Saturday 27 July 2013

NBC Announces Remakes of Rosemary's Baby and The Tommyknockers

Whether they call them "limited series", "limited run" series or "event series", it looks like the miniseries is coming back in a big way on TV. Today at the TCA (Television Critics Association) press tour, NBC announced several new miniseries in the works, including a four-hour biopic about Hilary Clinton, starring Dianne Lane.

In addition, NBC announced they will be doing miniseries remakes of two horror well-known stories - Rosemary's Baby and Stephen King's The Tommyknockers. Based on a novel, Rosemary's Baby was of course also an iconic feature film from Roman Polanski, starring Mia Farrow, while The Tommyknockers was done as a miniseries in 1993. In making the announcement about The Tommyknockers, NBC Chairman Robert Greenblatt acknowledged CBS's success with Under the Dome as perhaps helping them take a look at the Stephen King catalog.

NBC had previously ordered a follow-up to the hugely successful The Bible (which aired on History), from producer Mark Burnett. NBC will also be teaming with Burnett on a Plymouth Rock-themed miniseries.

On the miniseries/limited series front, FOX has several in the works as well, including M. Night Shyamalan's Wayward Pines and 24: Live Another Day, while FX is also developing projects like a new version of The Last of the Mohicans.


Source : ign[dot]com

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