Showing posts with label Revival. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Revival. Show all posts

Thursday, February 20, 2014

WINTER 2014: COULD 'PUSHING DAISIES' RISE FROM THE DEAD AND ONTO THE STAGE?


Is Pushing Daisies making a comeback? Well one former star sure hopes so.

Pushing Daisies aired on ABC from 2007 to 2009 and while it was a critically-acclaimed hit and cult favorite, the show suffered from low ratings and the 2007-2008 Writers Guild of America strike. Well flashforward almost five years and buzz is hitting the internet that Pushing Daisies could be revived as a stage musical.

The show's creator, Bryan Fuller, has been in talks with director Barry Sonnenfeld and Warner Brothers Studio about a possible stage or movie musical. And he has also been discussing some sort of revival with former star and Broadway vet Kristin Chenoweth, who portrayed "Pie Hole" waitress Olive Snook. Fuller would ideally love to center the revival around Chenoweth's Olive but much of it would depend on how many original cast members would return to the project.

While a television revival would certainly be appealing to long-time fans of this Cancelled-Too-Soon show, staging a musical production would give Pushing Daisies a new perspective, take the characters and storytelling in an updated direction, and utilize the talent of stage actors Chenoweth, Lee Pace, and Ellen Greene, just to name a few.

We're eagerly waiting to see how this will turn out. Stay Tuned!

Thursday, October 24, 2013

FALL 2013: WILL ABC RESURRECT 'BODY OF PROOF'?


Is ABC considering bringing Body of Proof back from the dead?

Could be.

The network's new fall dramas have been struggling to find an audience. Lucky 7 has already been canceled, Betrayal is not long for this world, and Once Upon a Time in Wonderland has been a major letdown. Meanwhile, Marvel's Agents of SHIELD is the only drama to be picked up for a full season, and even that show is tanking every week.

Talks of reviving the Dana Delany medical drama began at the start of the fall season, after it was written off at the conclusion of the third season. If ABC goes through with the move, Body of Proof will resume with its fourth season. The big question, however, is who would return to the drama? Some actors have already moved on with other commitments and projects, and most likely the show would have a reduced budget that couldn't accommodate all of its previous cast. 

While the return is only at the talking stages, we definitely know that if Dana Delany doesn't return, viewers won't return to Body of Proof. Might as well just re-name it D.O.A.