Infos CW #2 (Renouvellements, Pilots)

Comic-Con 2012: Joss Whedon's 'Dr. Horrible' to Air on the CW
The three-part web series starring Neil Patrick Harris, Nathan Fillion and Felicia Day will air in the fall on the youth-skewing network.

Captain Hammer is heading to the CW.

Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog, the three-part web series created by geek god Joss Whedon, will air on the youth-skewing network, the Buffy the Vampire Slayer creator announced Friday during a panel celebrating his Dark Horse comic series at Comic-Con.

The musical starring Neil Patrick Harris (How I Met Your Mother), Castle's Nathan Fillion and web superstar Felicia Day (The Guild) will air at a date to be determined in the fall, a network representative confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter.

The story of an evil villain who really isn't evil at all was written by Whedon, his brothers Jed and Zack as well as Maurissa Tancharoen and released online in three parts via iTunes in 2008. Whedon and company created Dr. Horrible during the writers strike as a way to avoid the studio system and use the time during its 100-day run. Fillion co-starred as Captain Hammer, the most vain super hero in the world and Day played both Hammer and Dr. Horrible's love interest.

Whedon and company produced the series themselves, handling production, distribution and marketing and debuted the 45-minute effort at Comic-Con to an overwhelming response from Buffyverse fans. The series continues to be a Comic-Con staple with live sing-alongs continuing to take place every year at Comic-Con since the series' debut.

Dr. Horrible won a Creative Arts Emmy in 2009 for outstanding special class shortform program.

The CW is in talks to turn Battle Royale into a TV series. Yes, really.

The LA Times reports that the network is in preliminary discussions to acquire the rights to Koushun Takami’s novel, which was the basis for the hit Japanese film of the same name.

Battle Royale of course was mentioned often this year in connection to The Hunger Games, thanks to the similarity of their “kids forced to kill each other by the government” plotlines. And The CW in fact raised some eyebrows when they ordered a pilot this year for The Selection, which seemed to be inspired by Hunger Games’ huge popularity in the U.S. – telling the tale of a teenage girl living in the future, chosen by lottery to compete to become the new ruler of her society. While the network did not order The Selection to series, in May, they said it was still in contention to eventually be picked up, following retooling.

The Times says that one sticking point for The CW will be securing the approval of Takami, which is necessary under Japanese law. The Times spoke to Joyce Jun, an attorney representing U.S. rights to Battle Royale, who told them “There is no deal in place,” while The CW told The Times there has been some discussion but wouldn’t comment further.

loulouti a écrit:oh non ,lol que l'idée soit adaptée par hbo par exemple, je veux bien mais par la cw non