Scribe Jeff Bell has signed an overall deal at Warner Bros. Television, where he’ll serve as showrunner for the studio’s upcoming ABC drama “V.”
As part of the two-year, seven-figure deal, Bell will focus his attention immediately on “V,” but he will also work on development down the road. Read the rest of this entry »
Australia’s Channel Nine has picked up the “V” series remake. In recent times the Science Fiction genre has not performed well on Nine with the most recent series “Fringe” disappearing from the schedule after just five episodes had aired. The network cited scheduling issues associated with the US election that made it difficult to fast track episodes of Fringe. Fast Tracking allows networks to air episodes of US shows a matter of days after airing in the US instead of months later. It is not known at this stage if the V series will be fast tracked or aired at a later time.
Other shows picked up by Nine include “Eastwick”, “Past Life”, “The Forgotten”, “Miami Trauma”, “Hank” and “Middle”.
Children of the 1980s might remember the campy cult classic alien-drama “V.” If not, there’s a chance to get to know a modern version, or as some are calling it, “the second coming.”
ABC has officially placed the series based on the ’80s sci-fi drama on its fall line-up. Oh, and the trailer is now available. It looks quite promising. Read the rest of this entry »
ABC gave a sneak preview yesterday at it’s upcoming series “V”–a remake of the ’80s mini-series about creepy reptilian aliens who pretend they are friends of the human race. The series stars Elizabeth Mitchell (I guess Juilet is a goner in “Lost”) and Scott Wolf (”Party of Five”).
Based on these two clips, it looks like the show has a lot of potential.
Via SunSentinal.com
Joel Gretsch, Lourdes Benedicto, Logan Huffman, Elizabeth Mitchell, Morena Baccarin, Scott Wolf, and Morris Chestnut
“V” is a re-imagining of the 1980’s miniseries about the world’s first encounter with an alien race in which the aliens call themselves The Visitors, and have a seemingly friendly agenda that may or may not be a cover for something more malevolent.
“V” stars Elizabeth Mitchell as Erica Evans, Morris Chestnut as Ryan Nichols, Joel Gretsch as Father Jack Landry, Lourdes Benedicto as Valerie Stevens, Logan Huffman as Tyler Evans, Laura Vandervoort as Lisa, with Morena Baccarin as Anna and Scott Wolf as Chad Decker.
The series is produced by HDFilms in association with Warner Bros. Television. Scott Peters is executive producer /writer and Steve Pearlman and Jace Hall are executive producers.
The pilot was directed and executive produced by Yves Simoneau.
ABC is expected to take to series its remake of the 1983 miniseries about Nazi-ish lizard extraterrestrials who invade Earth.
“M. Bison” says:
So I had the opportunity today to see the pilot episode of the reboot of V due to hit television this fall. I have to say it was pretty entertaining and I will definitely be giving it a look. Read the rest of this entry »
At ABC, in addition to the already picked-up drama “Flash Forward” and comedy “Modern Family,” dramas “The Forgotten,” “Happy Town” and “Eastwick” are going very strong, with “Empire State” and “Inside the Box” in contention. “V” remains a possibility for midseason. Read the rest of this entry »
Morena Baccarin has recently cancelled an appearance at an Australian convention due to professional commitments.
The convention’s website says about Baccarin’s cancellation:
There’s a very good likelihood that a) the play she’s starring in, in New York, will have its season extended and b) it also looks likely the pilot she filmed, “V”, is going to be picked up meaning Morena will need to move and settle into Vancouver ASAP to prepare for her role in the series.
Alan Tudyk, who stars in ABC’s sci-fi pilot for a remake of V, told a group of reporters that the new version is what you remember the original was. V is based on the 1980s series about lizard-like aliens taking human form to invade Earth. Read the rest of this entry »
Actress Morena Baccarin is about to invade the planet earth. She has been cast in a lead role on ABC’s upcoming remake of the 1980s invasion series V, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Baccarin played the Ori leader Adria in the tenth season of Stargate SG-1, and in the DVD movie Stargate: The Ark of Truth — which will make its U.S. television premiere in just a few weeks.
She’s also well-known to genre fans as Inara Serra in Firefly.
Baccarin, 29, will play Anna, described by the site as “the leader of the Visitors who is remarkably knowledgeable about human culture and media manipulation.” The character appears to be the remake’s answer to Diana, the mouse-eating villain who was etched into the memories of children everywhere by actress Jane Badler.
Written and directed by Kenneth Johnson, the original V began as a miniseries on NBC in 1983. The story centered on a group of technologically-advanced alien “Visitors” who arrived on Earth seeking an alliance, only to be revealed as reptilian beings who wanted to use the population as a new food source. It continued in the 1984 miniseries V: The Final Battle, which apparently wasn’t final enough to stave off V: The Series in 1984-1985.
Last year Johnson published the novel “V: The Second Generation” and announced his intent to continue the franchise on television. But in October, Warner Brothers announced that The 4400 creator Scott Peters would instead helm a complete remake of the original.
Instead of focusing the resistance on cameraman Mike Donovan (Marc Singer) and Dr. Juliet Parrish (Faye Grant), the new V will focus on Erica Evans, “a Homeland Security agent with an aimless son [who] has some serious problems,” according to TV Guide.
Via GateWorld.net