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Carlton Cuse On ‘Bates Motel’s Twin Peaks’ & ‘Psycho’ Heritage

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Friday May 10, 2013 @ 10:25pm PDTTags: A&E, Bates Motel, Carlton Cuse, Vera Farmiga

Bates Motel Paley CenterDiane Haithman is a Deadline contributor.

During a Bates Motel panel discussion Friday, Carlton Cuse was blunt about borrowing from a classic. No, not Hitchcock’s Psycho; TV’s Twin Peaks. “We pretty much ripped off Twin Peaks,” joked Cuse, executive producer of the A&E series with Kerry Ehrin, in response to a question about the similarities from panel moderator Shawn Ryan. “If you wanted to get that confession, the answer is yes,” he continued, tongue in cheek. “I loved that show. They only did 30 episodes. Kerry and I thought we’d do the 70 that are missing.” Cuse appeared on the Paley Center panel “Inside Bates Motel: Reimagining A Cinema Icon” with Ehrin, Vera Farmiga (who portrays Norma Bates), Freddie Highmore (Norman), Max Thieriot (Norman’s half-brother Dylan), Nicola Peltz (popular teen Bradley Martin) and Nestor Carbonell (Sheriff Alex Romero). English actress Olivia Cooke, who plays Norman’s friend Emma Decody, who battles cystic fibrosis, was a no-show because of “visa snafus,” Ryan said. Once it was acknowledged that both TV shows are plenty creepy and set in the foggy Northwest, Cuse, Ehrin and the cast spent more time during the freewheeling discussion citing the similarities and differences of Bates Motel from Hitchcock’s iconic 1960 film.

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Universal Networks International Appoints Nicky Douglas As Managing Director UK

By NANCY TARTAGLIONE, International Editor | Wednesday April 17, 2013 @ 3:30am PDTTags: Bates Motel, Defiance, NBCUniversal

Former Walt Disney Television International and Nickelodeon exec Nicky Douglas will oversee Universal Networks International’s Universal Channel, Syfy, E! Entertainment Television, The Style Network and Movies 24 in the UK. The group of … Read More »

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Global Showbiz Briefs: ‘Bates Motel’ In UK; ‘Not Another Happy Ending’ To Close Edinburgh; BBC Worldwide & Foxtel

By NANCY TARTAGLIONE, International Editor | Tuesday April 16, 2013 @ 8:41pm PDTTags: A&E Network, Bates Motel, Edinburgh Film Festival

In a significant first-run deal, Universal Channel has acquired A&E Network‘s Bates Motel for the UK. Handled overseas by NBCUniversal International Television Distribution, the series is a contemporary prequel to the Alfred Hitchcock feature Psycho and stars Vera Farmiga, Freddie Highmore, Max Thieriot, Olivia Cooke, Nicola Peltz and Nestor Carbonel. It debuted in the U.S. on March 18 and was renewed for a second run last week. Universal Channel acquired both seasons. Bates Motel is produced by Universal Television for A&E. Carlton Cruse, and Kerry Ehrin are exec producers. Read More »

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A&E Renews ‘Bates Motel’ For Season 2

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Monday April 8, 2013 @ 11:38am PDTTags: A&E Network, Bates Motel

Just a few weeks after its March 18 debut, Bates Motel was been picked up for a second season, A&E announced today. Production on Season 2 is set to start later this year on the Psycho prequel of a sorts, with 10 new episodes to air in 2014. Read the release from A&E here:

NEW YORK – April 8, 2013 – A&E Network has picked up a second season of the acclaimed drama series, “Bates Motel” starring Vera Farmiga and Freddie Highmore from executive producers Carlton Cuse and Kerry Ehrin, it was announced today by Bob DeBitetto, President and General Manager of A&E Network and BIO Channel. The premiere of “Bates Motel” garnered 4.5 million total viewers and 2.5 million adults 25-54 and 18-49, based on Live+7 viewership, making it the most-watched original drama debut in the key demos in the network’s history.

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A&E’s ‘Bates Motel’ Holds In Week 2

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Tuesday March 26, 2013 @ 10:11am PDTTags: A&E Network, Bates Motel, TV Ratings
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No second-week slump for A&E‘s Bates Motel. Against increased broadcast competition with the return of NBC’s Revolution, the Psycho prequel series drew 1.6 million adults 18-49 last night, even with its premiere last week. In … Read More »

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‘Bates Motel’ Premiere Ratings Hit A&E Drama High

By DOMINIC PATTEN | Tuesday March 19, 2013 @ 11:02am PDTTags: A&E Network, Bates Motel, TV Ratings

Guess a lot of people are checking in to A&E Network’s Bates Motel. The premiere of the Psycho prequel series last night pulled in 3 million viewers for its 10 PM debut. Bates Motel garnered 1.599 … Read More »

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Hot TV Clip: First 6 Minutes Of ‘Bates Motel’

By JEN YAMATO | Monday March 11, 2013 @ 10:41am PDTTags: A&E Networks, Bates Motel, SXSW

Ahead of A&E‘s Bates Motel panel at SXSW, where Carlton Cuse just described the show as “One part Friday Night Lights, one part Lost, [and] one part Twin Peaks“, … Read More »

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A&E’s ‘Psycho’ Prequel Series ‘Bates Motel’ Unveils Key Art, New Teaser

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Thursday January 31, 2013 @ 12:17pm PSTTags: Bates Motel
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The logline for A&E Network‘s new drama series Bates Motel, a contemporary prequel to Hitchcock’s classic Psycho, stressed that at the heart of the show is the dark, twisted backstory of Norman Bates (Freddie Highmore) and … Read More »

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SXSW 2013: Line-Up Includes Joss Whedon’s ‘Much Ado About Nothing’ U.S. Premiere & ‘Bates Motel’ Pilot Preview

By DOMINIC PATTEN | Thursday January 31, 2013 @ 12:02pm PSTTags: Bates Motel, Joss Whedon, Much Ado About Nothing, SXSW

It’s not The Avengers 2 but Joss Whedon’s other new movie is making its stateside premiere at this year’s SXSW Film Festival. Much Ado About Nothing, which debuted at the Toronto Film Festival last year, joins 108 other feature films at the March 8-16 fest in Austin, SXSW announced today. Along with the previously announced world premieres of The Incredible Burt Wonderstone, starring Steve Carell, Steve Buscemi and Jim Carrey, and the reimagined Evil Dead, this year’s SXSW has an on-stage interview with sometimes Austin resident Matthew McConaughey, new films from John Sayles and Nick Cassavetes, a preview of A&E’s Bates Motel pilot, a documentary about home movies from the Nixon White House and, Austin being Music City, a lot of music movies. Here are SXSW’s descriptions of the movies, panels and other events unveiled today:

NARRATIVE SPOTLIGHT
High profile narrative features receiving their World, North American or U.S. Premieres at SXSW.

Much Ado About Nothing
Director: Joss Whedon
Shakespeare’s classic comedy is given a contemporary spin in Joss Whedon’s film, Much Ado About Nothing. Cast: Amy Acker, Alexis Denisof, Nathan Fillion, Fran Kranz, Jillian Morgese (U.S. Premiere)

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A&E On ‘Bates Motel’ And ‘Psycho’ As Inspiration: TCA

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Friday January 4, 2013 @ 2:54pm PSTTags: A&E, Bates Motel, Psycho, TCA

Diane Haithman is contributing to Deadline’s TCA coverage.

At today’s TCA panel on A&E’s new original scripted drama series Bates Motel, most questions had to do with how the series, from executive producers Carlton Cuse and Kerry Ehrin, would or would not pay homage to the movie Psycho. For the record, the producers say it won’t but various Psycho incarnations are used as inspiration to create an original story.

“We don’t really view any of that as canon,” Cuse said. He called a desire to avoid “homage” a reason why the story has a contemporary setting, rather than being set in the ’60s. He added that the story of how young Bates becomes a murderous adult “will not be what you expect it to be.” (He did confirm that the story would be serialized but “have a beginning, middle and end” and will not focus on a single individual mystery or story point.) Although Cuse rejects the idea of “homage,” he said that show producers used the original plans for the movie Bates Motel that stands on the Universal Studios lot to recreate the motel on location in Vancouver.

Related: A&E Sets Premiere Date For ‘Psycho’ Prequel Series ‘Bates Motel’: TCA

But not surprisingly, a question arose about whether post-Newtown is a bad time to introduce an entertainment series about a disturbed young man with a troubled relationship with his mother who eventually turns violent. Said Ehrin: “I think the only thing anyone thought about that was that it was horrible and sad. This show is not about violence, it’s about a mother and son.” She said that the story is trying to “explain” violence rather than promote it. Read More »

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A&E Sets Premiere Date For ‘Psycho’ Prequel Series ‘Bates Motel’: TCA

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Friday January 4, 2013 @ 12:20pm PSTTags: A&E, Bates Motel
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A&E Network‘s new drama series Bates Motel, from executive producers Carlton Cuse (Lost) and Kerry Ehrin (Friday Night Lights), will debut on Monday, March 18 at 10 PM. Bates Motel is a contemporary prequel … Read More »

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Hot TV Trailer: A&E Series ‘Bates Motel’

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Friday December 14, 2012 @ 9:09am PSTTags: A&E Network, Bates Motel, Freddie Highmore, Vera Farmiga
Nellie Andreeva

Here is an exclusive first look at A&E‘s upcoming series Bates Motel, which serves as a prequel to Alfred Hitchcock’s horror classic Psycho. This first trailer for the series, which is rolling out in movie theaters nationwide, introduces Vera Farmiga as Norma Bates and young British actor … Read More »

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S. Epatha Merkerson To Recur On ‘Deception’, Jere Burns On ‘Bates Motel’

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Monday December 3, 2012 @ 8:47am PSTTags: Bates Motel, Deception, Jere Burns, S. Epatha Merkerson
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EXCLUSIVE: Law & Order alumna S. Epatha Merkerson is returning to NBC with a recurring role on the network’s upcoming drama series Deception. The show, from writer Liz Heldens, Universal TV and BermanBraun, is described as an opulent soap in which detective Joanna Padget (Meagan Good) returns undercover to the wealthy and troubled Bower family she grew up in — as the maid’s daughter — to solve the murder of the notorious heiress Vivian Bower who was once her closest friend. Emmy winner Merkerson, repped by ICM Partners and Bob McGowan, will play Joanna’s mom Beverly Padget, who worked for the Bowers family when Joanna was a young girl. Read More »

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‘Secret Lives Of Wives’ Pilot Casts Regulars, ‘Bates Motel’ Series Adds Recurring Player

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Thursday October 11, 2012 @ 10:43am PDTTags: A&E Network, Bates Motel, Lifetime, The Secret Lives of Wives
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EXCLUSIVE: With all four female leads locked in, Lifetime‘s pilot The Secret Lives Of Wives has focused on casting the husbands. Callum Blue (Dead Like Me) and newcomer … Read More »

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Mike Vogel & Nestor Carbonell Join A&E’s ‘Bates Motel’, Trio To Recur On ‘Shameless’

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Tuesday October 2, 2012 @ 1:44pm PDTTags: Bates Motel, Shameless
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Mike Vogel and Nestor Carbonell have joined the cast of A&E’s upcoming series Bates Motel, which serves as a prequel to Alfred Hitchcock horror classic Psycho, in … Read More »

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Freddie Highmore To Play Norman Bates In A&E’s ‘Psycho’ Prequel Series ‘Bates Motel’

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Friday September 14, 2012 @ 3:24pm PDTTags: A&E Network, Bates Motel, Freddie Highmore
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Freddie Highmore, who  played the title role opposite Johnny Depp in Charlie And The Chocolate Factory, is taking on a far more menacing character next. The young British actor has been cast to play Norman Bates opposite Vera Farmiga … Read More »

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Vera Farmiga To Star In A&E’s ‘Psycho’ Prequel Series ‘Bates Motel’ As Norma Bates

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Monday August 27, 2012 @ 11:00am PDTTags: Bates Motel, Vera Farmiga
Nellie Andreeva

In her return to television, Vera Farmiga is set for the plum female lead in A&E’s upcoming series Bates Motel, which serves as a prequel to Alfred Hitchcock horror classic Psycho and examines the twisted relationship between serial killer-to-be … Read More »

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A&E Orders Pilot For U.S. Version Of Danish Crime Series ‘Those Who Kill’

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Tuesday July 10, 2012 @ 10:22am PDTTags: A&E Network, Bates Motel, Longmire, Those Who Kill

EXCLUSIVE: A&E Network has secured U.S. format rights to Those Who Kill, the Danish crime series based on the books by Elsebeth Egholm, and has ordered a pilot. The original series revolves around a police detective and a forensic … Read More »

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A&E Network Orders Carlton Cuse Series ‘Bates Motel’ Direct To Series

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Monday July 2, 2012 @ 10:33am PDTTags: A&E Network, Bates Motel, Carlton Cuse

A&E Network is checking into Bates Motel without even ordering a pilot, it was announced today. The network is putting in a 10-episode order of the Alfred Hitchcock Psycho-inspired series from Universal Television, with a 2013 premiere planned. Carlton Cuse … Read More »

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