According to Entertainment weekly, the CW Network (owned by CBS) ordered 6 new tv show pilots, and some of them sound pretty good. I would definitely watch the Archie series, Transylvania and Frequency all sound interesting... what do you think?
The CW orders 6 pilots: Archie series Riverdale, Mars thriller, more
(Veronica Fish)
Posted January 29 2016 — 11:20 PM EST
The CW is doubling down on sci-fi and fantasy for 2016. The
network has ordered six new pilots, and most are big-concept genre
shows. The list includes Mars thriller, a Translyvania-set monster
mash-up and a present-day, live-action take on the Archie Comics.
One title to watch out for in particular is the one with the least amount of description — Kevin Williamson’s untitled and vaguely described paranormal project. The script snagged director David “the pilot whisperer” Nutter, who has a terrific track record for making pilots that get greenlit to series.
Here’s the list:
RIVERDALE
Pitch: “Set in present day and based on the iconic Archie Comics characters, Riverdale is a surprising and subversive take on Archie, Betty, Veronica, and their friends, exploring the surrealism of small town life — the darkness and weirdness bubbling beneath Riverdale’s wholesome façade.”
UNTITLED MARS PROJECT
The pitch: “A team of explorers arrive on Mars to join the first human colony on the planet, only to discover that their predecessors have vanished. Led by a woman whose husband is among the missing, the colonists are forced to change their mission from exploration and settlement to investigation and survival, while navigating the hostile planet and their own personal demons.”
One title to watch out for in particular is the one with the least amount of description — Kevin Williamson’s untitled and vaguely described paranormal project. The script snagged director David “the pilot whisperer” Nutter, who has a terrific track record for making pilots that get greenlit to series.
Here’s the list:
RIVERDALEPitch: “Set in present day and based on the iconic Archie Comics characters, Riverdale is a surprising and subversive take on Archie, Betty, Veronica, and their friends, exploring the surrealism of small town life — the darkness and weirdness bubbling beneath Riverdale’s wholesome façade.”
UNTITLED MARS PROJECT
The pitch: “A team of explorers arrive on Mars to join the first human colony on the planet, only to discover that their predecessors have vanished. Led by a woman whose husband is among the missing, the colonists are forced to change their mission from exploration and settlement to investigation and survival, while navigating the hostile planet and their own personal demons.”
TRANSYLVANIAThe pitch: “In 1880, a headstrong young woman in search of her missing
father ventures from NYC to Transylvania where she teams up with a
wrongfully disgraced Scotland Yard Detective, and together they witness
the births of the most famous monsters and villains in history.”
UNT. PARANORMAL PROJECT
The pitch: “A young woman seeks help from a parapsychologist when she begins to experience paranormal phenomena.”
FREQUENCY
The pitch: “In this reimagining of the New Line Cinema film, a female police detective in 2016 discovers she is able to speak via a ham radio with her estranged father (also a detective) who died in 1996. They forge a new relationship while working together on an unresolved murder case, but unintended consequences of the ‘butterfly effect’ wreak havoc in the present day.”
NO TOMORROW
Pitch: “When a risk-averse, straight-arrow, female procurement manager at an Amazon-like distribution center falls in love with a freewheeling man who lives life to the fullest because he believes the apocalypse is imminent, to comedic and poignant results they embark on a quest together to fulfill their individual bucket lists.”
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The pitch: “A young woman seeks help from a parapsychologist when she begins to experience paranormal phenomena.”
FREQUENCY
The pitch: “In this reimagining of the New Line Cinema film, a female police detective in 2016 discovers she is able to speak via a ham radio with her estranged father (also a detective) who died in 1996. They forge a new relationship while working together on an unresolved murder case, but unintended consequences of the ‘butterfly effect’ wreak havoc in the present day.”
NO TOMORROW
Pitch: “When a risk-averse, straight-arrow, female procurement manager at an Amazon-like distribution center falls in love with a freewheeling man who lives life to the fullest because he believes the apocalypse is imminent, to comedic and poignant results they embark on a quest together to fulfill their individual bucket lists.”
