Deep Impact vs. Armageddon.
Dante’s Peak vs. Volcano.
And now … Beauty and the Beast vs. Beauty and the Beast!
ABC has ordered a pilot based on the story of Beauty and the Beast … a week after The CW ordered its pilot based on Beauty and the Beast.
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The CW version is based on the former CBS 1987 TV show. The ABC version is from Jonathan Steinberg (Human Target, Jericho) and described as “a fantastical re-imagining of the classic fairy tale set in a mythical, dangerous world wherein a beautiful and tough Princess discovers an unlikely connection with a mysterious beast.” OK, so that logline told you nothing.
The surprise success of Once Upon a Time likely helped get both these projects some heat.
No telling if either will progress to a series order, of course, but wouldn’t it be rather confusingly awesome to have two Beauty and the Beast shows fighting it out in primetime? How would they be different, I wonder (aside from The CW’s Beauty being younger and probably weighing 87 pounds)?
Both of these are on brand for their respective networks, too, so it’s not like one is a pretender: ABC has Once and is owned by Disney, so you can’t say they don’t know the fairy tale business. And The CW has Vampire Diaries and Secret Circle, which certainly fit this genre.
Source: InsideTV
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