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Pam Veasey Signs Development Deal With Jerry Bruckheimer TV, Warner Bros TV

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Thursday May 23, 2013 @ 12:42pm PDTTags: Jerry Bruckheimer TV, Pam Veasey, The Tomorrow People, Warner Bros. TV
Nellie Andreeva

EXCLUSIVE: As CSI: NY just ended its nine-season run, the series’ executive producer and showrunner Pam Veasey is staying in business with its production company Jerry Bruckheimer TV. She has signed a two-script development deal with Warner Bros TV-based company. Additionally, she has joined the upcoming WBTV drama series for the CW The Tomorrow People, which is slated for the post-Arrow Wednesday slot, as a consulting producer. Veasey, repped by CAA and Nina Shaw, was with CSI: NY for its entire run. During the 2011-12 season, she juggled running the CBS forensic crime drama and the CW’s Ringer. Her credits also include The District and In Living Color.

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UPDATE: CW’s ‘The Tomorrow People’, ‘The 100′, ‘Reign’ & ‘Oxygen’ Ordered To Series

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Thursday May 9, 2013 @ 2:17pm PDTTags: Oxygen, Reign, The 100, the CW, The Tomorrow People
Nellie Andreeva

UPDATE: Reign and Oxygen from CBS TV Studios also just got picked up, bringing the total number of new CW series for next season for five, including The Vampire Diaries spinoff The Originals. The only remaining question is whether The Selection, which never found its footing, is dead. (UPDATE: It is. Click here for more.)

PREVIOUS: The CW also entered the pickup fray with series orders to drama pilots The Tomorrow People and The 100. Both have been frontrunners, coming from Warner Bros TV. The Tomorrow People is executive produced by Julie Plec and Greg Berlanti, meaning that Plec will have three series on the CW next season, The Vampire Diaries, spinoff The Originals and The Tomorrow People. Berlanti will have two, The Tomorrow People and Arrow.

Related:
‘The Selection’ Dead At The CW
CW’s ‘Carrie Diaries’ & ‘Nikita’ Renewed

Here are the network’s descriptions of the new shows: Read More »

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Beau Bridges Joins CBS’ Greg Garcia Pilot, CW’ ‘Tomorrow People’ & ‘Reign’ Add Actors

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Tuesday March 5, 2013 @ 3:20pm PSTTags: Greg Garcia, Reign, The Tomorrow People
Nellie Andreeva

Beau Bridges is set as a lead in CBS‘ untitled Greg Garcia multi-camera comedy pilot. The project, written and executive produced by Garcia, centers on Jack (Will Arnett), a recently divorced guy whose life gets more complicated when his parents have marital problems of their own. Their mother (Margo Martindale) moves in with Will, while their father (Bridges) moves in with Will’s sister Debbie (Mary Elizabeth Ellis) and her husband. Read More »

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CW’s ‘Tomorrow People’ & ‘Reign’ Cast Duo

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Friday March 1, 2013 @ 8:30pm PSTTags: Reign, the CW, The Tomorrow People
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British newcomer Celina Sinden has been cast in CW pilot Reign, from CBS TV Studios. It chronicles the rise to power of Mary Queen of Scots (Adelaide Kane) when she arrives in France as a 15-year-old, betrothed to Prince Francis (Toby Regbo), and with her three best friends as ladies-in-waiting. Sinden, who is still in her final year at Guildhall drama school, will play Greer, one of the ladies-in-waiting. She is with Curtis Brown in the UK and attorney Jamie Feldman. Read More »

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Mark Pellegrino Cast In CW Pilot ‘The Tomorrow People’

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Friday February 22, 2013 @ 12:16pm PSTTags: The Tomorrow People
Nellie Andreeva

Mark PellegrinoLost alum Mark Pellegrino will co-star in the CW drama pilot The Tomorrow People. Written/exec produced by Phil Klemmer based on the cult British series, exec produced by Julie Plec and Greg Berlanti and directed/exec … Read More »

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Robbie Amell To Star In ‘Tomorrow People’, Ryan Hansen In ‘Bad Teacher’, Kim Dickens In ‘Second Sight’, ABC’s ‘Reckless’ Adds 2

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Thursday February 21, 2013 @ 1:30pm PSTTags: Bad Teacher, Ryan Hansen, Second Sight, The Tomorrow People
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Robbie Amell has landed the lead role in the CW drama pilot The Tomorrow People. Written/exec produced by Phil Klemmer based on the cult British series, exec produced by Julie Plec and Greg Berlanti and directed/exec produced by Danny Cannon, Tomorrow People revolves around several young people from around the world who represent the next stage in human evolution and work together to defeat the forces of evil. Amell, repped by ICM Partners, Coast To Coast and Protege Entertainment, will play Stephen, a tormented man who longs to be normal and is relieved when he learns that he’s not crazy but rather part of a group of genetically superior “Tomorrow People.”

Party Down and Veronica Mars alum Ryan Hansen will co-star opposite Ari Graynor in Bad Teacher, CBS’ single-camera comedy series adaptation of the 2011 movie. Written by Hilary Winston, directed by Don Scardino and produced by the film’s Gene Stupnitsky and Lee Eisenberg, the pilot centers on hot, confident, unapologetic former trophy wife Meredith Davis (Graynor), who becomes a teacher to find a new man after her husband leaves her without a dime. Gersh-repped Hansen will play the shorts-wearing athletics coach at the school, a version of the character played in the movie by Jason Segel. He recurs on CBS’ 2 Broke Girls and was the lead in Fox’s comedy pilot El Jefe last season. Read More »

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CW Pilots ‘The Tomorrow People’ & ‘Oxygen’ Book Young Leads

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Wednesday February 20, 2013 @ 8:00pm PSTTags: CW Pilots, Oxygen, The Tomorrow People
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Luke Mitchell (Home And Away) has landed a lead in the CW drama pilot The Tomorrow People three weeks after arriving in Los Angeles from his native Australia. Written/exec produced by Phil Klemmer based on the … Read More »

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CW’s ‘The Tomorrow People’ Drama Pilot & Amazon ‘Alpha House’ Comedy Cast Leads

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Sunday February 17, 2013 @ 9:41am PSTTags: The Tomorrow People
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EXCLUSIVE: Peyton List (Mad Men) has landed a lead in the CW drama pilot The Tomorrow People, an adaptation of the cult British series. Written/exec produced by Phil Klemmer, exec produced by Julie Plec and Greg Berlanti … Read More »

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CW Greenlights Greg Berlanti-Julie Plec’s ‘Tomorrow People’ & David Marshall Grant-Produced ‘Blink’ As Pilots

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Monday January 28, 2013 @ 12:20pm PSTTags: Blink, David Marshall Grant, Greg Berlanti, Julie Plec, the CW, The Tomorrow People
Nellie Andreeva

The CW rounded out its pilot orders today with pickups of The Tomorrow People, an adaptation of the cult British 1970s sci-fi series from Arrow co-creators/executive producer Greg Berlanti and The Vampire Diaries co-creator/executive producer Julie Plec; and Blink, produced by David Marshall Grant (Smash). In all, the CW picked up eight drama pilots this year, including planted Vampire Diaries spinoff The Originals, also from Plec. None of them is in the CW’s former bread-and-butter genre of teen soap, with futuristic, sci-fi and high-concept fare galore.

Related: Wonder Woman CW Drama ‘Amazon’ Rolled

Berlanti and Plec executive produce Tomorrow People, written/exec produced by Phil Klemmer (Chuck). In the vein of X-Men and Heroes, Tomorrow People is the story of several young people from around the world who represent the next stage in human evolution, possessing special powers, including the ability to teleport and communicate with each other telepathically. Together they work to defeat the forces of evil. Created by Roger Price, The Tomorrow People, ITV’s answer to BBC’s Dr. Who, ran on the commercial broadcaster for eight seasons from 1973-1979. Read More »

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Greg Berlanti & Julie Plec To Produce CW Adaptation Of UK Show ‘Tomorrow People’

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Tuesday November 13, 2012 @ 9:30am PSTTags: Greg Berlanti, Julie Plec, the CW, The Tomorrow People
Nellie Andreeva

The co-creators/ executive producers of the CW‘s two top-rated series, Arrow and The Vampire Diaries, have teamed for a new project at the network — a series adaptation of the cult British 1970s sci-fi series The Tomorrow People. Arrow‘s Greg Berlanti and The Vampire Diaries‘ Julie Plec will executive produce the project, written by Phil Klemmer (Chuck). In the vein of X-Men and Heroes, Tomorrow People is the story of several young people from around the world who represent the next stage in human evolution, possessing special powers, including the ability to teleport and communicate with each other telepathically. Together they work to defeat the forces of evil. Read More »

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