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 Diane 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 1968 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.
Scott Abbott (Introducing Dorothy Dandridge, Winchell) will serve as writer on Rosemary’s Baby. Executive producers are Joshua Maurer, David Stern, Perri Kipperman and Alix Witlin. Executive producers on The Tommyknockers are Frank Konigsberg and Larry Sanitsky. Emmy Award winner Yves Simoneau (Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee) is attached to direct.
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 Plymouth, about the story of the Pilgrims.
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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