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Carlton Cuse’s First Post-LOST Series Is A&E’s BATES MOTEL!!
Serial murderers continue to be all the TV rage!
Just as NBC’s “Hannibal” will examine what Dr. Lecter was up to before his unsavory ways became public knowledge, so will “Bates Motel” follow the adventures of Norman Bates before the world learned he was psycho.
A&E greenlit 10 episodes without shooting a pilot. Jason Katims protégé Kerry Ehrin (“Friday Night Lights,” “Parenthood”) will serve as writer and executive producer alongside Cuse.
This is Carlton Cuse’s first series since he ended his tenure as ABC’s “Lost” showrunner two years ago.
This fall we’re getting an eighth season of “Criminal Minds” and a seventh season of “Dexter.” Midseason brings both “Hannibal” and Fox’s serial-killer drama “The Following.”
In 1987, Universal shot a 90-minute "Bates Motel" pilot, but that was a sequel that followed Norman's asylum roommate (played by Bud Cort) after the "cured" roomie inherited the motel.
Find all of Deadline’s story on the matter here.
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Civil War show he was working on?! I was looking forward to that.
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I think Matt Bomer could play Bundy really well, with a comedic angle. They could show how misunderstood serial killers are, how they are mostly lovable and charming. They only have a problem every few months or so. Otherwise they're great people.
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norman was in an institution all along and never killed anyone, it was all in his mind.
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It feels like one season would be enough. If this was a British show, 4 episodes a season, could work. I just think Norman talking to his dead mother and killing a woman here and there will get old fast.
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civil war show is called, Point of Honor. he's still working on it, no network has committed to picking up the show yet.
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Thanks for the heads up! That showed sounded much more appealing than a Norman Bates show, and wasn't the type of show that had to live up to the hype of Lost (huge unapologetic Lost fan speaking).
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July 2, 2012, 5:07 p.m. CST
I get the feeling he was a big reason why Lost sucked later on
by FrodoFraggins
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just a few of the reasons hollywood sucketh so much ass
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July 2, 2012, 6:04 p.m. CST
the Bates prequel sounds more promising then Lindelof's post-LOST HBO gig
by Titus05
we'll see who was the real brains behind LOST after both shows start airing...whichever show sucks gets the blame for LOST's ending
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I think some of these new serial killer shows need to understand that. What will this show be? Every week someone goes to his hotel and he kills them? What possible on going story will there be?
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Sounds like a barrel of laughs watching some guy's mother drive him over the edge, I'll see you guys at the big premier watch party...
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Go with proven property, can't be held responsible for its flopping.
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All i can think of is the adventures of a transvestite Norman Bates.
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Then I might've been interested... ah well.
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July 3, 2012, 12:05 a.m. CST
This again proves my treatment for the new series, "Nakatomi: The Joe Takagi Saga" has merit
by theDORK
For who doesn't want to see a compelling pre-Die Hard series revolving around a young Joe Takagi and his corporate rise to power in the Nakatomi Corporation? There could be cameo appearances by Argyle, a young Holly Gennaro in early job interviews...hell, even a young Al Powell walking a beat. Proves my ideas are better than these J.J. Abrams hacks.
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Not THE GRUBERS, just... G R U B E RS It will be the origin of Hans Gruber and the rest of the Gruber clan as master heistmeisters. Hint: the Gruber family got their criminal start as Nazi art thieves during WWII. Of course, John McClane's grandpa is an American war hero that rubs shoulders with the Grubers during the war.
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July 3, 2012, 1:54 a.m. CST
Oh, and my Mad Men-esque corporate espionage sci-fi series W-Y needs some love
by lv_426
It tells the story of the early days leading up to and after the merger between Weyland Industries and the Yutani Corporation.
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July 3, 2012, 1:58 a.m. CST
thedork -- of course, we can get meta and tie Die Hard to Aliens
by lv_426
with the idea that the Nakatomi Corporation is bought in a hostile takeover by the Yutani Corporation in the early 21st Century.
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July 3, 2012, 1:59 a.m. CST
Fox can shoot parts of both the Nakatomi series and the W-Y series at Fox Plaza
by lv_426
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July 3, 2012, 2 a.m. CST
maybe have a Colonial Marine character named McClane in the W-Y series?
by lv_426
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July 3, 2012, 3:57 a.m. CST
Terrible Idea. not sure when deconstructing a monster/murderer has ever worked.
by higgledyhiggles
You don`t need to know how `evil` became itself. it undermines the whole scariness of the character. The whole point is your not supposed to understand it. That`s what makes it threatening.
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July 3, 2012, 3:58 a.m. CST
Still, I like Cuse, he was involved with Jack of All Trades and even has a cameo I believe as a soldier.
by higgledyhiggles
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I know you're joking, but if I had millions of cash laying around I would fund your ideas and make them happen as a fantastically hilarious parody. Brilliance!
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July 3, 2012, 7:56 a.m. CST
What the fuck happened to the Civil War show?
by The_Guy_Who_Invented_Coca_Cola
I read an interview with Cuse from like a year ago and he mentioned being in the casting and location scouting stage. Can a pilot/series fall through when they're that far into it?
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imhotep that evil egyptian dude! yes, you read it hear first!
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July 3, 2012, 11:52 a.m. CST
You guys have forgotten the most obvious and entertaining "Die Hard" prequel
by jim
we can call it "Johnson & Johnson", following the crime-fighting antics of agents Jonhson and Johnson, with flashbacks to before they were partners: One was in Vietnam, the other was in Junior High (dickhead).
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more like "Fantasy Island" than a show about a serial killer?
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About the journo/photographer's origin story, leading up to him breaking his leg before the events of Rear Window. Perfect for AMC. January Jones can be the blonde girlfriend character. Maybe get Bryan Cranston for JBF Jeffries, after Breaking Bad is finished.
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July 4, 2012, 10:52 a.m. CST
Also: I thought it would have been cool to have a Die Hard/NYPD Blue "crossover" of sorts:
by theDORK
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Back when NYPD Blue was still in production, have Bruce cameo as a NYC cop who crosses paths with Sipowicz (Dennis Franz). There doesn't have to be any dialog. A shame the NYPD Blue producers never considered doing that...perhaps it would have been too out of the realm of reality the series was in. Still, it would have been fun.
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With both Hannibal & Bates Motel being prequels, will they actually be set in the 80's and 50's, respectively?
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It starred Olivia Hussey and Anthony Perkins, I think.
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The young Norman was played by Henry Thomas of "E.T." fame.
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I think it actually sounds good?
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July 5, 2012, 8:38 a.m. CST
because this worked so well in the star wars prequels.
by Arcadian Del Sol
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Because he looks like Anthony Perkins...
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