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J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot is ending the 2010-11 selling season the way it started it, with a spec from female writer(s) with long ties to Abrams and his shows. In early September, it was Alcatraz, from Lost veteran Elizabeth Sarnoff. Now it is Pulp, from Fringe co-executive producers Monica Breen and Alison Schapker who also worked on Abrams’ dramas Lost and Alias. News of the project, a “heightened reality” crime drama, was broken by my colleague Michael Ausiello on TVLine.com, our new sister TV-centered Web site with consumer bent, which was launched today. Pulp, which Bad Robot is co-producing with Warner Bros. TV, is expected to be taken out to the networks shortly.
It has been a very busy development season for Bad Robot, which has 3 projects already set up at the broadcast networks with big commitments. Alcatraz at Fox has been picked up to pilot and cast, a special ops show at NBC, written by Josh Appelbaum and Andre Nemec (Alias), has Lost alums Terry O’Quinn and Michael Emerson attached to star, and a crime thriller at CBS hails from feature writer Jonah Nolan.
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Considering Fringe is the most amazing show on TV right now, someone should give it a close look.
I assume you are joking. It is mindless tosh
I don’t think anyone who’s seen all three seasons would say something even remotely close to this. It’s not doing well in the ratings, but the majority of critics are fairly universal in believing that Fringe is on fire creatively.
but have you seen their eps? fantastic.
I get it… it’s JJ Abrams and he’s a member of the billionaire movie and television club. But the propensity to keep buying from the same 5-7 major producers only perpetuates the familiarity and sameness of television shows. I wish I read something about a network buyer doing something that surprised me. Love it or not, Frank Darabont doing zombies was different and the audience flocked. Now whether or not they do again is to be determined, but how many JJ Abrams, or McG, or Bruckheimer-centric shows can we sustain without an audience just simply growing bored.
They wrote “The Marionette”, one of my favorites this season. I can’t wait to see this! btw – why is it being compared to Tarantino’s Pulp Fiction? I love the movie but he didn’t invent the genre, it’s been around since the 20s.
They are both so fantastic. Their scripts are truly wonderful. This is very nice to hear indeed.
What the hell does, “crime drama set in a heightened reality” even mean? That’s not a sarcastic question… I really have no idea and am curious.
It means they saw Inception.
Ahahahaha!
I’m guessing it’ll be “heightened reality” in the Tarrantino/Lynch sense. Stilted dialogue, surrealism, etc.
I haven’t met Alison, but Monica is a gem. They also did great work on BROTHERS AND SISTERS. Congrats!
Isn’t someone making a feature film called Pulp right now?
This place is brutal.
To many jealous people here. I have always liked all the people mentioned. They are class acts.
You know a company has clout when there’s an article announcing a project being shopped. Hm. Its a little weird, though-why not shop it and announce the sale, esp in January when most announcements are about pick-ups of shows already in development–guess they’re hoping they can just slip it right in there for a pilot pickup! Good luck to all.
Agreed. It hasn’t been sold, or cast, or greenlit; it’s just being shopped. JJ must have the best PR people money can buy.
BTW – I also heard he put on a pair of pants this morning!
I’m sorry, that was an erroneous report by an over-zealous assistant who misread the week’s wardrobe schedule. JJ’s actually rocking a kilt today. Cuz he can.
Bad Robot is very secretive about their development; when information leaks it’s news.
Schapker and Breen are two of the smartest writers in Hollywood. Brothers and Sisters took a creative (and ratings) nose-dive when they left the show. Good luck to them.
Look Breen and Schapker are good writers so it is great to see them get this out there. That being said AC stated it perfectly above, every tv exec buyer out there just seems worried about covering their ass so they buy from the same 3 or 4 big producers – who almost always are too busy themselves to have anything to do with any of these projects AND – as a string of flops will show – have no affect on getting audiences to watch.