Casting directors have been hired for two more drama pilots for the CW, Back Stage confirmed. Production dates for both pilots are Tba.Tracy Lilienfield and Jeff Meshel are casting the CW drama pilot "Joey Dakota," a romantic sci-fi musical about a time-traveling documentary filmmaker who must find a way to save her rock star boyfriend from an untimely death. Based on the successful Israeli half-hour series "Danny Hollywood," the pilot is written by Bert Royal ("Easy A"). Royal is also executive producing with Mark Harmon, Eric and Kim Tannenbaum, and Martha Haight for CBS TV Studios.Lilienfield and Meshel have just formed a new casting partnership, and "Dakota" will be one of the first projects for their new office. Lilienfield's casting credits include the CBS comedies "$#*! My Dad Says" and "The New Adventures of Old Christine," the TBS comedy "My Boys," and NBC's "Will & Grace." Meshel cast the TV.
- 2/13/2012
- by help@backstage.com (Daniel Lehman)
- backstage.com
The CW has ordered three more intriguing drama pilots: One from J.J. Abrams, one that’s a “time-travel musical” (!) and a third that one insider described as “The Hunger Games meets The Bachelor.”
This is a very interesting crop. Here’s how it breaks down:
Title: The Selection
Logline: Based on the forthcoming series of books by Kiera Cass, The Selection is an epic romance set 300 years in the future which centers on a poor young woman who is chosen by lottery to participate in a competition to become the next queen of a war-torn nation at a crossroads.
Executive...
This is a very interesting crop. Here’s how it breaks down:
Title: The Selection
Logline: Based on the forthcoming series of books by Kiera Cass, The Selection is an epic romance set 300 years in the future which centers on a poor young woman who is chosen by lottery to participate in a competition to become the next queen of a war-torn nation at a crossroads.
Executive...
- 1/31/2012
- by James Hibberd
- EW - Inside TV
Exclusive: The CW has bought Danny Hollywood, an hourlong project based on the successful Israeli half-hour series of the same name. Easy A writer Bert V Royal is writing the adaptation and is executive producing with Mark Harmon, Eric & Kim Tannenbaum and Martha Haight for CBS TV Studios. In the time travel fantasy-musical, a young documentary filmmaker travels back in time in order to prevent the death of her ’90s musical idol Danny Hollywood, and finds that the story is even more complicated than she thought. In the original, created and produced by Tmira Yardeni and Ori Gross, the 21st century documentary filmmaker travels back to 1968. The series aired 200 episodes on Yes Stars channel, more than tripping the channel’s average viewership over its run and garnering a 12% market share — six times the channel average — for its finale. (You can watch a trailer here.) Danny Hollywood is distributed internationally by Armoza Formats,...
- 11/7/2011
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
Filed under: Reality-Free, TV Previews, TV News
After years of producing similar angst-ridden teen dramas, The CW is heading in a slightly different direction with its new time traveling musical project.
The network has bought the rights to 'Danny Hollywood,' an hour-long project based on the successful Israeli half-hour series of the same name, according to a report in Deadline.
The adaptation already has some big names behind it. 'Easy A' writer Bert V Royal is currently writing the American version, and is also executive producing the project with 'NCIS' star Mark Harmon, Eric and Kim Tannenbaum and Martha Haight.
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After years of producing similar angst-ridden teen dramas, The CW is heading in a slightly different direction with its new time traveling musical project.
The network has bought the rights to 'Danny Hollywood,' an hour-long project based on the successful Israeli half-hour series of the same name, according to a report in Deadline.
The adaptation already has some big names behind it. 'Easy A' writer Bert V Royal is currently writing the American version, and is also executive producing the project with 'NCIS' star Mark Harmon, Eric and Kim Tannenbaum and Martha Haight.
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- 11/7/2011
- by Crystal Bell
- Aol TV.
Exclusive: Writer Sascha Penn has landed 2 premium script deals: one at Fox for Unknown, a drama with Brett Ratner attached to executive produce, and one at the CW for Confessions of a Back-Up Dancer with Marcos Siega attached to direct and produce. The CW pact is now being finalized. Unknown is described as an action series in the vein of The Fugitive that follows a man on a journey to discover who he really is. Penn wrote it on spec, which Martha Haight, president of Rat TV, took to Bert Salke, the recently appointed president of 20th TV's division Fox21. Fox21 is producing the Fox project, which is eyed to film abroad, possibly in China. Ratner is executive producing with Penn serving as co-exec producer. Confessions of a Back-Up Dancer, from Warner Bros. TV and Alloy Entertainment, is an adaptation of Alloy's young adult novel by Tucker Shaw. Penn is writing the project,...
- 9/30/2010
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
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