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TV Pilots |OT| The Season's Dead, But Development Hell is Forever

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This might be good. Seth can be quite funny and he LOVES this stuff. I think he'd do everything in his power to make this good.
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Do you mean funny as an actor? I just don't have a lot of confidence in his writing.

with a pilot episode likely filmed in late 2016, and the rest of the episodes in spring 2017.
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If it's a straight to series order, why the break between the pilot and the rest?
 
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Seems like Locke & Key will get a second chance

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San Diego, CA (May 9th, 2016) – IDW Entertainment (“IDWE”) announced today that the award-winning, fan-favorite property Locke & Key is being developed as a television series. Author/creator
Joe Hill will be writing the pilot and serving as an executive producer.

Locke & Key has garnered both awards and acclaim during its five-year run. Following the titular Locke family as they encounter magic beyond belief and evils beyond redemption, Locke & Key quickly won over readers and has since become a staple in introducing new readers to the medium. With the series adapted in dozens of languages across the globe, and more than a million copies sold worldwide, Locke & Key is an obvious choice to make the transition to the screen.
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Sci-Fi anthology series based on short stories by Philip K. Dick in the works for Channel 4, starring Bryan Cranston written by Ronald D. Moore
Channel 4 and Sony Pictures Television have today announced they are partnering on a hugely ambitious original drama series based on the short stories written by award-winning Sci-Fi novelist Philip K. Dick.

The ten-part anthology series, Electric Dreams: The World of Philip K. Dick, will be written and executive produced by Emmy-nominated Ronald D. Moore (Battlestar Galactica, Outlander) and Michael Dinner (Justified, Masters of Sex), with Oscar nominated Bryan Cranston (Trumbo, Breaking Bad) both executive producing and appearing in the series.

Each episode will be a sharp, thrilling standalone drama adapted and contemporised for global audiences by a creative team of British and American writers. The series will both illustrate Philip K. Dick’s prophetic vision and celebrate the enduring appeal of the prized Sci-Fi novelist’s work.
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This is neat.
 
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- EW: Sons of Anarchy spin-off gets closer to reality
FX has officially commissioned a pilot script for its Mayans MC project and brought aboard writer-director Elgin James to serve as co-creator along with Kurt Sutter. The potential series is described as a “dark, visceral family drama that takes a new look at the most American of icons, the 1% outlaw, this time, reflected through a Latino lens.” James will also write the pilot script.

“I wanted to find a strong, unique Latino voice,” said Sons creator and Mayans executive producer Sutter. “Because I didn’t think a white guy from Jersey should be writing about Latin culture and traditions. Elgin is that voice.”

James has some history that could add some relevant perspective to the show – he previously served a prison sentence “for a past gang-related charge of federal extortion,” the network noted. James’ bio also includes that he founded a street gang in Boston, directed the Sundance entry Little Birds and is slated to direct the upcoming adaptation of A Million Little Pieces.
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NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.

After Bastard Executioner and the later seasons of SOA I don't know if I could ever watch another Kurt Sutter show.
 
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AMC Greenlights Comic Book Documentary Series From ‘Walking Dead’ Producers

The series of six hourlong episodes will explore the stories, people and events that have transformed the world of comic books, according to the description from AMC.

Using a distinctive filmmaker approach, Heroes and Villains takes a deep dive into the most accessible and often subversive modern popular art form. From origin stories to the untold history behind iconic characters, the series will explore a wide range of topics including pop culture, politics, race, gender and sexuality.
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TNT Orders Modern-Day Civil War Pilot
TNT has given a pilot order to Civil, a political and social drama that sounds ominously close to real-life current events.

Written and executive produced by A Simple Plan scribe Scott Smith and directed by Allen Coulter (Ray Donovan), Civil takes place in the wake of a hotly contested Presidential election, as America finds itself plunging uncontrollably into a modern day Civil War. The series weaves together the personal stories of citizens from all walks of life, whose actions – amplified in an age of instant media – add fuel to the conflict and affect the fate of the entire country.

Former Copper executive producer Thomas Kelly will serve as executive producer/ showrunner.
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‘Will’ Drama About Young William Shakespeare Picked Up To Series By TNT
TNT has picked up drama pilot Will, chronicling the wild 20s of William Shakespeare, to series with a 10-episode order for a 2017 premiere.

The project, which comes from Craig Pearce, the longtime writing partner of auteur filmmaker Baz Luhrmann, stars British newcomer Laurie Davidson in the title role. Elizabeth helmer Shekhar Kapur directed the pilot.

Will tells the wild story of young William Shakespeare’s (Davidson) arrival onto the punk-rock theater scene in 16th century London – the seductive, violent world where his raw talent faced rioting audiences, religious fanatics and raucous side-shows. It’s described as a contemporary version of Shakespeare’s life, played to a modern soundtrack that exposes all his recklessness, lustful temptations and brilliance.
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... I don't want this.

Rob Corddry Comedy Pilot ‘The Hindenburg Explodes’ Ordered By Adult Swim
Adult Swim has ordered quarter-hour live-action comedy The Hindenburg Explodes! from Childrens Hospital creator Rob Corddry, Josh Perilo (Wedlock) and Jonathan Stern (Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp). The project was announced today as part of the Turner upfront presentation in New York.

On May 6, 1937, the infamous Hindenburg zeppelin made its final voyage from Nazi Germany to New Jersey, where it exploded over a landing field. The Hindenburg Explodes! follows that flight and its unusual crew and passengers. Corddry executive produces with, Stern and Becca Kinskey (Adult Swim Late Night Infomercials). Abominable Pictures is the producer.
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Netflix Orders First Original Series from Argentina: Daniel Burman’s ‘Edha’
Netflix has ordered its first original series from Argentina, the 13-part dramatic thriller “Edha,” created and directed by film-TV helmer Daniel Burman, a leading light of the New Argentine Cinema (“Lost Embrace,” “Empty Nest”) and now Latin American premium TV creation.

Filmed entirely in Argentina, “Edha” will start production in Buenos Aires, begin shooting early next year, and debut exclusively on Netflix around the globe in 2017. Written by Daniel Burman, Mario Segade and the writers’ room at Oficina Burman, “Edha” is billed by Netflix and Burman as a story of dark secrets and overpowering attractions. It centers on Edha, a young, goimg-places fashion designer and single mother.

At a crossroads that could change her life forever, she is struggling to make a decision that will take her to a whole new level in the fashion world when she meets a handsome immigrant-turned-model. Their savage passion is mingled with his profound desire for revenge.
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‘Superior Donuts’: CBS Orders New Pilot For Jermaine Fowler Comedy
CBS is re-piloting Superior Donuts, its multi-camera comedy starring Jermaine Fowler, for midseason consideration. The project, written and executive produced by Neil Goldman & Garrett Donovan and Bob Daily, who serves as showrunner, hails from CBS TV Studios.

I hear the ensemble comedy, based on the play by Tracy Letts, will undergo some recasting, with Brian d’Arcy James, who played the co-lead opposite Fowler in the original pilot, not continuing. CBS brass have been very high on Fowler, so he of course is staying on, along with co-stars Maz Jobrani and David Koechner, I hear. Additionally, Fowler will serve as an executive producer on the new pilot after being a co-exec producer on the original one.

The new pilot is expected to film this summer with an eye towards midseason.
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Because the concept was so good?



And BBC went on a small spree of announcements:

BBC One:

Us

BBC One will be bringing David Nicholls' acclaimed novel Us to the screen in a multi-part adaptation by Nick Payne, produced by Drama Republic.

The bestselling book tells the story of Douglas and Connie Petersen, a couple whose marriage is on the rocks. When they go on a family grand tour of European cities, Douglas sees it as a last bid to win back the love of his wife, and repair his troubled relationship with his son. Reflecting David Nicholls' signature mix of humour and heartbreak, Us will bring the Petersens' poignant and often hilarious story to life, and take the audience with them on their once-in-a-lifetime trip across Europe.

Babs

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Set in the 1990s and written by Tony Jordan, Babs will tell the heart-warming story of Barbara Windsor, the Cockney kid with a dazzling smile and talent to match. Preparing to perform in the theatre that evening, Babs takes us on a journey of all the people and events that have shaped her career: her lonely childhood and complicated relationship with her father, her doomed marriage to Ronnie Knight, capturing the attention of Joan Littlewood and becoming the blonde bombshell in the Carry On films. Babs, ever the consummate professional, never lets her fans down whatever her personal anguish, and steps on the stage to rapturous applause. The story is full of heart and heartbreak - with a touch of sauciness thrown in.

Dame Barbara Windsor says: "Although it's been spoken about in the past to do my life story, it wasn't until two years ago, when I was approached by the brilliant writer Tony Jordan and the BBC, that I knew this was the right time, and undoubtedly the only person I felt knew me well enough to tell my story.


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The Boy with the Topknot

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The Boy With The Topknot will be based on the critically acclaimed memoirs of journalist Sathnam Sanghera. Born to Punjabi parents in the West Midlands, the book is his account of his childhood in 1980s Wolverhampton, and facing up to a bunch of painful family secrets and truths in his twenties - not least that his father and sister had suffered from schizophrenia - and that he was going to defy expectations of an arranged marriage.

It is a humorous, touching and emotional story of a second-generation Indian growing up in Britain and how he juggles his family, love life and career.
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The Boy With The Topknot will be adapted by Mick Ford
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- Deadline: ‘The Interestings’ & ‘The Last Tycoon’ Dramas Among New Amazon Pilots
Amazon today announced the lineup for its next pilot season. They include hourlong dramas co-produced with Tri-Star Television, The Interestings, directed by Mike Newell and starring Lauren Ambrose and The Last Tycoon, written and directed by Oscar-nominated Billy Ray, which will be available in 4K Ultra HD and HDR, and six kids pilots, the live-action Sigmund and the Sea Monsters, and animated pilots The Curious Kitty and Friends, Jazz Duck, Morris and the Cow, Toasty Tales and Little Big Awesome.

The Interestings
Adapted from Meg Wolitzer’s critically acclaimed New York Times best-seller and a co-production with TriStar Television, The Interestings follows a group of artistic teenagers who meet at summer camp in 1974. As they transition into adulthood over the course oftfhe next few decades, their friendships are tested by tragedy, success, failure and secrecy. At the heart is Lauren Ambrose (Six Feet Under) as Jules Jacobson, an aspiring actress who uses her wit to compensate for what she is lacking in glamour, money and the talent her other friends seem to have in spades. BAFTA winner Mike Newell (Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fires, Four Weddings and a Funeral) directed the pilot written by Lyn Greene and Richard Levine (Masters of Sex, Boss, Nip Tuck). In addition to Greene, Levine and Newell, Michael De Luca (The Social Network) and Lindsay Sloane (Covert Affairs) serve as executive producers. The Interestings also stars David Krumholtz (Numb3rs), Jessica Pare (Mad Men), Matt Barr (Sleepy Hallow), Gabriel Ebert (Ricki and the Flash), Jessica Collins (Rubicon) and Corey Cott (Public Morals). Wolitzer’s novel, which the series is based on, received numerous accolades from top tier press and made countless “best-of” lists, including Amazon Best Books of 2013: Top 10 Literature & Fiction, Top 100 Editors’ Picks, New York Times’ 100 Notable Books of 2013, inclusion in Oprah’s Best 10 Books of 2013, among others.

The Last Tycoon
A co-production with TriStar Television, The Last Tycoon is written and directed by Academy Award nominee Billy Ray (Captain Phillips, The Hunger Games), and executive produced by Ray and Christopher Keyser (Tyrant, Party of Five), who serve as showrunners, Joshua D. Maurer (Rosemary’s Baby), Alixandre Witlin (Rosemary’s Baby), and David A. Stern (Rosemary’s Baby). Mad Men’s Scott Hornbacher serves as co-executive producer of the pilot, along with Perri Kipperman (Billions). An adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s last work, The Last Tycoon follows Hollywood’s Golden Boy, Monroe Stahr (Matt Bomer, White Collar) as he battles father figure and boss, Pat Brady (Kelsey Grammer, Frasier) for the soul of their studio. In a world darkened by the Great Depression and the growing international influence of Hitler’s Germany, The Last Tycoon illuminates the passions, violence, and towering ambition of 1930’s Hollywood. Lily Collins (The Blind Side) stars as Cecelia Brady and noted Pulitzer-winning Fitzgerald scholar A. Scott Berg serves as consulting producer.

Sigmund and the Sea Monsters (for children ages 6-11; live-action)
Sid & Marty Krofft present Sigmund and the Sea Monsters, a live action show for children ages 6 to 11, based on their classic Saturday morning series from the 1970s. The show is centered on two brothers, Johnny and Scotty, who discover and befriend Sigmund, a friendly young sea-monster who escapes from his old life and his comically dysfunctional brothers Slurp and Blurp. Now, using a Clubhouse as their hiding place, the boys must keep Sigmund safe from an ambitious sea-monster hunter Captain Barnabas. The show is Executive Produced by Sid & Marty Krofft (H.R. Pufnstuf, Land of the Lost) with the pilot being directed by Jonathan Judge (The Thundermans, School of Rock) and starring David Arquette (Scream, Jake and the Neverland Pirates) as Captain Barnabas. Garrett Frawley and Brian Turner (Santa Baby) wrote the new teleplay based on the classic series.

Little Big Awesome (for children ages 6-11; animated)
Little Big Awesome is a comedy for kids ages 6-11 that combines 2D animation, puppetry, and real live action footage as we explore the whimsically weird world of Ballopolis. Our show follows Gluko, a jelly giant, and Lennon, a small kid-like creature with a fuzzy hat, who are inseparable buddies. They adventure through a universe where sea turtles fly, flowers talk, and tear drops splash around on a hot summer day. Gluko and Lennon’s desire to help those around them can, at times, lead them to epically outlandish places, but at the end of the day, this show is about two best buds making their own fun and enjoying the wonderfully strange world around them. Created by Tomas Dieguez (TRONCO), written by Ben Gruber (Spongebob Squarepants and Super Jail), and animated by Emmy award winning studio Titmouse (Randy Cunningham and Metalocalypse).

Morris and the Cow (for children ages 6-11; animated)
Morris and the Cow, an animated comedy for 6 to 11 year-olds, follows Morris, a 10 year-old determined to follow his passion and become a cowboy! Wearing homemade chaps and joined by his best friend, a talking cow named Florence, the duo explores the city of South Krumpton while confronting everyday problems with a mix of grit, determination, and country wisdom. The show is created and written by Andreas Trolf (Sanjay and Craig) and Luke Watson (Memphis Beat), with production and animation by Emmy-winning Bento Box Entertainment (Bob’s Burgers). Featuring the voice talent of Jermaine Fowler (College Humor, Robot Chicken) as Morris, Riki Lindhome (The Muppets, Adventure Time) as Florence, and Thomas Lennon (Bob’s Burgers, Dawn of the Croods) as Jimmy Ray Royce. Also starring Zoë Kravitz (Divergent, Mad Max), Michael Peña (Ant Man, The Martian), and Erik Griffin (Workaholics).

Toasty Tales (for children ages 6-11; animated)
Toasty Tales in an animated comedy for kids ages 6-11, featuring Waffle, Burger and Pants– three best friends who happen to be Marshmallows living in the long forgotten Move-Along National Park. Every day is a new adventure filled with strange creatures, perilous excursions, and epic tomfoolery, always served with a side of pancakes, hot off the griddle! Together, the trio explore the mysteries of Move-Along, and spin tall tales that maybe…just maybe…. have a hint of truth. Created by Thomas Borowski and Caroline Foley (Rick and Morty, Robot Chicken), written by Merriwether Williams (Spongebob Squarepants, Adventure Time), and animated by Stoopid Buddy Stoodios (Robot Chicken).

The Curious Kitty and Friends (for preschool-aged children)
The Curious Kitty and Friends is a preschool stop-motion animated show, where we will join the upbeat and colorful adventures of kitty cat Komaneko as she explores the wonderful world with her friends Mimmi Bear, Radibo, and Yeti. With her trusty video camera and knapsack in tow, creative and curious Komaneko makes her own movies, usually starring her two favorite dolls, Wink and Ink. This playful show is produced by Dwarf Studios and comes from the mind of Tsuneo Goda, the creator and director of the world-famous DOMO among other numerous characters and award-winning films and series. The talent also includes recognized lead animator Hiro Minegishi, music by Kevin Kiner (Star Wars Rebels, Jane the Virgin) and script by Kent Redeker (Doc McStuffins, Special Agent Oso).

Jazz Duck (for preschool-aged children)
Jazz Duck is an animated series that encourages preschoolers to listen and express themselves as they explore the sounds and musical potential of their world! Jazz Duck is part duck, part saxophone, and loads of physical fun. With the friendship of the Narrator and his animal friends, he embarks on adventures through the noisy Big City that culminate in a musical jam. Created by Tom Jobbins, co-directing with Mark Perrett, the show is animated by award-winning studio Nexus Productions and features a kid-filled voice cast including Myla Beau, Britain Dalton, Tony Espinosa, Aiden Ledowski, and Ava Priestley with saxophonist Ross Hughes as Jazz Duck.
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Samantha Morton, Lesley Manville And Jessica Brown Findlay Are ‘Harlots’ For ITV And Hulu
Samantha Morton (The Last Panthers), Jessica Brown Findlay (Downtown Abbey) and Lesley Manville (Malificent) have been set to star in Harlots, a co-production between Hulu and ITV. The eight-part drama is getting a straight-to-series order. Harlots will air on ITV Encore in the UK and stream exclusively in the U.S. on Hulu as part of the Hulu Originals slate. Alison Owen and Debra Hayward’s Monumental Pictures is producing.

Harlots is written by Moira Buffini (Jane Eyre) and based upon an original idea by Buffini and Alison Newman. The series begins filming in London in June and will be directed by Coky Giedroyc (Penny Dreadful) and China Moo-Young (Humans). Lawrence Till (Shameless) will serve as producer of the series,, and Alison Owen and Debra Hayward serve as executive producers alongside Alison Carpenter, Buffini and Newman.

Set against in 18th century Georgian London, Harlots is a family drama offering a new take on the city’s most valuable commercial activity: sex. Based on the stories of real women, the series follows Margaret Wells (Morton) and her daughters as she struggles to reconcile her roles as mother and brothel owner. When her business comes under attack from Lydia Quigley (Manville), a rival madam with a ruthless streak, Margaret will fight back, even if it means putting her family at risk. Brown Findlay will star as Charlotte, Margaret’s eldest daughter and the city’s most coveted courtesan who begins to grapple with her position in both society and her immediate family.
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“In 1760s London there were brothels on every corner run by women who were both enterprising and tenacious,” said Owen. “History has largely ignored them, but their stories are in turn outrageous, brutal, humorous and real.”
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In for Morton.
 
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- ‘Purity’ Limited Series Starring Daniel Craig Gets 20-Episode Order By Showtime
After months of negotiations and deal-making, Showtime has closed a deal for a 20-episode order to Purity, a limited drama series toplined by James Bond star Daniel Craig and produced by Todd Field and Scott Rudin. The project, based on the book of the same name by The Cortoddfieldoriginalrections author Jonathan Franzen, hit the cable and streaming marketplace in February, with Showtime emerging as an early frontrunner based on an aggressive offer. Field will direct all 20 hours of the limited series, which he will co-write with Franzen and David Hare (The Hours, The Reader). Craig, Field, Rudin, Franzen, Hare and EIi Bush executive produce. Purity will begin production in 2017 and will air in two installments over the course of two years.

Purity, which had been originally envisioned as a feature, is a morally complex story of youthful idealism, extreme loyalty and cold-blooded murder, featuring characters both hungry for the truth and desperate to hide it. From STASI offspring to Oakland anarchists, Franzen tracks his characters’ landscapes from East Berlin and the Bolivian jungle to East Harlem walk-ups and the California Redwoods in a decades-spanning tragicomedy that builds to a contemporary climax. The book, published last September, centers on Pip, a young American woman who does not know who she is, and Andreas Wolf, a charismatic German provocateur, who will be played by Craig. He heads a South America-based organization that traffics in all the secrets of the world where Pip gets an internship in search of her identity.
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- Bill Hader Hitman Comedy ‘Barry’ Picked Up To Series By HBO
HBO has given a series order to Barry, its half-hour comedy pilot starring, co-written and directed by Bill Hader in Saturday Night Live alum’s return to television. The pilot, which stemmed from Hader’s exclusive development deal with HBO, also marked Hader’s directorial debut.

Co-written by Hader and Silicon Valley executive producer Alec Berg, Barry centers on an ex-Marine (Hader) who works as a low-rent hitman in the Midwest. Lonely and dissatisfied in his life, he begrudgingly travels to Los Angeles to kill someone and ends up finding an accepting community in a group of eager hopefuls within the LA theater scene.

The series, which co-stars Henry Winkler as Gene Cousineau, an inspiring acting teacher; Stephen Root as Fuches, a man who arranges Barry’s hits; Sarah Goldberg as Sally, an aspiring actress who is Barry’s entree into LA’s theater scene; Anthony Carrigan as Noho Hank, a Chechen gangster; and Glenn Fleshler as Goran Pazar, a Chechen gangster, will shoot in Los Angeles in 2017.

Hader and Berg executive produce.

Barry joins HBO comedy pilot Crashing, from Judd Apatow and Pete Holmes, which also was picked up to series. Coming later this year are new HBO comedy series Divorce, starring Sarah Jessica Parker, and Issa Rae’s Insecure.
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- ‘The Night Of The Gun’ Miniseries In Works At AMC With Bob Odenkirk Starring
AMC and Sony Pictures TV today will develop the late great New York Times columnist David Carr’s memoir The Night Of The Gun as a six-part miniseries on AMC, with Bob Odenkirk attached to play Carr, who died last year. Shawn Ryan is attached to write. Odenkirk and Ryan are both executive producers, along with Marc Provissiero of Odenkirk-Provissiero and Joshua Astrachan of Animal Kingdom, which originated the project. Eileen Myers is also attached as an executive producer and writer.
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Cool, I'd watch this.
 
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- Deadline: Amazon Orders 5 Pilots from Guillermo del Toro, Amy Sherman-Palladino & Others
We’ve learned that Amazon has picked up five new pilots. We hear they are drama Carnival Row, from the Pacific Ramazon_studios duo of Guillermo del Toro and Travis Beacham; dramedy The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel from Gilmore Girls creator Amy-Sherman Palladino; drama Strange New Things, from writer Matt Charman (Bridge of Spies) and director Kevin MacDonald; real-life superhero comedy The Legend of Master Legend; and pre-revolutionary Cuba drama Tropicana, produced by Andrea Simon.

Carnival Row stems from a major development deal Amazon Studios inked in early 2015 for the project, a TV series version of Beacham’s cult 11-year-old supernatural feature spec script A Killing on Carnival Row. Amazon at the time ordered three scripts from the project, to be co-written by del Toro, Beacham and Rene Echeverria, the veteran TV writer-producer, Star Trek alum and 4400 co-creator. Echevarria wrote the pilot script, which is going to production, and serves as showrunner. Del Toro, Beacham and Echevarria executive produce alongside Gary Ungar.

A Killing on Carnival Row is set in the future in a city called the Burgue, which looks a lot like 18th Century London. It is inhabited by humans and other legendary-logocreatures, and a serial killer is on the loose.

The Amazon pilot order caps an 11-year journey for Beacham, who originally sold his feature script to New Line and Koppelson Entertainment as a spec in 2005. Guillermo Del Toro and Neil Jordan flirted with the project while it was at New Line and then, following New Line’s absorption by Warner Bros., Arnold and Anne Kopelson tried shopping it to studios with Immortals helmer Tarsem Singh attached.

Sherman-Palladino’s dramedy The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, which she wrote and executive produces, is about a 1950s housewife who decides to be one of the first female standup comics. Sherman-Palladino is currently in post-production on the four Gilmore Girls movies for Netflix, which serve as a sequel to her signature dramedy series.

The half-hour The Legend of Master Legend was written by Micah Fitzerman-Blue and Noah Harpster based on Joshuah Bearman’s Rolling Stone article about real-life superheros. It centers on Master Legend and his sidekick, the Ace. Fitzerman-Blue and Harpster are executive producing with Bearman.

Tropicana, written/executive produced by Josh Goldin and Rachel Abramowitz and executive produced by Andrea Simon, is set in pre-revolutionary Cuba in and around the world of The Tropicana nightclub. With the club as a focal point, we envision the series exploring the intersection of entertainers, the mob, Batista loyalists, Castro revolutionaries and the American CIA.

Strange New Things, which Deadline wrote about in April, was penned by Matt Charman, with Kevin MacDonald set to direct. An adaptation of Michel Faber’s 2014 book The Book Of Strange New Things, the story revolves around Peter Leigh, an English pastor who embarks on the journey of a lifetime into deep space that takes him light years away from his beloved wife, Bea. Described as “Heart Of Darkness in space,” Strange New Things is an epic with a heart-wrenching love story of a husband and wife with the universe between them at the center. Charman, MacDonald and Andy Harries exec produce.

Iconic musician Brian Eno will provide music and soundscape for the series, believed to be one of the most ambitious TV projects ever to emanate from the UK.
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- ‘The Night Of The Gun’ Miniseries In Works At AMC With Bob Odenkirk Starring
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Uh, this could be awesome. Please don't fuck it up
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- Deadline: Amazon Orders 5 Pilots from Guillermo del Toro, Amy Sherman-Palladino & Others
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Carnival Row - Heard good things about the feature script. Wondering how it will translate to TV.
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel - Sounds like a nice show to have on in the background.
The half-hour The Legend of Master Legend - It isn't going to be Super. Which is the only way it would be interesting to me.
Tropicana - Generic prestige drama #46. (Alternatively: Magic City Season 3)
Strange New Things - I've said it before, but in for the music.
 
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HBO Orders Drama Pilots From Adam McKay & Kathryn Bigelow
HBO has given pilot orders to two provocative dramas with Oscar-winning auspices: Succession, directed and executive produced by The Big Short‘s Adam McKay; and Mogadishu, Minnesota (formerly know as The Recruiters), executive produced by Zero Dark Thirty and The Hurt Locker‘s Kathryn Bigelow. Succession is written/executive produced by Peep Show co-creator Jesse Armstrong and exec produced by Will Ferrell, Frank Rich and Kevin Messick, while Mogadishu, Minnesota is written/directed/executive produced by rapper K’naan Warsame.

This marks HBO’s first drama pilot orders in almost a year. They come five months after HBO head of comedy Casey Bloys added drama development to his purview. The pilot pickups follow an extensive review by Bloys of the network’s drama development pipeline, which I hear resulted in the release of dozens of scripts. They join drama Sharp Objects, starring Amy Adams, which HBO landed in April with an eight-episode, straight-to-series, first-season order.
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Succession appears topical as the Redstone family real-life soap opera is unfolding. It follows the saga of a fictional, American global-media family that is not only rich and powerful but also powerfully dysfunctional. The drama will explore family loyalty, international business, and the perils of power in the 21st century.
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Warsame’s Mogadishu, Minnesota is a family drama that grapples with what it means to be American among the Somalis of Minneapolis. Somalia-born and Canadian-raised Warsame and Bigelow executive produce with Carolyn Strauss (Game Of Thrones). The project is said to touch upon the subject of Jihadi recruitment in the U.S.
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- Deadline: FX Orders Cristin Milioti & Nina Pedrad Comedy Pilot Produced By ‘Sunny’ Trio
FX continues a push in comedies with female creators/performers with a third such pilot in the last year or so. The network has ordered a half-hour pilot written by and starring Cristin Milioti and Nina Pedrad.

It follows Maxine, her best friends Natalie (Pedrad) and Amy (Milioti), and stepbrother Landis as they navigate the abject shit-storm that is adulthood. Milioti and Pedrad will executive produce along with RCG Productions’ Rob McElhenney, Charlie Day and Glenn Howerton, who are behind FX’s long-running comedy hit It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, and 3 Arts’ Michael Rotenberg and Nick Frenkel. Pedrad will serve as showrunner.

Milioti’s Maxine is an entitled actress-turned-process-server who takes lemons and makes a fire out of lemons, burning herself and others. Max’s dysfunctional, tight-knit clan serves as her surrogate family and always lets her sing the Aaron Burr parts of Hamilton.

Pedrad’s Natalie is sharp witted and scientifically inclined. She sells weed and prescription drugs, but blanches at the term “drug dealer.” She wants to be the Sheryl Sandberg of weed.
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CBS Developing Patty Hearst Limited Series From ‘Grease Live!’ Writer
CBS has put in development a limited series about the headline-making abduction of Patty Hearst.

Written by Jonathan Tolins (Grease Live!), the untitled project chronicles the events in 1974 when Patty Hearst, granddaughter of publishing magnate William Randolph Hearst, was abducted from her Berkeley, California apartment by the terrorist group, the Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA). The limited series will follow the 19-month FBI/police search and capture of Hearst, who turned SLA sympathizer and changed her name to Tania. The story captivated the nation and played out on the nightly news through the course of Hearst’s trial.
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Symbionese lightnin', go Symbionese lightnin'
 
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So CBS seems to agree that the MacGyver pilot wasn't that exciting
James Wan is set to direct the premiere episode of CBS’ “MacGyver” reboot.

An executive producer on the series, Wan had originally been set to direct the pilot, but had to back away from it because of his feature film schedule. Since the show was picked up to series, CBS decided to scrap the original pilot and shoot a new premiere episode, retaining Lucas Till and George Eads from the original pilot but otherwise adding an entirely new cast. On Monday, “Rush Hour” star Justin Hires was added to the cast.
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BBC One orders major adaptation of Agatha Christie’s The Witness For The Prosecution
This major adaptation for BBC One of Agatha Christie’s classic title The Witness For The Prosecution is adapted by Sarah Phelps (And Then There Were None, The Casual Vacancy, The Crimson Field, Great Expectations), directed by Julian Jarrold (The Crown, The Girl, Appropriate Adult) and co-produced by Mammoth Screen (Poldark, And Then there Were None, Remember Me, Parade’s End) and Agatha Christie Productions (And Then There Were None, Partners In Crime).

Following the success of last year’s three-part thriller And Then There Were None, BBC One have ordered The Witness for the Prosecution, a new two-part adaptation by Sarah Phelps of Agatha Christie’s 1925 short story of the same title. One of Christie’s most celebrated titles, it was later turned into a successful stage play and a much-loved film (1957) directed by Billy Wilder.

1920s London. A murder, brutal and bloodthirsty, has stained the plush carpets of a handsome London townhouse. The victim is the glamorous and enormously rich Emily French. All the evidence points to Leonard Vole, a young chancer to whom the heiress left her vast fortune and who ruthlessly took her life. At least, this is the story that Emily’s dedicated housekeeper Janet Mackenzie stands by in court. Leonard however, is adamant that his partner, the enigmatic chorus girl Romaine, can prove his innocence.
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Not thinking it will surpass the Wilder film, but it is an interesting project nevertheless.
 
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I think that this is something of a major scoop buried within another article on Deadline about a writer called Aron Coleite getting a feature fig at Fox.

I was in two minds about starting a new thread for this....,

Coleite is a co-exec producer on the Star Trek TV series with Bryan Fuller showrunning and Kurtzman & Orci EP’ing. Coleite got his start in the feature side with his spec The End which sold in a competitive situation to Warners. He then wrote a draft of Twilight Zone at Warners for Joe Kosinski and Appian Way. He also has the DC comic Bodies in development at Hulu with Team Downey producing.
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Town Downey is Robert Downey Jnr's production company in case that wasn't clear...,

http://deadline.com/2016/06/aron-co...apt-iconic-japanese-graphic-novel-1201775728/

Bodies is actually from DC's Vertigo imprint. It's described as...,

VERTIGO brings you the miniseries of the summer, with four detectives, four time periods, and four dead bodies – all set in London. Edmond Hillinghead is an 1890s overachiever who’s trying to solve a murder no one cares about while hiding his own secret. Karl Whiteman is our dashing 1940s adventurer with a shocking past. Shahara Hasan is 2014’s kickass female Detective Sergeant, who walks the line between religion and power. And Maplewood, an amnesiac from post-apocalyptic 2050, brings a haunting perspective to it all.
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http://www.vertigocomics.com/comics/bodies-2014/bodies-1

Sounds pretty cool. Has anyone read it?
 
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Norwegian Rudo said:
"In development" basically means nothing. Doesn't HBO have over a hundred shows in development?
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Of course it means something. When used in context, which it rarely is here on GAF, it's a perfectly correct industry term.

It's not green lit. It's not about to go into production. But it is in a state where the network (or whoever) is slowly putting together the pieces to try and make the project work.
 
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- Deadline: Sky Deutschland And Bavaria Team Up On Big Budget Event Series Reprise Of ‘Das Boot’
Sky Deutschland and Bavaria Film are teaming up on a $28.5 million TV adaptation of the books Das Boot and Die Festung from Lothar-Günther Buchheim, which also provided the basis for Wolfgang Petersen’s classic 1980’s U-boat drama. The eight part TV series will serve as a sequel of sorts to the film, which was nominated for six Academy Awards, including best director. The film also launched the international career of actor Jurgen Prochnow.

The TV series will follow on from the events of the film, with the crew of the U 96 returning to La Rochelle in 1942 and exposed to an air raid on the harbour, killing a number of the crew. The series will focus predominantly on the German crew as they engage in the ensuing submarine warfare that from 1942 onward. Member of the French Resistance and Allied Forces will also feature.

The series is expected to air in 2018 across all five of pan-Euro pay TV Sky’s territories, namely the UK, Germany, Austria, Ireland and Italy.
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- Deadline: USA Network Orders Period Drama Pilot ‘Damnation’ Produced By James Mangold
USA Network has given a pilot pickup to Damnation, from writer/poet/critic Tony Tost (Longmire), Game of Thrones co-executive producer Guymon Casady and producers James Mangold (Walk the Line), and Daniel Rappaport of Entertainment 360. Universal Cable Prods.is the studio.

This marks the first USA pilot greenlight under the new centralized NBCUniversal Cable Entertainment scripted structure through the multi-network scripted content group led by EVP Bill McGoldrick.

Written by Tost, Damnation is described as an epic saga of the secret history of the 1930s American heartland, chronicling the mythic conflict and bloody struggle between big money and the downtrodden, God and greed, charlatans and prophets. The pilot centers on Seth Davenport, a man masquerading as a small town Iowa preacher in the hopes of starting a full-blown insurrection against the status quo. Focused on his mission, he is unaware that an industrialist tycoon has hired a professional strikebreaker named Creeley Turner to stop the uprising by any means necessary. But unbeknownst to those around them, these two men already share a secret bloody past.
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- Deadline: Matthew Goode To Topline ‘Roadside Picnic’ WGN America Pilot Based On Classic Sci-Fi Novel
The Good Wife and Downton Abbey alum Matthew Goode is set as the lead in WGN America’s alien saga pilot Roadside Picnic, based on the famous novel by top Soviet/Russian science fiction writers Arkady and Boris Strugatsky.

Written by Transcendence scribe Jack Paglen, with Terminator Genisys and Game of Thrones helmer Alan Taylor attached to direct and Neal Moritz producing, Roadside Picnic explores a near-future world where aliens have come and gone, leaving humankind to explore the wondrous and dangerous mysteries left behind. The story also explores the social ramifications of their visit, as seen through the eyes of Red (Goode), a veteran “stalker” who has made it his mission to illegally venture into the once inhabited zone and scavenge the abandoned remains of the alien culture.
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- Deadline: Freida Pinto To Star In John Ridley’s Miniseries ‘Guerrilla’ For Showtime & Sky
Slumdog Millionaire’s Freida Pinto is set as the female lead in John Ridley’s six-part limited series Guerrilla, for Showtime and Sky Atlantic, which has Idris Elba co-starring and executive producing.

Ridley will write the majority of the episodes and will direct the first two episodes and the finale of the project, a love story set against the backdrop of one of the most politically explosive times in U.K. history. It tells the story of Jas (Pinto) and Marcus (not cast yet), whose relationship and values are tested when they form a radical underground cell. Their ultimate target becomes the Black Power Desk, a true-life, secretive counter-intelligence unit within Special Branch dedicated to crushing all forms of black activism. As a member of a newly-formed radical underground cell, Pinto’s passionate and politically driven Jas helps liberate a charismatic convict from prison in an effort to lead the street fight against social injustice in 1971 London.

Sam Miller (Luther) is directing the remaining episodes of Guerrilla, which Ridley and Elba executive produce will Patrick Spence and Katie Swinden for Fifty Fathoms, Tracy Underwood for ABC Signature and Michael McDonald for Stearns Castle. The series is set to begin production in London late this summer as a co-production between Fifty Fathoms and ABC Signature.
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berzeli said:
You know what every good picnic needs? Wine.

If it weren't for that creative team's recent failures I would be a lot more excited for the show.
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Heh, I had completely forgotten that Matthew Goode was the other half of that wine show.
 
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