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Fox orders development of "Sci-Fi"/Western Series....

post #1 of 9
10/7/09 at 7:02pm
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Haven't we been here before?

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/television/news/e3i087771e1f6660364cf8e8e1c83832524

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Fox has roped in a Western drama from "Chuck" executive producer Scott Rosenbaum.

The untitled project, from Warner Bros. TV and McG's studio-based Wonderland Sound and Vision, has landed a script commitment with a significant penalty.

Described as an epic Western with a sci-fi twist, the show will revolve around "a gunslinger caught between worlds" and will feature a nod to "Planet of the Apes," said Rosenbaum, who is executive producing with Wonderland's McG and Peter Johnson.

I keep thinking "Firefly?"  "Brisco County?"  .........   ?  Someone at Fox must love this as a concept.

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post #2 of 9
10/7/09 at 7:08pm
 hmmm..Just bring Firefly back.
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post #3 of 9
10/7/09 at 7:40pm
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Originally Posted by mattCR View Post

I keep thinking "Firefly?"  "Brisco County?"  .........   ?  Someone at Fox must love this as a concept.


You can go back as far as The Wild Wild West for that particular mashup. I think it's popular because both genres deal with pioneers on a new frontier.
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post #4 of 9
10/8/09 at 6:44am


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 hmmm..Just bring Firefly back.


Thats the first thing I thought when I saw the thread titel.
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post #5 of 9
10/11/09 at 7:57pm
isn't it fox that screwed over firefly in the first place?
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post #6 of 9
10/11/09 at 8:45pm
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isn't it fox that screwed over firefly in the first place?
Well, it was FOX that gave "Firefly" a chance in the first place. I doubt the show has much of a shot at long-term survival, even if the network had a better marketing strategy for the show.

FOX gets a bad rap, because it cancels more great shows than any of the other networks. But it also takes a chance on probably more great shows than all of the others combined.

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post #7 of 9
10/11/09 at 9:30pm
It isn't these guys' fault what happened with Firefly in any case.  I love Chuck and don't mind seeing what they come up with.
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post #8 of 9
10/11/09 at 9:49pm
well i find it ironic that fox is looking for a 'space western' after how they treated firefly.
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post #9 of 9
10/11/09 at 11:14pm


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Originally Posted by Adam Lenhardt View Post

FOX gets a bad rap, because it cancels more great shows than any of the other networks. But it also takes a chance on probably more great shows than all of the others combined.
 

Yeah, it's a good thing Fox isn't CBS, otherwise we'd have House: Miami, House: Las Vegas, and then a bunch of other House-like shows with a similar twist.

(Does CBS air anything but crime procedurals?  Yes I realize it's a slight exaggeration, they have HIMYM and Big Bang Theory, but still).

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