The CW went heavily after pre-sold titles in its pilot choices today, greenlighting Arrow, based on the DC Comics book Green Arrow; an adaptation of Candace Bushnell’s novel The Carrie Diaries, a prequel to Sex And The City; and a reboot of the 1980s series Beauty And The Beast. The three join the first pilot ordered by the CW this season, mystery drama Cult.
Arrow is described as a modern retelling of the story of DC Comics character Green Arrow. The project, from Berlanti Prods and Warner Bros TV, was written by Andrew Kreisberg (Warehouse 13) and Marc Guggenheim based on a story by Greg Berlanti and Guggenheim. The three are credited as writers/executive producers on the pilot. David Nutter is expected to direct. Justin Hartley, who played the character on the CW’s Smallville for several seasons, is not attached to the new project. Arrow marks the second pilot order for Berlanti and Guggenheim this season along with the Fox legal drama Guilty, written by Guggenheim and executive produced by him and Berlanti.
Green Arrow Drama Nears Pilot Order At CW
Carrie Diaries, from Fake Empire and Warner Bros TV, chronicles Carrie Bradshaw’s coming of age in the 1980s when she asks her first questions about love, sex, friendship and family while exploring the worlds of high school and Manhattan. Amy Harris (Gossip Girl) wrote the script and is executive producing with Bushnell as well as Fake Empire’s Josh Schwartz, Stephanie Savage and Len Goldstein. This marks Fake Empire’s second pilot at the CW this season; it also co-produces Cult.
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Loosely based on the 1980s CBS series starring Linda Hamilton, Beauty And The Beast is a modern-day romantic love story with a procedural twist. Jennifer Levin (Without A Trace) and Sherri Cooper (Brothers And Sisters) wrote the script and are executive producing with the creator of the original series Ron Koslow; Paul Junger Witt and C. Anthony Thomas of Witt/Thomas Prods, which co-produced the 1980s series; and Bill Haber.
Oh dear… carride diaries and B&B sound like mushy crap to me…. where are the scifi supernatural stuff? Cant they see Vampire Diaries and Supernatural are amongst the top performing and PCA winning… whilst Gossip girl and 90210 ratings are dwindling.
Still waiting on The Hollows and the other angel book adap…
Does this world seriously need a SATC prequel? C’mon Pedowitz, surely you can do better than this.
Sadly, I believe Berlanti’s Green Arrow has been described as a new story, so I don’t think it’ll involve Oliver Queen or even Connor.
Beauty and The Beast had major network budget that backed it’s movie theater size production values. Not only that, it also had some of the best writing in TV history. The show even beats today’s biggest shows when it comes to scale and drama!!
I hope that they manage to stay true to the shows original strengths. If they do then they will have two generations of people watching.
Green Arrow sounds good -I can’t wait to see if the B&B reboot will do justice to the original -But The Carrie Diaries? I was hoping for Stephen King’s Carrie!