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'Atlantis' - BBC commissions new drama series helmed by JCapps & JMurphy

Feb 11, 2013 20:53

BBCMediaCentre: 2013 BBC Drama Commissions
Atlantis13 x 45 series, created and written by Howard Overman (Misfits, Dirk Gently, Vexed, Merlin) for Saturday nights this Autumn on BBC One ( Read more... )

producer: julian murphy, what they did after merlin, producer: johnny capps, tv: atlantis

Comments 39

venivincere February 11 2013, 23:08:11 UTC

I'll be following this one. I hope it's as compellingly slashy as Merlin was. :-)

rocknvaughn February 12 2013, 00:31:50 UTC

No matter how good it sounds, it will be a cold day in hell before I watch another J's show.

issy5209 February 12 2013, 01:54:36 UTC

No way would I touch anything they do ever again. I'll even swear to it.
That the BBC is investing in them again, after the Merlin backlash and disaster that was a series 5, shows distinct lack of nouse on their part. Do they not want women in their TV shows? Even if it had hoards of shirtless men flirting with each other, it should come with an advance warning.

bradleyjfan February 12 2013, 04:01:47 UTC

Do Capps/Murphy and the BBC not realise Merlin only lasted as long as it did due to the cast? It certainly wasn't down to the scripts/plotlines etc.

I feel sorry for their new cast as they'll no doubt be compared (perhaps unfavourably) to the Merlin cast, not to mention, on the .00000000000000000000001% chance they manage to get lucky enough again with casting the right people, the show will likely sink after 1 series.

Does anyone know generally how far in advance of filming or pre-production a cast gets announced?

arwyn_t February 12 2013, 07:18:29 UTC

I just noticed. In their wisdom (snickers) they named the show Atlantis, not Jason. I guess they learned from their Merlin mistake and generalized the premise, not kept it under a titular character. That way, not only Jason but every character can remain badly written, since it's not about characters anyway, it's about *Atlantis*, the place, the city. And a city that will flood eventually (as another mentioned already) anyway. Wow. How *clever*! "They didn't fail, they were bound to drown."