TV shows
Does anyone know anything about these shows I posted about some time ago?
A year ago I found these descriptions but they never seemed to make it to the screen. Any info?
WACKO (FOX) - Barry Safchik and Michael Platt ("Weeds") are teaming for "Wacko," a hybrid laffer based on Platt's true-to-life experience keeping the peace between his mother and sister after his father leaves the entire family fortune in the hands of the certifiably insane mom.
UNTITLED FRANCESCA GREGORINI/TATIANA VON FURSTENBERG PROJECT (New!) - Francesca Gregorini (HBO's "Motel Novella"), the daughter of Barbara Bach and stepdaughter of Ringo Starr, and Tatiana von Furstenberg ("Dracula"), the daughter of famed designer Diane von Furstenberg, have scored a script order from Paramount Network Television for a new semi-autobiographical drama about their experiences growing up at an all-girls boarding school. The project, which would revolve around four female teens with very different personalities, is set up at Perry Simon's Paramount-based banner. No other details were given.
MOTEL NOVELLA (HBO, New!) - Brothers Joe and Anthony Russo ("Arrested Development," "LAX") have pacted with the pay channel to develop a new offbeat project, a dark drama about a family with a history of psychological problems and the way those problems complicate their relationships. The project, which the pair will executive produce alongside Michael Costigan ("Brokeback Mountain"), opens with the death of the family patriarch and tracks his two estranged sons as they attempt to uncover the truth behind his death, not to mention overcome their own destructive psychologies as well as run the family hotel in Florida's Panhandle. Francesca Gregorini will write the pilot script with the Russos.
SOUTHERN VAMPIRE - HBO has dug up a new deal with gay Six Feet Under creator Alan Ball, but this time he's switching from the dead to the undead. The first project covered under the two-year development deal Ball signed with the premium cable channel will be based on the Southern Vampire book series.
Written by Charlaine Harris, the series chronicles the intermingling world of humans and monsters in contemporary rural Louisiana, particularly vampires, thanks to a synthetic blood formula that allows them to roam far from their coffins. "The books are funny, scary, sexy, romantic, bizarre, and really fun," Ball said. "I couldn't put them down. I will try to remain as true to the spirit of her book as possible." HBO has ordered an hour-long pilot to be written and directed by Ball. There is no set timetable for shooting the Southern pilot, but Ball believed it would happen sometime next year.
Ball, who also won an Oscar for writing American Beauty, last created Six Feet Under, which revolved around a family mortuary business. The Emmy-winning series ended in August. "I was ready to do something a little lighter in tone than Six Feet," Ball said. "Five years of staring into the abyss was enough."
A year ago I found these descriptions but they never seemed to make it to the screen. Any info?
WACKO (FOX) - Barry Safchik and Michael Platt ("Weeds") are teaming for "Wacko," a hybrid laffer based on Platt's true-to-life experience keeping the peace between his mother and sister after his father leaves the entire family fortune in the hands of the certifiably insane mom.
UNTITLED FRANCESCA GREGORINI/TATIANA VON FURSTENBERG PROJECT (New!) - Francesca Gregorini (HBO's "Motel Novella"), the daughter of Barbara Bach and stepdaughter of Ringo Starr, and Tatiana von Furstenberg ("Dracula"), the daughter of famed designer Diane von Furstenberg, have scored a script order from Paramount Network Television for a new semi-autobiographical drama about their experiences growing up at an all-girls boarding school. The project, which would revolve around four female teens with very different personalities, is set up at Perry Simon's Paramount-based banner. No other details were given.
MOTEL NOVELLA (HBO, New!) - Brothers Joe and Anthony Russo ("Arrested Development," "LAX") have pacted with the pay channel to develop a new offbeat project, a dark drama about a family with a history of psychological problems and the way those problems complicate their relationships. The project, which the pair will executive produce alongside Michael Costigan ("Brokeback Mountain"), opens with the death of the family patriarch and tracks his two estranged sons as they attempt to uncover the truth behind his death, not to mention overcome their own destructive psychologies as well as run the family hotel in Florida's Panhandle. Francesca Gregorini will write the pilot script with the Russos.
SOUTHERN VAMPIRE - HBO has dug up a new deal with gay Six Feet Under creator Alan Ball, but this time he's switching from the dead to the undead. The first project covered under the two-year development deal Ball signed with the premium cable channel will be based on the Southern Vampire book series.
Written by Charlaine Harris, the series chronicles the intermingling world of humans and monsters in contemporary rural Louisiana, particularly vampires, thanks to a synthetic blood formula that allows them to roam far from their coffins. "The books are funny, scary, sexy, romantic, bizarre, and really fun," Ball said. "I couldn't put them down. I will try to remain as true to the spirit of her book as possible." HBO has ordered an hour-long pilot to be written and directed by Ball. There is no set timetable for shooting the Southern pilot, but Ball believed it would happen sometime next year.
Ball, who also won an Oscar for writing American Beauty, last created Six Feet Under, which revolved around a family mortuary business. The Emmy-winning series ended in August. "I was ready to do something a little lighter in tone than Six Feet," Ball said. "Five years of staring into the abyss was enough."