Update: 21:00 Here is a quote from Michael Emerson to EW about the show.
“I really am AMAZED that what started out as some kidding-around on the set of LOST has turned into a network TV reality! I’m still reeling from this sudden turn of events. I’m an actor who has never even succeeded in testing for a pilot and here I find myself involved in a project custom-built for Terry and me! Can’t tell you how thrilling it is to be part of the Bad Robot family and enter into this exciting collaboration with Warner Brothers and NBC! Have we ARRIVED or what?! But best of all will be that day when Terry and I show up on the set of a brand new show, look around, shrug our shoulders and say “Let’s get started!” My fingers are crossed! (Did I use enough exclamation points? ha!)”
Source: EW
Thanks to everyone for the heads up.
What do you know -- the Lost castaways have found new primetime land. A fresh hourlong project starring Lost alums Michael Emerson and Terry O'Quinn and executive produced by Lost co-creator/exec producer JJ Abrams has landed at NBC with a big put pilot commitment. Lost's home network, ABC, did bid aggressively on the the show and came close to locking it in. But, after the show went down to the wire with ABC, NBC ultimately snagged it. Life on Mars co-creators/exec producers Josh Appelbaum and Andre Nemec, who worked with Abrams on his ABC spy drama Alias, are writing the pilot for Warner Bros TV and Abrams' Bad Robot. Appelbaum and Nemec are executive producing with Abrams and Bryan Burk. Like with all JJ Abrams projects, the premise for the show, called for now Odd Jobs, is being kept under wraps. But Emerson and O'Quinn are expected to play former special ops agents.After having done no projects with Abrams until last year, NBC has now picked up 2 in a row: last year's Undercovers and the now untitled Appelbaum/Nemec drama. NBC landed both after a bidding war with ABC. This marks the first sale for Appelbaum and Nemec under their overall deal with Warner Bros TV signed earlier this year. On the feature side, they are writing Mission Impossible: 4 for Abrams. It's been a strong selling season for Bad Robot with 3 production-size commitments. Its drama Alcatraz has already been officially greenlighted to pilot at Fox. The Appelbaum/Nemec one at NBC and another one with Jonah Nolan at CBS are both looking good to get to the pilot stage.
Source: NBC
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!! Thats brilliant!!!!!! XD XD
ReplyDeleteThat is so exciting! Emerson and O'Quinn had been joking about doing a show together, but I didn't think it would ever happen!
ReplyDeleteI don't care if its on NBC. I can't wait to see these two back together!!!!!
ReplyDeleteAwesomeness!!!! When I saw NBC, I felt a little "oozy", but you can't go wrong with this duo, well trio including JJ!!! I can't wait!
ReplyDeleteI doubt this will work.
ReplyDeleteAs much as I love both Locke&Ben and Emerson&O'Quinn I'll always see them as the LOST characters, not matter what they do.
I can't believe how can J.J can put all of this out...
ReplyDeleteHe is supposed to be working at the moment on this show, on Fringe, Undercovers, the movie Super 8, Cloverfield's sequel, Alcatraz, maybe Star Trek 2, Mission Impossible IV, also IMDB says he's working on "Little Darlings", seriously what the fuck is in this guy's mind haha
I'm guessing that NBC doesn't feel quite as confident about this deal today as they did yesterday after seeing how JJ Abrams' Undercovers debuted. They just found out that JJ doesn't have quite the magic touch everyone thought he did. Nobody's perfect.
ReplyDeleteJJ Abrams and Ryan Seacrest are like 2 of the busiest guys in show buisness...seriously O.o do they ever sleep ?
ReplyDeleteBut this show will have a built in premiere audience. I'm looking forward to it!
ReplyDeleteOne show doesn't equate with another. J.J. has made a show that wasn't a hit before (Anatomy of Hope), and the network knew the risk they were taking in casting two black leads and having them speak bilingually for good portions of the show.
ReplyDeleteI think this Emerson/O'Quinn show will probably be much cheaper to make then anything Abrams has done on tv so far, and it already has a built-in audience of Lost fans (who will watch simply because Ben and Locke were two of the most popular characters on the show). It really only needs the numbers Lost was drawing in its last few seasons to survive, and if the writing is at least half-decent, it will pick up Emmy love in its first year, causing viewership to bump in the hypothetical season 2. I don't think NBC has anything to worry about.
JJ, Mike and Terry!
ReplyDeleteThat's just fantastic!
It's gonna be epic!
I'm so excited for them for finding work so fast (though Daniel Dae Kin broke the record :P)
Yes yes and YES!!!
ReplyDeleteat first, when i saw this was updated i thought it was going to say that this was all a joke. i'm so happy it isn't though! i CANNOT wait for this show, already.
ReplyDeleteWin
ReplyDeleteBest news ever
ReplyDeleteNothing like being an optimist.
ReplyDeleteAbrams rarely stays involved in the shows he pitches. He's pretty much an "ideas" man. So, not really much work, just seems like it.
ReplyDeleteYou know you're talking about a guy who perfectly played two different characters... on the SAME show.
ReplyDeleteWooooooooooHooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YYYYYYyyyyyeeessssssssSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeletecmon terry now grow back your moustache! :D
ReplyDeleteThat's one of the things I hate about the guy...he never raises his children lol
ReplyDeleteOutstanding and bravo! These cats have awesome chemistry. I hope the surprise twist is they're gay. Bromance to the next level.
ReplyDeleteSweetness. So deserving.
ReplyDeleteMeh. He has great seeds though.
ReplyDeleteWait... can we lose the metaphor? It won't work out.
Wow!!! That's awesome!!!! I almost flipped out while reading this. I miss both O'Quinn + Emerson!!! I'm really psyched to hear more! 8D
ReplyDeleteThey do equate. JJ Abrams and his name recognition is what equates them. Network television is a youth skewing market and overall viewers don't matter anymore. It's the 18-49 demo that counts. This is a show about two men well into middle age. If "JJ Abrams" and "Lost" weren't connected with this show, no network other than TNT would even consider picking it up.
ReplyDeleteAbrams' work, whether good or bad, is highly publicized and people may not like it but every new show that Abrams produces that isn't as big a hit as his other projects will weaken the buzz for the shows that come after.
As far as the "built in audience" theory, that never holds up. That's why spinoffs and shows that trade on past projects are a crap shoot. You may think this could be the next NCIS as far as viewership goes, but it could just as easily be the next Joey.
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