NBC GREENLIGHTS DRAMA SERIES 'EMERALD CITY' AND MINISERIES 'THE SLAP'
UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif. — Jan. 19, 2014 — NBC has given a 10-episode straight-to-series order for “Emerald City,” a reimagining of the classic Frank L. Baum books that have inspired everything from “The Wizard Of Oz” to “Wicked.”
Based on the 14-book series that first created the wonderful – and treacherous – Land of Oz, “Emerald City” is a dramatic and modern reimagining of the tales that include lethal warriors, competing kingdoms, and the Infamous wizard as we’ve never seen him before. A head-strong 20-year-old Dorothy Gale is unwittingly sent on an eye-opening journey that thrusts her into the center of an epic and bloody battle for the control of Oz.
Writer Matt Arnold and Josh Friedman will serve as executive producers. Universal Television is the production company.
NBC is also ordering eight episodes of the miniseries “The Slap”, based on the critically-acclaimed Australian project of the same name that aired in 2011.
Written by Jon Robin Baitz (“The West Wing,” “Brothers & Sisters”) and also produced by Universal Television, “The Slap” is a complex family drama that explodes from one small incident where a man slaps another couple’s misbehaving child. This seemingly minor domestic dispute pulls the family apart, begins to expose long-held secrets, and ignites a lawsuit that challenges the core American values of all who are pulled into it.
Baitz, who was a Pulitzer finalist for his semi-autobiographical play “A Fair Country,” will write all episodes and executive produce with Walter Parkes, Laurie MacDonald, Ted Gold and Tony Ayres.
UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif. — Jan. 19, 2014 — NBC has given a 10-episode straight-to-series order for “Emerald City,” a reimagining of the classic Frank L. Baum books that have inspired everything from “The Wizard Of Oz” to “Wicked.”
Based on the 14-book series that first created the wonderful – and treacherous – Land of Oz, “Emerald City” is a dramatic and modern reimagining of the tales that include lethal warriors, competing kingdoms, and the Infamous wizard as we’ve never seen him before. A head-strong 20-year-old Dorothy Gale is unwittingly sent on an eye-opening journey that thrusts her into the center of an epic and bloody battle for the control of Oz.
Writer Matt Arnold and Josh Friedman will serve as executive producers. Universal Television is the production company.
NBC is also ordering eight episodes of the miniseries “The Slap”, based on the critically-acclaimed Australian project of the same name that aired in 2011.
Written by Jon Robin Baitz (“The West Wing,” “Brothers & Sisters”) and also produced by Universal Television, “The Slap” is a complex family drama that explodes from one small incident where a man slaps another couple’s misbehaving child. This seemingly minor domestic dispute pulls the family apart, begins to expose long-held secrets, and ignites a lawsuit that challenges the core American values of all who are pulled into it.
Baitz, who was a Pulitzer finalist for his semi-autobiographical play “A Fair Country,” will write all episodes and executive produce with Walter Parkes, Laurie MacDonald, Ted Gold and Tony Ayres.
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So excited for Emerald City! I love re-imaginings of classic stories!
ReplyDeleteThese shows seem promising.
ReplyDeleteThey look cool and I like the continuation of limited series!
ReplyDeleteNot interested in any of them. I've seen The Slap and even though it's quite interesting series, it does have a lot of very annoying characters.
ReplyDeleteI'll definitely check out Emerald City, it sounds interesting!
ReplyDeleteI am sooooo going to watch "Emerald City"!!!
ReplyDeleteI also believe that "The Slap" could be good, but they'd have to change that awful title. It sounds like a sketch, a prank or the title for a dimwitted sitcom.
I actually thought The Slap is a comedy, from the title. But yeah, it is the title of the original Australian show.
ReplyDeleteI thought The Slap is a comedy, from the title, lol
ReplyDeleteis it wrong if i want the dorothy from supernatural to be the one in "Emerald City"?
ReplyDeleteI might give Emerald City a shot.
ReplyDeleteEmerald City sounds cool!
ReplyDeleteWill keep an eye out for Emerald City, but so many times I don't like the modern re-imaging, but NBC has been producing a lot better things in recant years so I'll remain hopeful,
ReplyDeleteBoth sound promising but The Slap is a horrendous title.
ReplyDeleteObviously I will be giving Emerald City a shot. *points to icon*. For a minute, I thought they were resurrecting OZ, the HBO series.
ReplyDeleteEmerald City sounds really interesting to me. I'm looking forward to the promos for this one, and will likely watch the pilot, at least. I hope whoever they have for Dorothy is good.
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