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katikat* CBS put in development a young Miss Marple TV show. "After inheriting her grandmother’s bookstore and realizing that things in this small California town aren’t what they seem, a young woman begins working as a private investigator to get to the bottom of the town’s mysteries." Via Deadline.
* CBS is also interested in an older Nancy Drew series. "Now in her 30s, who is a detective for the NYPD where she investigates and solves crimes using her uncanny observational skills, all while navigating the complexities of life in a modern world." Via Deadline.
* Another show CBS is interested in, is one about Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn. Described as "the reimagining of the iconic characters of Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn as adults in modern day America at a time that harkens back to the racial and class divides that inspired Mark Twain’s books. After a murder case brings them together in St. Louis, Tom Sawyer hires his previously estranged boyhood friend Huck Finn as an investigator for his foundering one-man legal firm and together they take on cases for people who don’t have anywhere else to turn." Via Deadline.
Hm, is it just me or did they take various ideas with a very distinct flavor and streamlined them and pummeled them into as bland a mush as possible?
* And CBS is also interested in a TV show about Elizabeth Bathory, yup, that real life mass murdering countess from Hungary. link.
* CBS is also interested in an older Nancy Drew series. "Now in her 30s, who is a detective for the NYPD where she investigates and solves crimes using her uncanny observational skills, all while navigating the complexities of life in a modern world." Via Deadline.
* Another show CBS is interested in, is one about Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn. Described as "the reimagining of the iconic characters of Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn as adults in modern day America at a time that harkens back to the racial and class divides that inspired Mark Twain’s books. After a murder case brings them together in St. Louis, Tom Sawyer hires his previously estranged boyhood friend Huck Finn as an investigator for his foundering one-man legal firm and together they take on cases for people who don’t have anywhere else to turn." Via Deadline.
Hm, is it just me or did they take various ideas with a very distinct flavor and streamlined them and pummeled them into as bland a mush as possible?
* And CBS is also interested in a TV show about Elizabeth Bathory, yup, that real life mass murdering countess from Hungary. link.
