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Transformers writers + Underworld director = Sleepy Hollow TV show
As if Robert Orci and Alex Kurtzman weren't already busy enough with TV shows and movies including (among others) the Star Trek sequel, the writing superteam has just paired with Underworld director Len Wiseman for a TV series based on the legend of Sleep Hollow. But, of course, with a twist.
The trio will co-executive produce the prospective series, titled (so far) simply Sleepy Hollow, together. Orci and Kurtzman will script the project with co-writer Phillip Iscove (who came up the idea), and Wiseman will direct the pilot.
The show will be a modern-day re-imaging of the classic Washington Irving legend, and will feature Ichabod Crane teaming up with a female local sheriff to solve all manner of mysteries in their town. So it seems like a Supernatural/X-Files/Fringe/Buffy the Vampire Slayer kind of hybrid, with a classic name.
As we move past the 2012 pilot season and into the pitching season for the 2013-2014 TV year, this is going to be one of the big projects to watch. No one's picked it up yet, but all the major networks are likely to hear about this show, and with the talent behind it it's likely to be very sought-after.
sounds good will be looking out for it. sounds a bit like grimm. thanks for the info
New Show Watch: Welcome to Sleepy Hollow
Take a look at another one of FOX’s new genre shows coming this fall!
Created by [i]Fringe and Star Trek writer-producers Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci, Sleepy Hollow tells the story of an eighteenth century soldier who is ripped through time 250 years into the future. There Ichabod Crane (Tom Mison) partners with Detective Abbie Mills (Nicole Beharie), using his secret knowledge of the American Revolution and the Founding Fathers to help solve the small town’s greatest mysteries.
But also yanked forward in time is Crane’s mortal enemy, the Headless Horseman, who goes on a killing spree.
Sleepy Hollow will air Mondays at 9/8c, following Bones at the start of the fall season. Late in the fall (probably after the World Series) Bones will take a break, and Sleepy Hollow will follow the new sci-fi series Almost Human.
And here is FOX’s full description of the show:
What if you suddenly woke up from the throes of death 250 years in the future to find the world is on the brink of destruction, caused by unimaginable events, and you are humanity’s last hope? Welcome to SLEEPY HOLLOW, the thrilling new mystery-adventure drama from co-creators/executive producers Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci (“Star Trek” and “Transformers” franchises, “Fringe”). In this modern-day retelling of Washington Irving’s classic, ICHABOD CRANE (Tom Mison, “Salmon Fishing in the Yemen”) is resurrected and pulled two and a half centuries through time to unravel a mystery that dates all the way back to the founding fathers.
Revived alongside Ichabod is the infamous Headless Horseman who is on a murderous rampage in present-day Sleepy Hollow. Bound to the Headless Horseman by a blood spell cast on the battlefield of the American Revolution, Ichabod quickly realizes that stopping Headless is just the beginning, as the resurrected rider is but the first of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. As this re-invented Ichabod finds himself in present-day Sleepy Hollow, he discovers a town and a world he no longer recognizes. All that is brutally familiar are Headless and Ichabod’s determination to annihilate this immortal being.
It’s a mission he must complete quickly, as Headless already has viciously slain Sheriff AUGUST CORBIN (guest star Clancy Brown, “Cowboys & Aliens,” “Carnivale”). Grey served both as mentor and father figure to Detective ABBIE MILLS (Nicole Beharie, “Shame,” “American Violet”), a young cop whose own supernatural experiences help her form an unlikely bond with Ichabod. But Sleepy Hollow’s head of police, Captain FRANK IRVING (Orlando Jones, “The Chicago 8,” “Drumline”), isn’t buying any of this. In fact, the only person who is on Abbie’s side is Ichabod. His extensive first-hand knowledge of our secret American history, coupled with her superior profiling and modern threat assessment skills, will make them a formidable duo as they work together to triumph over evil. The complex pasts of Ichabod and Abbie, from Ichabod’s inclusion in the powerful and secretive Freemasons Society and the ghostly appearance of his late wife, KATRINA (Katia Winter, “Dexter”), to Abbie’s childhood visions, will help them solve the intricate puzzles of Sleepy Hollow in order to protect its future. As history repeats itself, the oddly-linked pair will draw on the real stories and hallowed secrets this nation was founded on in their quest to stop an increasingly vicious cycle of evil.
SLEEPY HOLLOW is from K/O Paper Products in association with 20th Century Fox Television. The series is co-created by Alex Kurtzman, Roberto Orci, Phillip Iscove and Len Wiseman (“Hawaii Five-0,” “Underworld” and “Total Recall”). The series is executive-produced by Kurtzman, Orci, Wiseman and Heather Kadin. Iscove serves as supervising producer. Wiseman directed the pilot.
preview trailer:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEi9-LBAmds
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