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VERONICA MARS Mastermind Rob Thomas Gets A Third Pilot Greenlight??
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Rob Thomas, creator of “Veronica Mars,” has just gotten the green light to shoot his third pilot script of the coming season.
It’s an ABC remake of a New Zealand series titled “Outrageous Fortune,” about a mother who tries to make her family of criminals go straight.
Thomas’ other pilot efforts for the coming season include a remake of his ‘90s comedy hourlong “Cupid” for ABC and a sequel to “Beverly Hills 90210” for The CW.
Read all of Variety’s story on the matter here.
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ABC is known for its quality television...
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can't this guy come up with something original? even veronica mars (which I loved) came from a book.
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CW? Are you listening?
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!!!!
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Yes, I'm glad to see him getting work, but spreading himself thin over three lesser shows is not going to help him any. He's turning into a Josh Schwartz, which isn't a good thing. Go back to VM.
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he should do a remake or a sequel
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A book HE was writing.
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Too bad his talent isn't.
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And even though it was effectively a remake was never once in any of the promos linked to the Aussie series even though the writers penned the first epi.
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I guess the theory is that you make a load of pilots and hope that at least ONE of these shows is going to make it. Except usually I don't recall one guy making so many pilots at the same time. If they all get picked up, I guess he'll have to give away 1-2 of them or else invest in speed.
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Or is he just getting these shows started then leaving them with other showrunners if successful?
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So let me get this straight? He has multiple failed shows and suck movies so he gets rewarded with 3 pilots?!? Man, I gotta move to Hollywood....
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I am hoping that the Cupid pilot is the only one to get picked up to that Rob can just focus on making one great show instead of three mediocre ones. But knowing Hollywood, the 90210 spin-off will be the one to succeed and Rob will stay with it for a season then leave to make another show that will probably just be cancelled in a year and then people will start back up about him doing a VM movie. Mark my words. ps... this is coming from a huge VM fan.
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Veronica Mars was so terrible! No suprise it got canned.
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Two of those were very engaging and well done. The other, Dawson's, overblown and ham fisted so I don't know what to think about the latest news. However, it couldn't be a worse that quarterlife....could it? Sounds like a network version of The Riches.
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likes me some Rob Thomas, but this is pushing it. can you imagine if even two of these shows get picked up? he'll be stretched too thin and his input will be pretty minimal on each show. excited, but still... three fuckin shows?
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so he's got three pilots and they're all remakes?
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I speak only for my own predilections. If you liked the show, applause to you for being able find beauty and grace in something I could not. You are among many who enjoyed it, however I found it just to be another in a long line of attempts by writers to pull in the teen angst audience and generate enough viewers to make the sponsors happy and give the writers another day of employment, in which it was very successful in doing.
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The show doesn't know if it wants to be a comedy or a drama tackling serious issues and awkwardly tries to mix the two with poor results. So a remake can only be for the best I'd say.
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Holy Mother of God! Stop dinking around with all these other crap shows and get back to your masterpiece! Shop it somewhere - FX, Lifetime, A & E, ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX, even frikking Spike might be interested in this show! We needs us some more of the tiny blonde one!
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I've never experienced such a thing, but I'm pretty sure I would let her.
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In terms of acting chops. NBC, do whatever the fcuk it takes to get her on board as a regular for season 3 of Heroes. They need her more than she needs them.
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What is this world coming to?
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That they have former cast members of The Tribe on it like the original version does.
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is full of goodness , i love that little babe.
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At least I'm G-rated, unlike Sick Fixx, mind you ;)
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but everybody here knows you would let her pee on you, so it kind of goes without saying.
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