emeral...35/photo-the-beast-forever-1462982231858.html

 

[Hunter Rider]

Starts midseason:

In the blink of a tornado’s eye, 20-year-old Dorothy Gale and a K9 police dog are swept into a world far removed from our own — a mystical land of competing realms, lethal warriors, dark magic and a bloody battle for supremacy. Starring Vincent D’Onofrio (“Daredevil,” “Jurassic World”) as the guileful Wizard and directed by the visionary Tarsem Singh across three European countries, this is Oz completely reimagined — a place where familiar characters show up in fresh, unexpected ways, and where an unsuspecting young woman holds the fate of kingdoms in her hands. As Dorothy navigates this dangerous world and uncovers her true destiny, we’ll see there’s no place like… Oz.


The cast includes Vincent D’Onofrio, Adria Arjona, Ana Ularu, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Jordan Loughran, Gerran Howell, Mido Hamada, Joely Richardson, Isabel Lucas, Stefanie Martini, Suan-Li Ong, Florence Kasumba and Roxy Sternberg.


David Schulner and Shaun Cassidy are writers and executive producers. Josh Friedman, Matthew Arnold and director Tarsem Singh also executive produce. “Emerald City” is produced by Universal Television.

 

[Shifty]

NBC will probably schedule it on Tuesdays after The Voice in March. They've got a pretty stable schedule now and they can plug that in to air for 10 straight weeks.

Curious to see more.