I am – Hercules!!

AMC, which thinks it’s so big because its first original miniseries “Broken Trail” did so well in the ratings, just announced a whole slew of new original projects.

Among them is the until-now hush-hush proposed series created by Warren Ellis, the finest comic book writer not named Alan Moore. From Wednesday morning’s Variety:

… graphic novelist Warren Ellis' half-hour "Dead Channel," a sci-fi story about a fictional entertainment industry …

Ellis, who's never written a TV pilot before, says he got pointers from his pal Joss Whedon. Read all of Variety’s story about what AMC is up to here.

Ellis-y Goodness!!
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