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A&E said today that it is in early development on Bates Motel, a drama series that serves as a prequel to Alfred Hitchcock’s horror classic Psycho. Bates Motel, from Universal TV and writer Anthony Cipriano, will delve into how Norman Bates’ dark, twisted backstory from childhood through his teen years and will chronicle how his mother, Norma, and her lover damaged Norman, helping shape the most well-known serial killing motel owner in history.
Also in development at A&E is Those Who Kill, an adaptation of a Danish series which in turn was based on author Elsebeth Egholm’s books. The project, from Imagine Television and Fox21, centers on a female police detective and a “profiler” (forensic psychiatrist), on the hunt for serial killers. Glen Morgan will write the script and will executive produce with Brian Grazer, Francie Calfo, Peter Bose and Jonas Allen. The March 2011 premiere of Those Who Kill drew almost 1.5 million on Denmark’s TV2, the largest audience for a Danish scripted series on the channel in 2.5 years.
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There was already a BATES MOTEL series on NBC with Bud Cort.
And PSYCHO 4 (199) was the TV movie depicting the sick relationship between Norman Bates (Henry Thomas) and his mother (Olivia Hussey).
That tv movie BATES MOTEL was about someone inheriting Bates Motel after Norman dies.
“Bates Motel” on NBC was a failed pilot, not a series.
It was a pilot for a series. I thought of it, the second that I read about this concept.
This could work, actually……unless it turns into a serial killer, death-a-week format.
Lame. This idea was already done with Psycho IV: The Beginning.
Cool, can’t wait for MARINIE: THE TEEN YEARS, FRENZY: THE ANIMATED SERIES, and TORN CURTAIN: THE MUSICAL.
Those Who Kill sounds interesting, and anything is better than the crappy unscripted programs on this network. However, the premise sounds similar to another Danish import: The Killing. Hopefully A&E doesn’t treat its viewers like idiots the way Vena Sud did.
Really? No sacred cow is safe these days.
The open, aching spiritual wound in American life that Psycho depicted was as much the source of Psycho’s fame as the lurid background of Norman and Norma. Norman’s dislocation from his own environment, the lower-middle class desperation, the unspoken history, the desperation to fit in – NOBODY in Psycho ‘fit in’ – is critical to the mood of the film. If they’re actually serious about this show, it better be Breaking Bad level writing. Or you’re all going to pay for it…
Jeff Lewis of the reality series “Flipping Out”, I think makes a great Norman! And Vera Farmiga makes a beautiful mother that even
I would fall for! Because… a boys best friend is his mother!