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BLAKE’S 7 Reboot Heading for U.S.? What’s BLAKE’S 7?

Don’t you just hate it when people talk about “cult hits” that you’ve never heard of? It makes us feel so, so…feeb…

Not the cast in the version we’ll see

Blake’s 7 Reboot Coming to U.S. Television? – by Charlie Jane Anders

The British show Blake’s 7 is one of those TV series that has a small cult following — but a huge impact on the history of science fiction television, with its morally gray, arc-based storytelling influencing a whole generation of creators. There’s been talk of a new Blake’s 7 series, either a reboot or a sequel featuring Paul Darrow as Avon, for a decade — but now, there’s a brand new deal to make it happen. On American television.

All the previous notions of reviving Blake’s 7 were supposed to be on British television, probably a satellite TV network. But according to Deadline, Martin Campbell (Casino Royale, Green Lantern) has gotten involved in a bid by Georgeville Television to create a new Blake’s 7 series that reinvents the show from scratch — and Campbell is signed up direct the pilot. The script will be written by Joe Pokaski, who wrote for Heroes. Andrew Sewell, who was behind all the previous attempts to bring the show back, will be on board as an executive producer. read article

Want to Kickstart Your Teleplay or Video? Try This Strategy

Of course, it turns out to be what every salesman has to do in every medium because, dammit, there really aren’t any shortcuts, are there?

How I Launched a Successful Kickstarter Campaign – by Sarah Gilbert

“You can always back out,” a dear friend who had successfully completed a few Kickstarter campaigns told me a few days into my own campaign. “You just have such a short timeline.” read article

Dan Harmon is Back With a New Pilot Deal

Fresh off his big score on Kickstarter, Dan the Man hits it again:

Report: Ousted Community Creator Dan Harmon to Create Multi-Camera Comedy Pilot for Fox – by Kimberly Roots

Ousted Community creator Dan Harmon is very close to sealing a pilot deal with the network, TVLine has confirmed. (TV Guide first broke the news.) read article

DRACULA Coming to NBC…

…In the person of that scariest of scary Mofus – Jonathan Rhys Meyers:

“I’m ‘Enery the 8th, I am…”

NBC Orders 10-Episode Dracula Series Starring Jonathan Rhys Meyers – by Natalie Abrams

NBC is getting into the vampire business.

The network has given a 10-episode series order to Dracula, a series inspired by the classic Bram Stoker character starringThe Tudors‘ Jonathan Rhys Meyers as the titular character, NBC Chairman Bob Greenblatt announced Tuesday at the Television Critics Association fall TV previews. read article

See It Here: First Image From MOCKINGBIRD LANE

…AKA THE MUNSTERS. Except creator Brian Fuller is giving us this:

Instead of this: read article