This development season, Davis’ Sony TV-based Davis Entertainment again is bringing together a feature writer, Source Code‘s Ben Ripley, and director, Fast and the Furious 7‘s James Wan, for a drama project, which has sold to NBC with significant penalty.
Written by Ripley and to be directed by Wan, Maidenhead is described as a medical procedural wrapped in a very realistic, frightening supernatural drama. A scientist is called into a tony Connecticut suburb to investigate an ailing teen girl to discover her affliction presents itself as a demonic contagion slowly spreading through the town. Our team peels back the secrets and lies buried within the fabric of the community while medically deconstructing the tropes of demon mythology.
This marks the first TV project for Wan, who has a strong genre background with the Saw and Insidious horror franchises. He and Ripley executive produce with Davis’ John Davis and John Fox. This marks Davis Entertainment’s second sale this season.
Written by Ripley and to be directed by Wan, Maidenhead is described as a medical procedural wrapped in a very realistic, frightening supernatural drama. A scientist is called into a tony Connecticut suburb to investigate an ailing teen girl to discover her affliction presents itself as a demonic contagion slowly spreading through the town. Our team peels back the secrets and lies buried within the fabric of the community while medically deconstructing the tropes of demon mythology.
This marks the first TV project for Wan, who has a strong genre background with the Saw and Insidious horror franchises. He and Ripley executive produce with Davis’ John Davis and John Fox. This marks Davis Entertainment’s second sale this season.
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This sounds so cool. Would definitely watch.
ReplyDeletethey DO know maidenhead is another word for hymen, right?
ReplyDeleteI don't think they care.
ReplyDeleteOkay, I was about to complain about another medical drama but this sounds pretty awesome so I'm definitely in.
ReplyDeleteI liked Source Code so I'm interested in this.
ReplyDeleteIt's also the name of two towns, and the former name of a third town. I'm assuming the show takes place in a [fictional] town called Maidenhead, Connecticut.
ReplyDeleteAnd hopefully no one realizes the association with the word "hymen" because I'd be sad to see it have a name change forced upon it.
Supernatural + Saving Hope. Cuz that worked out so well hmm?
ReplyDeleteThis isn't Supernatural spin off.
ReplyDeletePretty sure they were just saying the show sounded like a blend of those two. Which I disagree with but whatever.
ReplyDeleteThis sounds so creepy and good, I can't believe that NBC bought it. I'm in. Can't wait to hear more about it. I hate the Saw franchise though, it's so ridiculous, so I hope we don't see elements of that.
ReplyDeleteSo, no one on NBC watched the slightly supernatural Saving Hope so they double-down with a very supernatural medical show two years later? Mmkay.
ReplyDeleteWell personally I thought Saving Hope was kinda lame. (Is? I dunno if it's still on, even.) This sounds like it could go well with Grimm or Constantine, something that could not be said for Saving Hope. lol
ReplyDeleteSaving Hope is still doing well in Canada. It just had its season three premiere this week. Also of note is that the show is coming back to the US on the ION network.
ReplyDeleteAs for this show being a companion to Grimm and/or Constantine, that only works if one of those shows is gone because there's no way that NBC will do a three-hour genre block. At best, I see this as another NBC summer series. They've had some success with their summer scheduling lately and I could see them expanding further.
And Saving Hope Is?
ReplyDeleteAs awesome as this sounds ( it will be on NBC ) like it could be I find myself wishing that the demonic contagion was actually a zombie contagion, this was on AMC instead of NBC, and it was called "The Walking Dead: Maidenhead" as it's "The Walking Dead" spin-off.
ReplyDeleteWhat does with penalty mean?
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed Saving Hope and was glad to see we will be getting it again. Started watching because I like Daniel Gillies and got hooked.
ReplyDeleteSounds very interesting. I'l definitely watch :-)
ReplyDeleteIf I am correct usually it means that if they don't continue with the project past a pilot or a multiple episodes ordered, it usually means a sort of "fine" will be paid by NBC to the producers/directors, etc.
ReplyDeleteA lot of shows don't get past the early stages, so it's usually a sign of genuine interest by a channel/provider when they agree to have something "with penalty".
NBC will pay a big chunk of money if they don't pick up the pilot to series, it slightly increases the chances of it making it to air, but every season there's a handful of these that don't get picked up from every network so it's not a guarantee.
ReplyDeleteoh I'm not shocked by it or anything. I just thought it was funny because it's about a teen girl afflicted by some sort of demonic infection and then there was the title "Maidenhead" and it just brought me back to thinking about how teen girls used to be locked up in asyliums for "hysteria" when they started to get hormonal and teenage-like. I was like "What kind of show is this??? MAIDENHEAD???"
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