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Green Arrow Drama Nears Pilot Order At CW
The CW went heavily after pre-sold titles in its pilot choices today, greenlighting Arrow, based on the DC Comics book Green Arrow; an adaptation of Candace Bushnell’s novel The Carrie Diaries, a prequel to Sex And The City; and a reboot of the 1980s series Beauty And The Beast. The three join the first pilot ordered by the CW this season, mystery drama Cult.
Arrow is described as a modern retelling of the story of DC Comics character Green Arrow. The project, from Berlanti Prods and Warner Bros TV, was written by Andrew Kreisberg (Warehouse 13) and Marc Guggenheim based on a story by Greg Berlanti and Guggenheim. The three are credited as writers/executive producers on the pilot. David Nutter is expected to direct. Justin Hartley, who played the character on the CW’s Smallville for several seasons, is not attached to the new project. Arrow marks the second pilot order for Berlanti and Guggenheim this season along with the Fox legal drama Guilty, written by Guggenheim and executive produced by him and Berlanti.
Carrie Diaries, from Fake Empire and Warner Bros TV, chronicles Carrie Bradshaw’s coming of age in the 1980s when she asks her first questions about love, sex, friendship and family while exploring the worlds of high school and Manhattan. Amy Harris (Gossip Girl) wrote the script and is executive producing with Bushnell as well as Fake Empire’s Josh Schwartz, Stephanie Savage and Len Goldstein. This marks Fake Empire’s second pilot at the CW this season; it also co-produces Cult.
Loosely based on the 1980s CBS series starring Linda Hamilton, Beauty And The Beast is a modern-day romantic love story with a procedural twist. Jennifer Levin (Without A Trace) and Sherri Cooper (Brothers And Sisters) wrote the script and are executive producing with the creator of the original series Ron Koslow; Paul Junger Witt and C. Anthony Thomas of Witt/Thomas Prods, which co-produced the 1980s series; and Bill Haber.
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The Carrie Diaries pilot is AWFUL. Should not go past the pilot, even giving a pilot order is too far.
Awww I liked The Carrie Diaries.
I hope they still pick up some comedies.
If they give Green Arrow the gritty storyline it deserves and not the cleaner, lamer Smallville version then I will approve of the TV show. Oliver Queen should be like Tony Stark and Bruce Wayne, just as dark and believable with his power and purpose.
And because I am that shallow fanboy, Green Arrow needs the trademark facial hair.
Please NO. I think that “poor rich guy getting kidnapped in Afghanistan” is one of the most idiotic idea ever. I cannot begin to understand how and why so many people bought into it.
The lame writers of Green Lantern are known for their drippy soap opera TV series. They don’t do gritty. They aren’t even in the same universe as gritty. Mawkish soaps are their mode and you can expect the tamest, most teary-eyed superhero ever from them. You think Fanboys hate them now? Just you wait.
Greg Berlanti’s Green Arrow and Eric Kripke’s Dead Man on one amazing DC night would be a no-brainer winner for the CW. These guys are two of the best writers in Hollywood and are even making a haunted house movie together.
Did you even see Green Lantern?
ummm, berlanti must have some pretty intense blackmail in his back pocket because that guy is talentless. i hope the CW picks up some smarter projects. come on pedowitz. so far, it seems like you are making some pretty dawn ostroff choices! where’s your CSI, Shameless, Castle, or Good Wife?
HAHAHA
Yes. I was reading that drivel and asking myself “The mushheads from GREEN LANTERN? Really?!” LOL!
Keep up the good work, Marc.
Hoping they give comedy a chance here too. there’s a place for it, and their target demo has proven to respond. guess we’ll see on the next round of pickups.
I wonder what show/shows are going to get shown the door?
This is just speculation, but based on the ratings, I’d wager Nikita, 90210 and Gossip Girl.This is also the final season of One Tree Hill.So, OTH and any or all of those 3.Supernatural is also a candidate.It’s currently in it’s 7th season and they may want to call it quits.
Don’t know why you’d want the Green Arrow without Justin Hartley.
Wow. So much for changing of the guard. Even under Mark Pedowitz it’s the same old shit. Retreads, remakes, spin-offs, yawn. And Greg Berlanti is the luckiest non-talent in Hollywood. He’s done nothing good since Everwood 10 years ago (and that was just ok). Why do networks keep throwing money at him? The Emperor has no clothes.
Green Arrow sounds good -I can’t wait to see if the B&B reboot will do justice to the original -But The Carrie Diaries? I was hoping for Stephen King’s Carrie!
Beauty and The Beast had major network budget that backed it’s movie theater size production values. Not only that, it also had some of the best writing in TV history. The show even beats today’s biggest shows when it comes to scale and drama!!
I hope that they manage to stay true to the shows original strengths. If they do then they will have two generations of people watching.
Sadly, I believe Berlanti’s Green Arrow has been described as a new story, so I don’t think it’ll involve Oliver Queen or even Connor.
Does this world seriously need a SATC prequel? C’mon Pedowitz, surely you can do better than this.
Oh dear… carride diaries and B&B sound like mushy crap to me…. where are the scifi supernatural stuff? Cant they see Vampire Diaries and Supernatural are amongst the top performing and PCA winning… whilst Gossip girl and 90210 ratings are dwindling.
Still waiting on The Hollows and the other angel book adap…