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[Escape Goat]

Fox has given a pilot commitment to a TV series adaptation of the classic 1820 supernatural thriller short story "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" reports The Live Feed.

This contemporary version partners Ichabod Crane with the town's local female sheriff to bring peace to a beleaguered community. No word on the involvement of a headless horseman.

"Fringe" creators Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci will executive produce and are attached to write the script alongside Phillip Iscove. "Underworld" and "Total Recall" helmer Len Wiseman will direct the pilot and also executive produce.

At face value the idea of a Sleepy Hollow TV series is pretty dumb. But I love the legend and I will give the creative forces behind it the benefit of the doubt. Its Fox so it'll probably be canned regardless of quality.

 

[Chun-Li On A Bike]

Sounds better than 95% of tv today

 

[strafer]

Depp or gtfo

 

[Patrick Bateman]

This contemporary version

WON'T WATCH!

 

[Busty]

I have to say that I still think one of the best things Kurtzman/Orci ever did was the pilot episode of Hawaii Five-O which was again directed by Wiseman. A great hour of TV and, dare I say it, a great reboot of the format.

This sounds very X-Files lite to me.., which was certainly a blueprint for Fringe as well.

But K/O aren't the sure thing they used to be. They had a 'dead cert' pilot at Fox a year or two ago called Exit Strategy that was directed by Antoine Fuqua and starring Ethan Hawke no less that went nowhere.

 

[less laughter]

I wonder what the big plot twist will be. Probably that the Hollow was actually awake all along.

 

[Gilgamesh]

Contemporary? So it's Durarara?

 

[Xenon]

The villain is a man who rides a horse and never had a woman go down on him.


edit: This concept sounds dumb.

 

[Lactose_Intolerant]

Sounds like Once Upon a Time but with scary shit instead of fairy tales (not that they can't be scary).

 

[Xenon]

Sounds like Once Upon a Time but with scary shit instead of fairy tales (not that they can't be scary).

To me it sounds like Grimm without the depth of material to draw from.

 

[HeySeuss]

Sounds like they are going to try to ride the popularity of Grimm and make something similar. Not sure how far they can stretch out a series with just one main villain though. So I would think they would do black magic, trolls, and goblins route, which could be pretty cool.

 

[pants]

Contemporary? So it's Durarara?

I really, really doubt they can produce something as amazing as Durarara.

 

[wwm0nkey]

I really, really doubt they can produce something as amazing as Durarara.

I still do not get what people liked about Durarara, it was painfully boring and as soon as I heard the yellow haired kid making lame ass boob jokes I just stopped.

 

[triplestation]

Wow what a terrible fucking idea.

 

[The_Hitcher89]

Sleepy Hollow is Tim Burton's best film

 

[Booser]

Sounds pretty cool if they follow the Supernatural / Grimm format. Should have kept it in the 1820,s though.

 

[zeitgeist]

Really seems like an X Files-ish show. That's not a bad thing though.

 

[The Technomancer]

WON'T WATCH!

Godamnit I got that far as well

 

[pants]

I still do not get what people liked about Durarara, it was painfully boring and as soon as I heard the yellow haired kid making lame ass boob jokes I just stopped.

Izaya Orihara's chess game with humans as pawns, Shizuo and Izaya's interactions and Celty did it for me.

 

[B_Rik_Schitthaus]

Depp or gtfo

Seems affordable.

 

[BrLvgThrChmstry]

I still do not get what people liked about Durarara, it was painfully boring and as soon as I heard the yellow haired kid making lame ass boob jokes I just stopped.

Neither do I. I ignored it when showed up on adult Swim but decided to give it a watch later on Hulu. Incredibly boring show. Boring characters. Just a boring experience.

 

[pants]

Neither do I. I ignored it when showed up on adult Swim but decided to give it a watch later on Hulu. Incredibly boring show. Boring characters. Just a boring experience.

 

[Dead Man]

"Total Recall" helmer Len Wiseman

Really?

 

[BrLvgThrChmstry]

Ok, you got me. That was probably one of a couple of scenes I enjoyed, Lol. The relationship between Izaya and Shizuo (and maybe Celty) were close but just short of anything remotely interesting.

From the people who gave you the initial shitty episodes of Fringe, and shitty scripts like Transformers trilogy, Eagle Eye and Star Trek. I hate these hacks.

Come on, I sort of liked Eagle Eye and maybe Star Trek. But Transformers, I definitely agree with you there.

 

[Dan]

From the people who gave you the initial shitty episodes of Fringe, and shitty scripts like Transformers trilogy, Eagle Eye and Star Trek. I hate these hacks.

 

[pelicansurf]

Contemporary? So it's Durarara?

This is literally what sprung to mind for me as well. I wouldn't mind checking out a headless motorcycle man.

 

[Decado]

Every time I hear about a TV or movie that re-imagines a property with a "contemporary' setting, I think: "budget issues, they're being cheap".

 

[Amagon]

Do not want!

 

[Balphon]

Fox has given a pilot commitment to a TV series adaptation of the classic 1820 supernatural thriller short story "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" reports The Live Feed.

This contemporary version partners Ichabod Crane with the town's local female sheriff to bring peace to a beleaguered community. No word on the involvement of a headless horseman.

"Fringe" creators Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci will executive produce and are attached to write the script alongside Phillip Iscove. "Underworld" and "Total Recall" helmer Len Wiseman will direct the pilot and also executive produce.

Strange, learned man teamed with female cop to solve otherwordly crimes, you say?

Sounds like a big leap for the makers of Fringe.

 

[AdventureMike]

Nothing says job security like a show on fox!

 

[BlueTsunami]

"Contemporary" means teen melodrama doesn't it?

Maybe it'll be some old timey X-Files or some shit. Wait that's what we thought Fringe would be.

 

[ZoddGutts]

Neither do I. I ignored it when showed up on adult Swim but decided to give it a watch later on Hulu. Incredibly boring show. Boring characters. Just a boring experience.

This, the only characters I liked were the knives dude and the blonde guy, hated the school characters, they made the show boring. Shame about that.

 

[ivysaur12]

1) This is not an idea by the Fringe team. This is Phillip's idea.

2) Phillip is a fantastic writer and an awesome dude. It's a really cool idea. He had a script on the black list a few years back.

It's a really, really great pitch. I hope it works out.

Sounds like they are going to try to ride the popularity of Grimm and make something similar. Not sure how far they can stretch out a series with just one main villain though. So I would think they would do black magic, trolls, and goblins route, which could be pretty cool.

I believe that's the plan.

 

[HP_Wuvcraft]

All the Supernaturals will give hints to "the horseman". He'll be in the finale.

I'll give this three episodes.

 

[Speedymanic]

Man, why won't anyone remake or reboot Eerie Indiana.

Anyway, I was interested until - This contemporary version - I understand the reason, doing a show set in the 1820's would probably result in skyrocketing costs, but I don't care.

Contemporary = no watch.