Filmmakers Chris and Paul Weitz and Universal Television are teaming up with famed comics writer Grant Morrison on a TV series adaptation of Morrison's upcoming comic title "Sinatoro".
A modern take on the Tibetan Book of the Dead, the story follows a necronaut who is sent into the afterlife to save Earth from destruction.
Morrison initially wrote the project as a screenplay for a film that didn't pan out. Now it and the comic and being re-tooled into a TV series with the help of "American Odyssey" co-creators Adam Armus and Kay Foster.
The Weitzs will executive produce with Armus, Foster, Morrison, Andrew Miano, Matt Pizzolo, Brett Gurewitz, Kristan Morrison and Adam Egypt Mortimer. A director will next be attached before heading out to buyers.
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A modern take on the Tibetan Book of the Dead, the story follows a necronaut who is sent into the afterlife to save Earth from destruction.
Morrison initially wrote the project as a screenplay for a film that didn't pan out. Now it and the comic and being re-tooled into a TV series with the help of "American Odyssey" co-creators Adam Armus and Kay Foster.
The Weitzs will executive produce with Armus, Foster, Morrison, Andrew Miano, Matt Pizzolo, Brett Gurewitz, Kristan Morrison and Adam Egypt Mortimer. A director will next be attached before heading out to buyers.
Source: Heat Vision...
- 7/24/2016
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Filmmakers Chris and Paul Weitz and Universal Television are teaming up with Grant Morrison to adapt the latter's upcoming title, Sinatoro. Adam Armus and Kay Foster, co-creators of the NBC drama American Odyssey, are writing the TV script with Morrison, one of the preeminent comics writers who has penned defining works on Batman, Superman, X-Men and Animal Man, among others. Sinatoro, based on the forthcoming Black Mask Studios comic by Morrison and artist Vanesa R. Del Rey, tells of a necronaut who is sent into the afterlife to save Earth from destruction. The story, a modern take on
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- 7/23/2016
- by Borys Kit
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Veteran showrunners Adam Armus and Nora Kay Foster say their “addicting” new NBC series “American Odyssey” is not the same terrorism story Hollywood has told for the past 15 years – and a look at the pilot, which premieres tonight, bears that out. “The kind of story that we’re trying to tell is a story of hope,” Armus said in an interview with TheWrap. “You’re an ordinary person, you don’t have any sort of a license or a gun or anything particular that makes you powerful, but you can make a difference,” he added. Armus and Foster have been a writing team.
- 4/5/2015
- by L.A. Ross
- The Wrap
When NBC’s Odyssey recently tweaked its title to American Odyssey, some joked that the ancient Greek poet Homer had filed suit for trademark infringement.
But make no mistake, the midseason thriller (premiering Sunday at 10/9c) is inspired by the epic poem.
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As series co-creator Peter Horton explains, “Three-and-a-half years ago, I had been working with my writing partners, Adam Armus and Kay Foster, on a different project that didn’t work out, so we were looking for something else to do. [British producer] Simon Maxwell came to us and said,...
But make no mistake, the midseason thriller (premiering Sunday at 10/9c) is inspired by the epic poem.
RelatedApril Calendar: Justified’s Finale, Mad Men‘s Return and 54 More Dates to Save
As series co-creator Peter Horton explains, “Three-and-a-half years ago, I had been working with my writing partners, Adam Armus and Kay Foster, on a different project that didn’t work out, so we were looking for something else to do. [British producer] Simon Maxwell came to us and said,...
- 4/3/2015
- TVLine.com
Much as the horror genre is deeply rooted in the evolving culture that creates it, NBC‘s latest “action-drama,” American Odyssey, builds itself from the conspiracy fears that are now equally laughed off and assumed to be obviously true.
Sgt. Odelle Ballard (Anna Friel, “Pushing Daisies”) is part of a group that stumbles upon an Al Qaeda’s top commander, but she quickly discovers intel that suggests an American corporation is funding the group. A private military company comes to clean up, and Odelle’s company is killed to cover things up. She escapes, but now she’s on the run, and a long way from home, and doesn’t have anyone she can trust.
Meanwhile, back at home, former U.S. Attorney Peter Decker (Peter Facinelli) is in the middle of a merger with the same company that apparently funded the jihadists, and he starts to put the pieces...
Sgt. Odelle Ballard (Anna Friel, “Pushing Daisies”) is part of a group that stumbles upon an Al Qaeda’s top commander, but she quickly discovers intel that suggests an American corporation is funding the group. A private military company comes to clean up, and Odelle’s company is killed to cover things up. She escapes, but now she’s on the run, and a long way from home, and doesn’t have anyone she can trust.
Meanwhile, back at home, former U.S. Attorney Peter Decker (Peter Facinelli) is in the middle of a merger with the same company that apparently funded the jihadists, and he starts to put the pieces...
- 4/2/2015
- by Marc Eastman
- AreYouScreening.com
NBC’s new drama American Odyssey, about a female Army ranger (Anna Friel) who uncovers the mother of all military-industrial-financial conspiracies, wants to be A Thriller for Our Time. Even when it becomes too busy, silly, or opportunistic to take seriously, you give it points for ambition, because how can you not? At its worst, it’s dumb and pandering. At its best, it’s like peak Homeland, only louder and faster, and with the courage to go all the way with its more paranoid notions (as well as with Homeland’s ingrained xenophobia, alas — but we’ll get to that). Created by Peter Horton, Adam Armus, and Kay Foster, Odyssey is a globetrotting potboiler, one-stop shopping for torn-from-recent-headlines melodrama. If you became obsessed with a major American political topic during the last eight years, it’s probably in here: the drone strikes, state-sanctioned torture, black-ops treachery, and Blackwater arrogance...
- 4/2/2015
- by Matt Zoller Seitz
- Vulture
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- 3/24/2015
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
NBC has tweaked the title of its upcoming drama Odyssey less than a month before its premiere, renaming the show American Odyssey.
Though the network declined to comment on what spurred the name change, sources close to the production say the new title better reflects the arduous journey of protagonist Odelle (Anna Friel), an American soldier beset by enemies on all sides as she attempts to return to her friends and family in New York.
Of course, the more cynical answer is that NBC execs weren’t living under a rock in January, when American Sniper stormed the box office and racked up Oscar nominations. Renaming the show American Odyssey may make the series more palatable to the same right-leaning audiences that sent Sniper soaring.
The transformation in NBC’s advertising campaign, tied in with the name-change, is quite startling. Whereas Friel’s protagonist was before on her knees, with her hands bound,...
Though the network declined to comment on what spurred the name change, sources close to the production say the new title better reflects the arduous journey of protagonist Odelle (Anna Friel), an American soldier beset by enemies on all sides as she attempts to return to her friends and family in New York.
Of course, the more cynical answer is that NBC execs weren’t living under a rock in January, when American Sniper stormed the box office and racked up Oscar nominations. Renaming the show American Odyssey may make the series more palatable to the same right-leaning audiences that sent Sniper soaring.
The transformation in NBC’s advertising campaign, tied in with the name-change, is quite startling. Whereas Friel’s protagonist was before on her knees, with her hands bound,...
- 3/14/2015
- by Isaac Feldberg
- We Got This Covered
BBC Two has won the rights to broadcast the American conspiracy thriller series Odyssey.
Broadcast Now reports that the channel bid for the rights at the La Screenings for the show, which is produced by Red Arrow Entertainment's UK arm for NBC.
The series is loosely based on Homer's epic poem of the same name, and stars Anna Friel, Peter Facinelli and Jake Robinson.
Peter Horton (Grey's Anatomy), Adam Armus (Heroes) and Kay Foster (The Following) are the show's creators.
Odyssey follows the story of a team of Us soldiers led by Friel who kill a key Al-Qaeda commander in a gunfight with jihadists, before discovering a major Us corporation is funding the terrorists.
BBC Two controller Kim Shillinglaw and head of programme acquisitions Sue Deeks made the deal with NBC Universal International Television Distribution, ahead of the programme's broadcast in the Us on NBC in April.
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Broadcast Now reports that the channel bid for the rights at the La Screenings for the show, which is produced by Red Arrow Entertainment's UK arm for NBC.
The series is loosely based on Homer's epic poem of the same name, and stars Anna Friel, Peter Facinelli and Jake Robinson.
Peter Horton (Grey's Anatomy), Adam Armus (Heroes) and Kay Foster (The Following) are the show's creators.
Odyssey follows the story of a team of Us soldiers led by Friel who kill a key Al-Qaeda commander in a gunfight with jihadists, before discovering a major Us corporation is funding the terrorists.
BBC Two controller Kim Shillinglaw and head of programme acquisitions Sue Deeks made the deal with NBC Universal International Television Distribution, ahead of the programme's broadcast in the Us on NBC in April.
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- 1/15/2015
- Digital Spy
[In case you've Forgotten, and as I will continue to mention each and every one of these posts that I do: This is *not* a review. Pilots change. Sometimes a lot. Often for the better. Sometimes for the worse. But they change. Actual reviews will be coming in September and perhaps October (and maybe midseason in some cases). This is, however, a brief gut reaction to not-for-air pilots. I know some people will be all "These are reviews." If you've read me, you've read my reviews and you know this isn't what they look like.] Show: "Odyssey" (NBC - Midseason) The Pitch: "It's 'Traffic' meets 'Homeland' meets whatever's on the front page of the newspaper today." Quick Response: First off, I wanna credit the ambition of Adam Armus & Nora Kay Foster's script and Peter Horton's directing/producing in this ensemble political thriller, which uses 51 minutes to introduce three interlocking stories and well over a dozen characters and an assortment of ripped-from-the-headlines plotlines that run the gamut from "familiar because you've seen them in movies or TV or in the news" to "nonsensical blather that presumably will make sense down the road." "Odyssey" is a project that aims high and even though it's 100 percent destined for failure, I would Always rather watch a flawed pilot with big dreams than a generic procedural. But I'm not sure a show like "Odyssey" has ever succeeded on network TV and nothing in Horton's admirable resume, nor the...
- 9/7/2014
- by Daniel Fienberg
- Hitfix
3rd Update 6:10 Pm: NBC is wrapping its first day of new series pickups with a order to another frontrunner, drama pilot Odyssey, which already has backup scripts written and is ready to go. That brings the number of new NBC series picked up for next season to six, Russian spy thrilled Allegiance, CIA drama State of Affairs starring Katherine Heigl, Odyssey and the David Caspe comedy Marry Me, ordered today, and previously picked up comedies Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (form. Tookan) and Mr. Robinson. The Traffic-like action drama Odyssey was written by Adam Armus and Nora Kay Foster and directed by Peter Horton. An international conspiracyexplodes when three strangers’ lives unexpectedly collide — a female soldier, a corporate lawyer and a political activist. After a team of American soldiers battling Jihadists in North Africa kill Al Qaeda’s top man. Sgt. Odelle Ballard (Anna Friel) — a soldier, mother, wife and the...
- 5/7/2014
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
In the wake of its success with The Blacklist this season, NBC has given series orders to a trio of intrigue-heavy political-tinged dramas that bring Katherine Heigl, Anna Friel, and Hope Davis into prime-time.
First up is Allegiance, a show that will remind some of FX’s The Americans, except it’s set in present day. The show stars Scott Cohen (Necessary Roughness) and Davis (The Newsroom) as deactivated covert Russian spies living in America (full descriptions below).
Then there is State of Affairs, which returns former Grey’s Anatomy star Heigl to series TV. This one is about a...
First up is Allegiance, a show that will remind some of FX’s The Americans, except it’s set in present day. The show stars Scott Cohen (Necessary Roughness) and Davis (The Newsroom) as deactivated covert Russian spies living in America (full descriptions below).
Then there is State of Affairs, which returns former Grey’s Anatomy star Heigl to series TV. This one is about a...
- 5/7/2014
- by James Hibberd
- EW - Inside TV
Not content to let Fox hog the pre-upfronts series order merry-go-round, NBC started its 2013-2014 series pickups on Tuesday (May 6) afternoon. Thus far, NBC has given series orders to the comedy "Marry Me" and the dramas "Odyssey," "Allegiance" and "State of Affairs," starring Katherine Heigl. "Marry Me" comes from "Happy Endings" veteran David Caspe and was directed by Seth Gordon ("The Goldbergs"). It comes from Sony Pictures Television. Casey Wilson and Ken Marino topline "Marry Me" as a couple who have been together for six years. After a botched attempt at a wedding proposal, they decide to hold off until they can get it right. Hilarity may ensue. "Marry Me" also stars Sarah Wright, John Gemberling, Tymberlee Hill and Tim Meadows. "Allegiance" was created and directed by George Nolfi ("The Adjustment Bureau"), who will executive produce along with Avi Nir (“Homeland”), Ron Leshem, Amit Cohen, Yona Wisenthal and Giyora Yahalom.
- 5/7/2014
- by Daniel Fienberg
- Hitfix
Exclusive: Heroes creator Tim Kring is shepherding another drama project about teens with powers. The CW has put in development Exp, from Kring’s Tim Kring Imperative and Warner Bros. TV. Written on spec by up-and-coming scribes Zach Craley and Jarrett Conaway, Exp explores what happens when a foreign designer drug – engineered to make you faster, smarter, stronger and better in every way – is trafficked illegally into American high schools, weaving a morally and socially complex web that entangles politicians, law enforcement and teenagers looking for an edge in an ever-competitive and fast-paced world. Kring, Zak Kadison and Bradley Thomas executive produce, with Zach Craley and Jarrett Conaway co-executive producing. This is Kring’s second project at the CW. He also executive produces the Wizard Of Oz-themed drama Dorothy Must Die, penned by writing duo Adam Armus and Nora Kay Foster. Kring, Craley and Conaway are with Wme.
- 10/3/2013
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
As NBC's fall season opens, the network is wasting no time looking ahead to 2014, ordering its first pilot for next year. Odyssey is a conspiracy drama created by the writing team of Adam Armus and Kay Foster, along with Thirtysomething actor Peter Horton. Armus and Foster were most recently writers for The Following, and have worked together for years on shows including Heroes, Birds Of Prey, and Xena: Warrior Princess. Horton will write and direct the pilot, and potentially do more episodes if the show gets picked up. He's specialized in directing pilots in recent years, having ...
- 9/25/2013
- avclub.com
NBC continues to open its doors to suppliers outside of the traditional Hollywood studio system. The network has given an off-cycle pilot order to Odyssey, a global conspiracy thriller drama from ProSiebenSat.1′s Red Arrow Entertainment Group. Produced by the group’s London-based Red Arrow Entertainment, La-based Fabrik Entertainment and Universal TV, Odyssey is described as a Traffic-like thriller centered on three families whose lives are torn apart when a stranded female soldier, a disillusioned corporate attorney and a disrespected political activist are pulled into the same shocking international military conspiracy. The pilot, which was developed at Red Arrow, is executive produced by Adam Armus & Kay Foster (The Following) and Peter Horton, who co-wrote the script together; Red Arrow’s Head of Scripted, Simon Maxwell; and Fabrik’s Mikkel Bondesen, Kristen Campo, and Henrik Bastin. Horton is set to direct.
- 9/25/2013
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
A day after opening the 2013-14 TV season, NBC has ordered its first pilot for the 2014-15 season. The network has picked up to pilot Odyssey, a Traffic-like thriller from The Following writers Adam Armus and Kay Foster to be executive produced and penned by Peter Horton, The Hollywood Reporter has learned. The drama centers on three families who are torn apart when a stranded female soldier, a disillusioned corporate attorney and a disrespected political activist are pulled into the same shocking international military conspiracy. Photos: Faces of Fall TV 2013 Horton, Foster and Armus will co-
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- 9/24/2013
- by Lesley Goldberg
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
This has truly been the summer for projects based on The Wizard Of Oz. Yet another project has reached the spotlight as it enters into pilot consideration. The CW has taken interest in the upcoming young adult novel written by Danielle Paige called Dorothy Must Die. It’s a take on the world of Oz that I’ve yet to see and I’m firmly in support of this project. The pilot is taking the same name as the novel and comes from Heroes creator/executive producer Tim Kring, as well as fellow Heroes EPs Adam Armus and Nora Kay Foster. Just wait until you here what’s in store for Dorothy Must Die.
While there are many ways you can interpret Wizard Of Oz, few would dare to put Dorothy in the role of the villain. According to Deadline, Dorothy Must Die, written by Armus and Foster with Kring supervising,...
While there are many ways you can interpret Wizard Of Oz, few would dare to put Dorothy in the role of the villain. According to Deadline, Dorothy Must Die, written by Armus and Foster with Kring supervising,...
- 9/10/2013
- by Brody Gibson
- Boomtron
"Heroes" creator Tim Kring is in negotiations with The CW network to develop the drama "Dorothy Must Die" based on Danielle Paige's upcoming young adult novel.
The series will be a revisionist and present day set take on "The Wizard of Oz" set eight decades after Dorothy Gale seemingly returned home.
In reality, the eternally youthful Dorothy has stayed in Oz, ruling over a now fascist fairyland with an iron fist and her henchmen - the Scarecrow, the Tin Man, and the Cowardly Lion.
It's at this time when another young woman from Kansas lands in this war-torn Oz and becomes the leader of a revolutionary underground of witches and enchanted beings determined to reclaim Oz from the power-hungry Dorothy.
Adam Armus and Nora Kay Foster penned the script. It marks the fourth Oz-related TV project currently in development.
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The series will be a revisionist and present day set take on "The Wizard of Oz" set eight decades after Dorothy Gale seemingly returned home.
In reality, the eternally youthful Dorothy has stayed in Oz, ruling over a now fascist fairyland with an iron fist and her henchmen - the Scarecrow, the Tin Man, and the Cowardly Lion.
It's at this time when another young woman from Kansas lands in this war-torn Oz and becomes the leader of a revolutionary underground of witches and enchanted beings determined to reclaim Oz from the power-hungry Dorothy.
Adam Armus and Nora Kay Foster penned the script. It marks the fourth Oz-related TV project currently in development.
Source: Deadline...
- 9/7/2013
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
The CW could be off to see the wizard soon. The network is in talks for a “Wizard of Oz:-themed drama from “Heroes” team Tim Kring, Adam Armus and Nora Kay Foster, an individual familiar with the project told TheWrap on Friday. Also read: ‘Heroes’ Creator Tim Kring Working on Conspiracy Thriller With Interactive Elements Armus and Foster would write the project, which is based on the upcoming Danielle Paige book “Dorothy Must Die,” with Kring producing. The book, due from HarperTeen early next year, delivers a contemporary spin on the L. Frank Baum classic. Set in modern times, the book envisions a.
- 9/7/2013
- by Tim Kenneally
- The Wrap
Traffic report for the Yellow Brick Road: congested, and getting heavier.
The CW is in talks for a drama pilot based on The Wizard of Oz, the fourth project of its ilk in recent development.
Related | Once Upon a Time Bosses: TV’s Other Wizard of Oz Projects Won’t Rush Our Own Plan for Dorothy
As our sister site Deadline reports, the latest reimagining of the classic tale comes from Heroes creator TIm Kring and EPs Adam Armus and Norma Kay Foster and is based on author Danielle Paige’s forthcoming novel Dorothy Must Die.
In the young adult tale,...
The CW is in talks for a drama pilot based on The Wizard of Oz, the fourth project of its ilk in recent development.
Related | Once Upon a Time Bosses: TV’s Other Wizard of Oz Projects Won’t Rush Our Own Plan for Dorothy
As our sister site Deadline reports, the latest reimagining of the classic tale comes from Heroes creator TIm Kring and EPs Adam Armus and Norma Kay Foster and is based on author Danielle Paige’s forthcoming novel Dorothy Must Die.
In the young adult tale,...
- 9/6/2013
- by Kimberly Roots
- TVLine.com
Exclusive: The summer of Wizard Of Oz continues with another sale of a high-profile Oz-themed drama project. I’ve learned that the CW is in negotiations for Dorothy Must Die, a drama from the Heroes trio of creator/exec producer Tim Kring and exec producers Adam Armus and Nora Kay Foster. Written by Armus and Foster with Kring supervising, I hear the project is based on the upcoming young adult novel Dorothy Must Die by Danielle Paige. It is a revisionist take on the classic tale set in present day, 80 years after Dorothy Gale supposedly came home. In reality, the magically-ever-youthful Dorothy has stayed in Oz, presiding over a now fascist fairyland with her perfectly manicured iron fist and the help of her henchmen – the Scarecrow, the Tin Man, and the Cowardly Lion. But when another young woman from Kansas is swept up in a tornado and magically dropped into this war-torn Oz,...
- 9/6/2013
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
Another foray into the world of L. Frank Baum's "Oz" books is on the way, this time targeting the small screen. Deadline reports that a series based on the forthcoming Oz-inspired young adult novel "Dorothy Must Die" is being developed for The CW by "Heroes" creator Tim Kring, Adam Armus and Nora Kay Foster. "Dorothy Must Die" won't see publication until 2014 but a prequel novella, "No Place Like Oz," will be published in November with the following official description: Dorothy clicked her heels three times and returned to Kansas. The end... or was it? Although she's happy to be home with Aunt Em, Dorothy has regretted her decision to leave Oz ever since. So when a mysterious gift arrives at her doorstep on her sixteenth...
- 9/6/2013
- Comingsoon.net
Who knew that TV execs would be so keen to follow the yellow brick road this development season?
Deadline reports on Friday (Aug. 23) that NBC has purchased "Emerald City," a "Wizard of Oz"-themed drama from "Siberia" creator Matthew Arnold -- just two weeks after CBS put "Dorothy," a medical soap inspired by "Oz" (Yeah, has us stumped, too) into development.
"Emerald City," which will be written by Arnold, is described as a dark remaining of the classic tale of Oz more in the vein of "Game of Thrones," using stories from author L. Frank Baum's original 14 books.
"Dorothy" and "Emerald City" aren't the only "Oz" shows making the rounds, either, it would seem. Reportedly, a treatment from "Heroes" alums Adam Armus and Nora Kay Foster, with "Heroes" creator Tim Kring supervising, is working its way about town. Syfy also has a miniseries titled "Warriors of Oz" in development.
Deadline reports on Friday (Aug. 23) that NBC has purchased "Emerald City," a "Wizard of Oz"-themed drama from "Siberia" creator Matthew Arnold -- just two weeks after CBS put "Dorothy," a medical soap inspired by "Oz" (Yeah, has us stumped, too) into development.
"Emerald City," which will be written by Arnold, is described as a dark remaining of the classic tale of Oz more in the vein of "Game of Thrones," using stories from author L. Frank Baum's original 14 books.
"Dorothy" and "Emerald City" aren't the only "Oz" shows making the rounds, either, it would seem. Reportedly, a treatment from "Heroes" alums Adam Armus and Nora Kay Foster, with "Heroes" creator Tim Kring supervising, is working its way about town. Syfy also has a miniseries titled "Warriors of Oz" in development.
- 8/24/2013
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
Seriously, is anyone not off to see the Wizard this development season…?
Following in the ruby slippered footsteps of Syfy (and its post-apocalyptic Warriors of Oz) and CBS (with the medical drama Dorothy), NBC is developing Emerald City, which is described as a dark reimagining of L. Frank Baum’s The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and all its follow-up novels.
Related | Once Upon a Time Bosses: TV’s Onslaught of Wizard of Oz Projects Won’t Rush Our Own Plan for Dorothy
Per our sister site Deadline, Siberia creator Matthew Arnold is penning the Peacock’s adaptation, which like the...
Following in the ruby slippered footsteps of Syfy (and its post-apocalyptic Warriors of Oz) and CBS (with the medical drama Dorothy), NBC is developing Emerald City, which is described as a dark reimagining of L. Frank Baum’s The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and all its follow-up novels.
Related | Once Upon a Time Bosses: TV’s Onslaught of Wizard of Oz Projects Won’t Rush Our Own Plan for Dorothy
Per our sister site Deadline, Siberia creator Matthew Arnold is penning the Peacock’s adaptation, which like the...
- 8/23/2013
- by Matt Webb Mitovich
- TVLine.com
Exclusive: A century after the release of L. Frank Baum’s Wizard Of Oz series, the books have become the toast of this TV development season. NBC just nabbed Emerald City, an Oz-themed drama from Siberia creator/showrunner Matthew Arnold. Two weeks ago, CBS put in development Dorothy, a medical soap inspired by the characters and themes from The Wizard of Oz. I hear there is another Oz drama making the rounds from Heroes alums Adam Armus and Nora Kay Foster, with Heroes creator Tim Kring supervising. And just last month, Syfy picked up for development a miniseries titled Warriors Of Oz from director Timur Bekmambetov, a fantasy-action reimagining of the classic story. The great interest in Wizard Of Oz is not entirely unexpected as the title has been getting a lot of attention in conjunction with the upcoming 75th anniversary of the classic 1939 feature, which will include a 3D...
- 8/23/2013
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
The Following, Season 1, Episode 14: “The End is Near”
Written by Adam Armus & Kay Foster
Directed by Joshua Butler
Airs Mondays at 9pm (Et) on Fox
Death is the only thing that matters in the cult philosophy of Joe Carroll. In death there is life, love, and “everything,” according to their prayer chants. It’s vague and odd, but understandable, considering there’s little else that would band all these disparate serial killers together. What’s less understandable, though, is why it’s the same philosophy for The Following. In episode after episode, as the body count rises exponentially, it becomes clear that the show is simply an exercise in who will die next. And it’s always the person who was just slightly built up, so we can care about the moment just a tad and keep watching. Nothing else is on the show’s mind at all, just like its villains.
Written by Adam Armus & Kay Foster
Directed by Joshua Butler
Airs Mondays at 9pm (Et) on Fox
Death is the only thing that matters in the cult philosophy of Joe Carroll. In death there is life, love, and “everything,” according to their prayer chants. It’s vague and odd, but understandable, considering there’s little else that would band all these disparate serial killers together. What’s less understandable, though, is why it’s the same philosophy for The Following. In episode after episode, as the body count rises exponentially, it becomes clear that the show is simply an exercise in who will die next. And it’s always the person who was just slightly built up, so we can care about the moment just a tad and keep watching. Nothing else is on the show’s mind at all, just like its villains.
- 4/23/2013
- by Michael
- SoundOnSight
The Following Episode 114
“The End is Near”
Written By: Adam Armus and Kay Foster
Directed By: Joshua Butler
Original Airdate: 22 April 2013
In This Episode...
Joe is in bad shape. He has lost a lot of blood, is high on alcohol and pain killers, and his plan is spiraling out of control. Time for plan B.
Working off the description Joey gave the authorities, Ryan and his team are scouring the county, looking for any estates that match up. One matching the description pops up on a satellite photo, but it doesn’t appear on obviously-doctored county records. This is the place. A massive convoy moves in on the property, but upon entering, The agents discover the house completely empty - except for Aaron, who hangs in the foyer as a warning.
Back at the command center, the FBI is trying to match IDs to known Carroll visitors, trying to get...
“The End is Near”
Written By: Adam Armus and Kay Foster
Directed By: Joshua Butler
Original Airdate: 22 April 2013
In This Episode...
Joe is in bad shape. He has lost a lot of blood, is high on alcohol and pain killers, and his plan is spiraling out of control. Time for plan B.
Working off the description Joey gave the authorities, Ryan and his team are scouring the county, looking for any estates that match up. One matching the description pops up on a satellite photo, but it doesn’t appear on obviously-doctored county records. This is the place. A massive convoy moves in on the property, but upon entering, The agents discover the house completely empty - except for Aaron, who hangs in the foyer as a warning.
Back at the command center, the FBI is trying to match IDs to known Carroll visitors, trying to get...
- 4/23/2013
- by Alyse Wax
- FEARnet
The Following, Season 1, Episode 9: “Love Hurts”
Written by Adam Armus & Kay Foster
Directed by Marcos Siega & Adam Davidson
Airs Mondays at 9pm (Et) on Fox
“Love Hurts” acts as a kind of sequel to The Following‘s most campy episode, “Mad Love,” the themes of both being revenge, self-sacrifice, being punished for love, and silly serial killin’ girls who be crazy. The first time around, it was the best recipe the show had cooked up, finally giving voice and movement to the show’s ridiculous conceits (fear the killer magnet!). This time around, though, by employing practically the same plot as its predecessor, we end up with shock value déjà vu. Worse still is the distinct feeling that the entire second half of this season is just going to repeat the first half, ever since the farmhouse climax-that-wasn’t.
For starters, sweet, spear gun-wielding Amanda is an exact replica...
Written by Adam Armus & Kay Foster
Directed by Marcos Siega & Adam Davidson
Airs Mondays at 9pm (Et) on Fox
“Love Hurts” acts as a kind of sequel to The Following‘s most campy episode, “Mad Love,” the themes of both being revenge, self-sacrifice, being punished for love, and silly serial killin’ girls who be crazy. The first time around, it was the best recipe the show had cooked up, finally giving voice and movement to the show’s ridiculous conceits (fear the killer magnet!). This time around, though, by employing practically the same plot as its predecessor, we end up with shock value déjà vu. Worse still is the distinct feeling that the entire second half of this season is just going to repeat the first half, ever since the farmhouse climax-that-wasn’t.
For starters, sweet, spear gun-wielding Amanda is an exact replica...
- 3/20/2013
- by Michael
- SoundOnSight
Review Ron Hogan 20 Mar 2013 - 07:32
Is The Following making a point about random violence, or just enjoying it? Here's Ron's review of Love Hurts...
This review contains spoilers.
1.9 Love Hurts
There's a certain kind of casual violence that has infected The Following that I'm not sure about. In certain situations, like tonight's harpoon gun incident or when Ryan randomly guns down Joe's cultists, it's borderline funny. For instance, tonight Ryan shot Louise - she's the blonde woman who gutted a random security guard a few episodes ago - in mid sentence without even blinking. I'd say that's a spoiler, but nobody really cares about Louise and she's basically another random cultie there to take a bullet for Joe. In other circumstances, the random violence is kind of disturbing, such as when one of many women named Claire Matthews dies via defenestration or when random helpful strangers are gutted.
That's this week's scheme du jour.
Is The Following making a point about random violence, or just enjoying it? Here's Ron's review of Love Hurts...
This review contains spoilers.
1.9 Love Hurts
There's a certain kind of casual violence that has infected The Following that I'm not sure about. In certain situations, like tonight's harpoon gun incident or when Ryan randomly guns down Joe's cultists, it's borderline funny. For instance, tonight Ryan shot Louise - she's the blonde woman who gutted a random security guard a few episodes ago - in mid sentence without even blinking. I'd say that's a spoiler, but nobody really cares about Louise and she's basically another random cultie there to take a bullet for Joe. In other circumstances, the random violence is kind of disturbing, such as when one of many women named Claire Matthews dies via defenestration or when random helpful strangers are gutted.
That's this week's scheme du jour.
- 3/20/2013
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
The Following Episode 109
“Love Hurts”
Written By: Adam Armus and Kay Foster
Directed By: Marcos Siega and Adam Davidson
Original Airdate: 18 March 2013
In This Episode...
Joe invites his followers to finish “our” story and wants to know what inspires them. First up is Amanda, a woman in her early thirties who reacts to Joe like a teenager at Justin Bieber concert. Her first kill takes place at a diner in Union Hill, Pennsylvania. Two women are having lunch at a diner. One of them gets up to go to the bathroom, and Amanda takes her place at the table, startling the blonde. She needs a favor - she wants the stranger to tell Ryan Hardy that love hurts. The second woman gets back from the bathroom and slides in next to her friend. She is scarcely there for a few seconds before Amanda shoots her, under the table, with a spear gun.
“Love Hurts”
Written By: Adam Armus and Kay Foster
Directed By: Marcos Siega and Adam Davidson
Original Airdate: 18 March 2013
In This Episode...
Joe invites his followers to finish “our” story and wants to know what inspires them. First up is Amanda, a woman in her early thirties who reacts to Joe like a teenager at Justin Bieber concert. Her first kill takes place at a diner in Union Hill, Pennsylvania. Two women are having lunch at a diner. One of them gets up to go to the bathroom, and Amanda takes her place at the table, startling the blonde. She needs a favor - she wants the stranger to tell Ryan Hardy that love hurts. The second woman gets back from the bathroom and slides in next to her friend. She is scarcely there for a few seconds before Amanda shoots her, under the table, with a spear gun.
- 3/19/2013
- by Alyse Wax
- FEARnet
The Following, Season 1, Episode 3: “The Poet’s Fire”
Written by Adam Armus & Kay Foster
Directed by Liz Friedlander
Airs on Monday at 9pm (Et) on Fox
As written before, there’s so much wrong with this show it hurts. Its commitment to proving its characters are only wearing human suits is so remarkable, really, you may wonder if you’re better off watching it in a bad foreign dub, just to have it make more sense. Still, there is something about serial killing and horror tropes that’s so frustratingly entertaining that, even when poorly done, you end up getting involved. By God, someone gets brutally murdered every act break! Could a show like that ever be deemed a total failure…? Well, probably. But if nothing else, The Following proved this week that it’s possible to extract at least some joy from its camp factor, as long as...
Written by Adam Armus & Kay Foster
Directed by Liz Friedlander
Airs on Monday at 9pm (Et) on Fox
As written before, there’s so much wrong with this show it hurts. Its commitment to proving its characters are only wearing human suits is so remarkable, really, you may wonder if you’re better off watching it in a bad foreign dub, just to have it make more sense. Still, there is something about serial killing and horror tropes that’s so frustratingly entertaining that, even when poorly done, you end up getting involved. By God, someone gets brutally murdered every act break! Could a show like that ever be deemed a total failure…? Well, probably. But if nothing else, The Following proved this week that it’s possible to extract at least some joy from its camp factor, as long as...
- 2/5/2013
- by Michael
- SoundOnSight
The Following Episode 103
“The Poet’s Fire”
Written By: Adam Armus & Kay Foster
Directed By: Liz Friedlander
Original Airdate: 4 February 2013
In This Episode...
We see last week’s immolation from Poe’s point of view. The authorities identify the victim as one of Joe’s fiercest literary critics. Mike traces local security footage and identifies the Poe as a guy named Rick, and show up to his house with the Swat team. They barge in and find no one home - until Ryan hears a noise from the pantry. Inside is Maggie, a terrified woman brandishing a knife.
Maggie is Rick’s wife. They have been separated for about six months, and she is terrified of him. Police reports show that she asked him for a divorce, and he stabbed her. She was too scared to press charges. Debra promises her protection if she will help them find Rick. She...
“The Poet’s Fire”
Written By: Adam Armus & Kay Foster
Directed By: Liz Friedlander
Original Airdate: 4 February 2013
In This Episode...
We see last week’s immolation from Poe’s point of view. The authorities identify the victim as one of Joe’s fiercest literary critics. Mike traces local security footage and identifies the Poe as a guy named Rick, and show up to his house with the Swat team. They barge in and find no one home - until Ryan hears a noise from the pantry. Inside is Maggie, a terrified woman brandishing a knife.
Maggie is Rick’s wife. They have been separated for about six months, and she is terrified of him. Police reports show that she asked him for a divorce, and he stabbed her. She was too scared to press charges. Debra promises her protection if she will help them find Rick. She...
- 2/5/2013
- by Alyse Wax
- FEARnet
Review Ron Hogan Feb 5, 2013
More blood is shed in this week's episode of serial killer drama, The Following. Here's Ron's review...
This review contains spoilers.
1.3 The Poet's Fire
The Following is one of the stranger successful shows to hit the airwaves in recent memory. The mere fact that the bulk of the show's characters are serial killers and that they receive more character development than the FBI agents hunting them (Ryan aside) gives it a really weird feeling. Are we supposed to identify with them? Because they get the bulk of the series' attention (at least so far).
They do horrible things to people who otherwise don't deserve them, and yet a love triangle between three of the acolytes - Emma, Jacob, and Paul - takes up the bulk of the action again this week. Or it seems like it took up the bulk of the show's action, anyway. There's...
More blood is shed in this week's episode of serial killer drama, The Following. Here's Ron's review...
This review contains spoilers.
1.3 The Poet's Fire
The Following is one of the stranger successful shows to hit the airwaves in recent memory. The mere fact that the bulk of the show's characters are serial killers and that they receive more character development than the FBI agents hunting them (Ryan aside) gives it a really weird feeling. Are we supposed to identify with them? Because they get the bulk of the series' attention (at least so far).
They do horrible things to people who otherwise don't deserve them, and yet a love triangle between three of the acolytes - Emma, Jacob, and Paul - takes up the bulk of the action again this week. Or it seems like it took up the bulk of the show's action, anyway. There's...
- 2/5/2013
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
Since NBC Universal's TV studio Universal Media Studios spun off Universal Cable Prods in 2008, the mothership studio had been developing and producing pilots and series for NBC and occasionally for other broadcast networks, while Ucp had been supplying affiliated USA Network and Syfy and, starting last year, other cable networks. But things started to change over the past few months. Like a starfish that regenerates into two whole sea stars when cut in half, Ums and Ucp are each becoming a full-service TV studio supplying both broadcast and cable networks and could potentially compete with each other. This spring, two drama projects developed by Ums that didn't get pilot orders by NBC were taken out to cable networks by producers and agents with the studio's permission. Both shows -- a medical drama from writer Amy Holden Jones and the BermanBraun-produced 1-800-Autopsy, from writers Adam Armus & Kay Foster (Heroes) and...
- 6/13/2011
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
Premieres on Monday, Sept. 21 (8/7c) on NBC
Heroes has been in a downward spiral for about two years now. It's sad, but it's also very true. There was a glimmer of hope with Bryan Fuller's return to "Fugitives," but he quickly left the show early in the production of season four, which is set to premiere next month.
We last left Heroes in a peculiar spot — Nathan had just been killed by bad-again Sylar. However, because the show just refuses to get rid of any main cast members, Nathan's mother Angela convinced Matt Parkman to transform Sylar into Nathan, effectively killing Sylar but keeping Nathan alive. However, it wasn't long (maybe five minutes) before bits of Sylar's consciousness began to show through the new Nathan. Meanwhile, Tracy Strauss (another example of the show's inability to lose cast members) returned as a water-controlling murderess who took revenge of all those...
Heroes has been in a downward spiral for about two years now. It's sad, but it's also very true. There was a glimmer of hope with Bryan Fuller's return to "Fugitives," but he quickly left the show early in the production of season four, which is set to premiere next month.
We last left Heroes in a peculiar spot — Nathan had just been killed by bad-again Sylar. However, because the show just refuses to get rid of any main cast members, Nathan's mother Angela convinced Matt Parkman to transform Sylar into Nathan, effectively killing Sylar but keeping Nathan alive. However, it wasn't long (maybe five minutes) before bits of Sylar's consciousness began to show through the new Nathan. Meanwhile, Tracy Strauss (another example of the show's inability to lose cast members) returned as a water-controlling murderess who took revenge of all those...
- 8/29/2009
- by Sam McPherson
- TVovermind.com
Heroes fans, look out; the third season of the NBC show will be coming to DVD and Blu-ray on September 1, 2009. Similar to the releases of the first two seasons, this box set will be chock full of bonus content. Take a look for yourself: 6 Disc DVD Box Set Special Features: - Commentary The Second Coming with Creator/Executive Producer Tim Kring, Executive Producer/Episode Director Allan Arkush and Series Star Adrian Pasdar - Commentary The Butterfly Effect with Executive Producer/Episode Director Greg Beeman and Series Stars James Kyson Lee and Brea Grant - Commentary One of Us, One of Them with Series Stars Cristine Rose and Milo Ventimiglia - Commentary I Am Become Death with Series Stars Greg Grunberg and Jamie Hector - Commentary Angels and Monsters with Episode Director Anthony Hemmingway and Co-Executive Producers Adam Armus & Kay Foster - Commentary Dying of the Light with Series Star Sendhil Ramamurthy,...
- 5/27/2009
- by Link
- BuzzFocus.com
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