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Today, Summit Entertainment announced a deal with independent studio E1 Entertainment to jointly develop and produce a TV series based on Summit’s 2009 feature film Push. Screenwriter David Hayter, who penned Watchmen, The Scorpion King, X2 and X-Men, will script the series pilot while E1 and Dark Hero Studios will jointly produce. But Push made only $50M worldwide.
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Why? That movie was not only terrible but it was a box office bomb. Who asked for this?
I think I know what’s going into one of NBC’s 10pm slots.
I asked for it. Sorry, I didn’t realize I was so influential.
See my response below….
Teddy – the movie was NOT a bomb. For the minuscule budget, it made a hefty return for its investors. Get your facts straight.
I wouldn’t really call $38,000,000 “minuscule”, unless that includes P&A.
who asked for it? Probably Jeff Zucker…..
who cares, buffy was a box office flop before a tv show
It probably has to do with the fact that Summit feels that this material will appeal to that tribe of teen girls who are flocking to see “The Lovely Bones.” There’s a new ‘teen girl’ moviegoer out there buying tickets. Thanks first to Twilight, now thanks to “The Lovely Bones” and Summit is going through their intellectual property vaults to see what crap they can remake and shove down their throats. It’s a shame that Summit doesn’t have better material that they can fast track. This move sounds sorta “Sorority Row-ish” to me.
Otherwise known as…”Heroes 2″.
I can recall a lot of reviews saying “Push” would have worked better as a TV show. So maybe that’s how they got this idea?
Seems to me they’re counting on the HEROES-cancellation and believe in that show’s fanbase…
I welcome this. I thought the movie was most definitely underrated – not a brilliant film but definitely put a new spin/tone on the ‘people with powers’ theme which has been done to death lately.
The nature of the property most definitely lends itself to the television format – and yes, I can hear you saying ‘Heroes’ – but we’ve all witnessed the downward spiral in creativity on that show for some time now.
Done properly, this could make a very interesting television series.
I have four words for you:
“BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER.”
Believe me, the movie of Buffy sucked the carpets and made “Push” look like Tolstoy. The series, however, is perhaps the best-written series, ever. It is taught in colleges all over the world. The characters are complex and inventive, witty and inspiring.
Give “Push” a chance. (Although, statistically, it’ll be shit.)
What a terrible decision. A TV show based on a flop film would never work. Just ask Joss Whedon.
Prolly wanna cash in on the heroes buzz. But from what I hear heroes ratings are not that great.
How much did Buffy the Vampire Slayer make at the box office?
How much more money did it make as a successful TV series run by Joss Whedon?
“Push: NOT based on the novel “Push” by Sapphire”
They’re hedging their bets that NBC’s Heroes (which is fast becoming unwatchable) won’t be renewed.
Fantastic. A worse version of Heroes (which is already terrible). Teddy said it best, who asked for this?? All I can foresee for this is low ratings, a big budget, and an early grave.
Yeah, and the original Buffy the Vampire Slayer movie was a flop too. Didn’t hurt the show.
Push was a guilty pleasure, and I’m actually kind of excited about this. It’s an idea that certainly has potential for a TV series…sort of a grittier Heroes (one that hopefully learns from that show’s many mistakes, of course).
It isn’t about how much money the movie made, it is the concept of the movie they are selling. Say what you want about the film, the concept of it wasn’t bad and was quite interesting. It might just work as a series as Heroes has, however, with better writing.
Good concept though, a bit like Jumper. Could do very well as a Heroes style TV series.
Have these people not paid attention to Heroes‘ ratings?
WTF is going on in hollywood? After this and Spider-Man they’ve officially lost their minds.
Why? Cuz’ they are ignorant idiots.
Fairly standard, when a piece of IP fails and also when it succeeds, a television series is a standard proposition if it has a fairly good concept, even a questionable concept has legs:
– BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER
– MASH
– HIGHLANDER
– MUTANT X – Arad (X-MEN) produced this, not a direct
spin-off but you can do the creative math.
Long and short, SUMMIT can market this television show as from the studio that brought you TWILIGHT and 4 out of 5 fans might watch it. If it fails there’s VOD and other ancillaries, they can repackage it into movies overseas, etc, etc.
Better economic sense than making a straight to video sequel and you get the International market to pay for it.
Whether it goes into syndication, cable or broadcast (the worse of the outlet ideas as there is more inherent risk there) its smart, plus you can also market is as from the writer of X-MEN.
Very smart people there, and lucky too.;)
I recall a crappy movie whose ideas were better executed as a TV series that paid off handsomely.
That show was called BUFFY, THE VAMPIRE SLAYER. Must be a slow, rainy newsday here at DHD — no reason to catastrophize this until you’ve AT LEAST read a script.
I don’t come here for these kinds of news…if that’s what I wanted, I’d head over to Ain’t It Cool.
Also, didn’t they already make this TV show — “Heros”
Its being made to recoup the losses on Push. Hoping license fees will at least cut some of the losses.
Presumably the buyers would want a “Heroes” clone only with half that show’s failing ratings.
This is interesting because five years ago the project would have been written off and down, as a loss. Now, it seems there is no more “margin” for losses on stuff like this, and smaller divisions/media companies have to do something to recoup losses.