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http://www.bleedingcool.com/2014/04/16/how-the-12-monkeys-tv-show-will-be-different-from-the-movie/
 

Syfy has ordered 12 episodes of a 12 Monkeys TV show, but it won’t just be the Terry Gilliam film stretched out over that many hours, reports Film Divider.
The site has reported on some of the pretty major changes that will mark Syfy’s new series as distinctly different. First of all, our time-traveling hero (played by Bruce Willis in the film and here by Aaron Stanford), is just an investigator, and doesn’t seem to have any personal baggage attached to returning to the past:

Our time travelling hero… doesn’t remember witnessing the death of a man, and any flashes or memories that he’s shown experiencing are simply of scenes from his undefined ‘home time’ in the future.

Cole’s responsibilities also seems to be bigger on the small screen. Instead of just being asked to get a sample of the original virus so maybe future scientists can create a cure, on the TV show he’s tasked with completely changing the future altogether:

He isn’t here to investigate, he’s here to change the future. And in a nice little twist, that echoes and will perhaps the film’s dreams of death, it’s established that if Cole does change the future and save the world, he’ll cease to exist.

Not only that, but he himself, with all his moving back and forth over time, may end up being part of the virus being created and spread in the first place:

…may be instrumental in creating the virus, with some help from a bacteria that he discovers in Cole’s blood. In this version, we’re being led to believe, Cole could actually be responsible for the outbreak by the virus of going back to try and stop it.

 

 

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http://www.tvguide.com/News/friday-13th-series-1080879.aspx

 

 

 

The hourlong horror-drama would bring hockey mask-wearing slasher Jason Vorhees back into pop culture after terrorizing audiences in a dozen films spread over 29 years and inspiring decades of simple Halloween costumes. Bill Basso (The Terminator) and Jordu Schell (Avatar) are writing the script, which will be set across multiple time periods but focus on Jason's former killing grounds, Camp Crystal Lake, and the residents who deal with Jason's return in present day.

 

 

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This will fail, simply because there are too many shows to choose from, not to mention the task of making the show good to begin with. Horror shows tend to not do that well. For a movie, Jason is perfect for a slasher flick. Don't have to develop characters for a movie. Don't have to have any real storyline for a slasher movie. Just have to set up the purpose of the characters being in the situation where they are in danger. Movies like the Friday the 13th movies do that in 20 minutes, tops. Then it's an hour or so of Jason terrorizing. It's good fun.

For a show...how are they going to do this? Have a FULL SEASON of character building, running, screaming, hiding, sex, and bad ideas that lead to demise?


Yeah, this show is gonna fail pretty hard.

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The former "Walking Dead" showrunner will pen the script for "Damien" via his overall deal with Fox Television Studios.

The former Walking Dead showrunner is developing a follow-up to the 1976 horror classic for Lifetime, The Hollywood Reporter has learned.
Titled Damien, the drama centers on the film's young boy Damien Thorn. Now an adult and haunted by his past, Damien is faced with a series of macabre events and must finally face his true destiny: he is the Antichrist.

Damien marks Mazzara's first TV gig following his season-and-a-half run on The Walking Dead, where he helped propel the zombie drama to then-record ratings. The Lifetime gig also marks his latest movie-to-TV adaptation, joining Starz's Crash follow-up. On the big-screen, Mazzara is writing Overlook Hotel, a prequel to Stephen King's horror classic, The Shining.

 

 

when will it stop?

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The key is finding the right tone for the show. Hannibal is about as perfect as you can get. I didn't think anybody would be able to 'become' Hannibal after Anthony Hopkins. but Mads is making me forget all about Tony...

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