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The Odd Couple
Network: CBS
Studio: CBS Television Studios
Production Companies: Timberman/Beverly Productions, Tannenbaum Company
Executive Producers: Matthew Perry, Danny Jacobson, Carl Beverly, Sarah Timberman, Eric Tannenbaum, Kim Tannenbaum.
Writers: Matthew Perry, Danny Jacobson
Cast: Matthew Perry
Logline: A new take on two mismatched roommates — the messy Oscar Madison and the neat freak Felix Ungar.
Details: The Odd Couple opened on Broadway in 1965, became a movie in 1968, and was adapted as a TV series for five seasons on ABC.
Into Thin Air
Network: ABC Family
Executive Producers: Elizabeth Weiss, Paul Stupin
Creator: Elizabeth Weiss
Logline: Storyline is under wraps.
Details: Project has been described as a family drama with thriller elements.
SSN Insight: Weiss and Stupin both currently executive produce ABC Family’s
Switched at Birth.
American Dream
Network: WGN America
Studio: Sony Pictures Television
Production Company: Shore Z Productions
Executive Producers: David Shore, Rick Berg
Co-Executive Producer: Wayne Beach
Writer: Wayne Beach
Logline: A cat-and-mouse game erupts when a Manhattan homicide cop suspects one of America’s top CEOs of being a killer - and the relationship becomes mutually dependent.
SSN Insight: Shore Z Productions is also developing
Battle Creek for CBS, an
Untitled Fountain of Youth Project for NBC, and
Stalker for ABC.
The Bastard Executioner
Network: FX
Studio: Fox 21
Production Companies: Imagine Television, FX Productions
Executive Producer: Kurt Sutter, Brian Grazer, Francie Calfo
Writer: Kurt Sutter
Logline: A warrior knight in King Edward III’s charge is broken by the ravages of war and vows to lay down his sword. But when that violence finds him again he is forced to pick up the bloodiest sword of all.
Details: Based on an idea by Brian Grazer. Ordered straight to pilot.
SSN Insight: This project marks the first collaboration for FX and Imagine TV.
The Inn
Network: NBC
Studio: Universal Television
Production Companies: Blumhouse Productions, Assembly Entertainment
Executive Producers: Jason Blum, Christina Wayne, Gerard Bocaccio, Miura Kite
Co-Executive Producer: Patrick MacManus
Writer: Patrick MacManus
Logline: A group of strangers is drawn to an isolated hotel by fate. Compelled to find the truth behind the horrors that haunt them and answer the question of why they were brought together, the ensemble soon discovers that The Inn is aware of their pasts and present and is using them to force the guests to confront themselves and each other.
SSN Insight: Blumhouse, which is known for their genre movies, is revving up their TV business. They are also developing
Sojourn at Syfy, an untitled reality project at ABC with Mike Darnell, and just wrapped the pilot
Eye Candy for MTV.
Welcome To Paradise, Now Go To Hell
Network: TBD
Studio: Fox 21
Production Company: Television 360
Producer: Justin Manask
Writer: Chas Smith
Logline: For two months in the winter the Pacific storms create monstrous waves that draw surfers from all over the world in search of building-sized waves. It transforms the laid back coastal towns into a mecca for surfers, but often a nightmare for residents because of the collision of surf and crime.
Details: Based on the book,
Welcome to Paradise, Now Go to Hell: A True Story of Violence, Corruption, and the Soul of Surfing written by Chas Smith.
