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Celeb News: ABC orders pilot for reimagining of Beauty & The Beast
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ABC orders pilot for reimagining of Beauty & The Beast
I already called it a few days ago in the OUAT thread and now here we have confirmation...
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On the heels of The CW ordering a pilot rebooting the late-1980s Beauty and the Beast romantic drama-slash-procedural, ABC has picked up its own Beauty and the Beast pilot, this one more rooted in fairy tale lore.
Penned and to be executive-produced by Jon Steinberg (Human Target, Jericho), ABC’s Beast promises “a fantastical reimagining of the classic fairy tale, set in a mythical, dangerous world wherein a beautiful and tough Princess discovers an unlikely connection with a mysterious beast.”
Gary Fleder (Life Unexpected) and Mary Beth Basile (October Road) will also serve as EPs on the project, which is based out of ABC Studios.
Once again, for maximum clarity: ABC’s Beauty and the Beast is deeply rooted in fairy tale lore. The CW’s pilot is a redo of the Linda Hamilton/Ron Perlman series.
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http://www.tvline.com/2012/01/pilot-...and-the-beast/
This doesn't mean it's certain to be picked up for the 2012-2013 season, but it's very likely as the show would be a perfect match to another fairy tale show Once Upon A Time, which happens to be #1 scripted drama of the season.
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I personally think adding another fantasy show to the line up, especially paired with OUAT will hurt it
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Originally posted by Lee!!
I personally think adding another fantasy show to the line up, especially paired with OUAT will hurt it
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Why is that?
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Why is that?
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I think it would just tire out the genre, especially if they air back to back. They have a hit in OUAT and they should try everything to keep it a hit. I just don't think ABC would be smart to do that but it's up to them! haha
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They should keep OUAT on Sundays for the second season and air Beauty and the Beast on Fridays (there is nothing good on abc on Fridays)
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I would only watch it with Jessica Chastain as Belle. Too bad she's too big for this ****.
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Originally posted by Lee!!
I think it would just tire out the genre, especially if they air back to back. They have a hit in OUAT and they should try everything to keep it a hit. I just don't think ABC would be smart to do that but it's up to them! haha
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Good point. Personally, I think it could work. OUAT is a "family show" that draws in a lot of female viewers, despite its unique theme. The Beauty & The Beast series needs to be a lot darker and bad-ass to draw in some male viewers, yet also appeal to women with its strong romantic background. It would be a disaster to show them on different days. It's just too soon to tell though. When we have a cast, a clear concept and a series order from ABC with a full-fledged trailer, we can talk again.
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EXCLUSIVE: In the annals of pilot history, this will probably go down as one of the greatest oddities ever: director-producer Gary Fleder, executive producer of ABC’s Beauty And The Beast pilot, has come on board to direct the other Beauty And The Beast pilot at the CW. This adds an additional layer to the already strange coincidence of having two Beauty And The Beast projects with the same title picked up to pilot by 2 networks in the same season. Despite the identical title and origin — they can both be traced back to the classic fairytale and use loosely its mythology and archetypes — the two Beauty And The Beast projects are very different. The ABC/ABC Studios one, written by Jonathan E. Steinberg, is described as a fantasy realm adventure and a period reimagining of the fairy tale set in a mythical, dangerous world. The CW/CBS TV Studios version, written by Jennifer Levin & Sherri Cooper, is loosely based on the 1980s CBS series starring Linda Hamilton and is a modern-day romantic love story with a crime procedural element.
The ABC Beauty And The Beast was developed through Fleder’s ABC Studios-based Mojo Films and was never intended as a directing vehicle for him. Fleder only helms Mojo projects if they feel right for him as a director. He and his development executive Mary Beth Basile are executive producing the Beauty pilot and potential series with Steinberg.
On the CW’s Beauty And the Beast, in addition to directing, Fleder is attached as executive producer for the pilot only. The gig reunites him with the CW and CBS Studios where he directed the pilot and 4 more episodes of praised series Life Unexpected, which he also executive produced. It also reunites him with new CW president Mark Pedowitz with whom WME-repped Fleder worked at ABC.
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http://www.deadline.com/2012/02/beas...ect-the-other/
Negative Review of a blogger who read a first draft of the pilot script:
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BEAUTY AND THE BEAST
Network: ABC
Written By: Jon Steinberg
Draft Date: January 18, 2012
Pages: 59
Disclaimer!
Okay, I'm just ripping the wax off with this one...
I hate this script.
There's really not much else to say, though I'm going to try and find words instead of impolite expletives.
WHAT THE **** IS THIS SHOW?????
Sorry. I'm better. Thanks.
I'm going to make an attempt to describe what it is, then expound on why I'm so incensed.
The basic story here is a girl trying to help her father, in her quest to help him she gets herself held captive, and then perhaps falls for her captor, who then allows her to leave to save her dad.
So, yes, the basic plot twists and turns are very reminiscent of a certain animated feature film version of the Beauty and the Beast fairy tale.
But then there's how the details of those broad strokes are filled out, and everything else.
I've spent a few hours now, off and on, trying to figure out the best way to describe what, exactly, those details are without coming off like a flame thrower in an oxygen tent. For the moment, I find myself incapable of expressing anything but my visceral reaction.
There is a lot going on and a lot of characters (courtiers and council meetings and soldier fiancees and old crones with obscure wisdom and fights with monsters and rebel encampments and daring rescue attempts and toad-ish nonhumans that only talk in grunts but can be understood by a select group of people, Chewbacca-style), and there is also very little going on and almost no one who could be described beyond stock.
I'm not sure what's being fought for, or what's truly at stake, or why I as a viewer in 2012 should care or be invested.
I don't feel the epic romance connection between the beauty/princess and the supposed beast/seven-foot-tall giant soldier rebel samurai-ish guy.
Even rules of the world feel arbitrary and constantly shifting, down to the system of government (which had been based on "Emperor dies and we find someone born that same day and make him the new Emperor because maybe he has the old one's soul" and following a rebellion/assassination is now semi-hereditary although I think the script implied the crown princess needs to marry to actually ascend to her throne, but now there's another rebellion brewing trying to go back to the old ways... or something).
I've decided that this is simply something that I will need to see to judge, because I can't do it from the page. I'm confused. I'm an avid reader of fantasy fiction and I'm confused by what I just read. Of anyone I know... I think I should be the one who understands this stuff. And I'm confused.
A confused viewer (not the same thing as an intrigued viewer) is one who turns the channel.
And this is a broadcast network's first attempt at a pure fantasy show post-HBO's Game of Thrones? No wonder I'm not on board. Calling this Beauty and the Beast is a mistake, too. Sure, it may have the basics of the story, but it sets up wildly unmet expectations.
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http://www.spoilertv.com/2012/02/pil...and-beast.html
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Christopher Egan cast as Gorrick
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Onetime Hellcat Ashley Tisdale has landed a lead role in CBS’ Louis C.K./Spike Feresten-produced multi-camera comedy.
Also making our latest pilot casting roundup is Mad Love‘s Tyler Labine and Kings alum Chris Egan.
• High School Musical alumna Tisdale joins the aforementioned untitled project — which revolves around a group of young people trying to achieve their creative dreams in these tough financial times — as Petra, the beautiful, sarcastic assistant to a New York-based vintage clothing designer. Deadline first reported the news.
• Egan has landed the first role in ABC’s reimagining of the classic Disney fairy tale Beauty and the Beast. He’ll play Gorrick, a Gaston-like character who is the fiancé of the show’s embattled leading lady, Grace.
* Labine will co-star opposite Justin Kirk in NBC’s single-camera comedy Animal Kingdom. The project centers on a House-like veterinarian (Kirk) who loves animals but usually hates their owners. Labine will play a fellow vet.
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http://www.tvline.com/2012/02/ashley...-ck-cbs-pilot/
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So CW and ABC will both have Beauty & The Beast TV series and Emma Watson is starring in a Beauty & The Beast film?
What kind of Beauty & The Beast overload? 
I say drop the 2 tv shows and keep Emma's movie. 
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I heard Kristin Kreuk will be the "beauty" on one of these shows 
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I heard Kristin Kreuk will be the "beauty" on one of these shows |
She was for the CW version
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Originally posted by Lee!!
I think it would just tire out the genre, especially if they air back to back. They have a hit in OUAT and they should try everything to keep it a hit. I just don't think ABC would be smart to do that but it's up to them! haha
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Exactly.
They should wait all over till OUAT ends.
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So CW and ABC will both have Beauty & The Beast TV series and Emma Watson is starring in a Beauty & The Beast film?
What kind of Beauty & The Beast overload?
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Yes, just like the Snow White overload this year. They can drop the CW version, but the ABC one looks really interesting. 
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If this affects Once Upon A Time's ratings I'm gonna go on a serious rant.
It's like the best written TV series in a while.
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If this affects Once Upon A Time's ratings I'm gonna go on a serious rant.
It's like the best written TV series in a while.
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Why should this show hurt OUAT's ratings? I don't get it. The only thing that is hurting its ratings is that terrible 'Grimm' show on NBC and airing against every football game and Grammy Awards.
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Darius Campbell cast as The Beast
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Of this pilot season’s two Beauty and the Beast projects, ABC’s has emerged as the first to cast its creature.
Scottish actor-singer Darius Campbell has landed the role of Shiro, a beastly bodyguard who forms an unlikely bond with a yet-to-be-cast embattled princess named Grace.
Previously for ABC’s Beast — which is described as a re-imagining of the classic fairy tale — Aussie actor Christopher Egan (Kings) was cast as Grace’s fiancé Gorrick.
A relative newcomer to television acting (save for BBC’s Hotel Babylon), Campbell’s primary outlet to date has been West End stage musicals (including Chicago and Guys and Dolls) and singing (he’s a platinum-selling singer-songwriter). He also competed and reached the finals on the UK’s Pop Idol.
Interestingly, Egan also is no stranger to stage musicals, though there has been no indication that ABC’s Beast will have any musical element. I’m merely throwing that out there.
The CW also has a Beauty and the Beast pilot in the works this development season, though theirs is a reboot of the late-1980s TV series starring Linda Hamilton and Ron Perlman. That B&B already found its beauty in Smallville alumna Kristin Kreuk.
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http://www.tvline.com/2012/02/abc-be...rius-campbell/
I agree with the article that it's now very likely the show will have a musical aspect attached to it, just like the original disney movie.
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