Syfy greenlights time travel drama Rewind
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Wednesday - January 18, 2012 |
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Syfy Channel has ordered a 2-hour pilot for Rewind, a new time-travel based TV series from writer Justin Marks (Street Fighter), Deadline reports.
The series would follow “a team of military field operatives and civilian scientists who must use untested technology to travel back in time to alter past events in order to change the future and avoid a devastating terrorist attack,” according to the site.
The show is from Universal Cable Prods and BermanBraun, who produce the network’s newest scripted success Alphas. Marks wrote the pilot and will executive produce with Tom Spezialy (Chaos), Gail Berman, Lloyd Braun and Gene Stein.
“Justin Marks has created a time-travel series with an exciting innovative approach that really exemplifies Syfy’s commitment to bring compelling storytelling to life,” said Mark Stern, Syfy’s president of original content.
A time travel series has lots of room for potential, but Rewind will need to distinguish itself from similar fare of the past, including Quantum Leap and especially Seven Days, which had a premise very similar to the one described above.
Syfy has been focusing more heavily on the development of new reality-based series than ever before, with a small handful of scripted dramas currently in the pipe. Once pitched as a half-hour comedy, Three Inches was retooled as an action-adventure hour starring James Marsters (Buffy the Vampire Slayer). It has apparently not been picked up to series, with the 2-hour pilot burned off in a single broadcast on Syfy between Christmas and New Year’s last month.
The Battlestar Galactica spin-off Blood & Chrome reportedly finished the heavy post-production on its pilot in November, and Syfy is expected to make a decision on its future in the coming weeks.
Three other scripted one-hour dramas are one step behind Rewind — in development but not yet with a pilot order (story). They include supernatural-themed Seeing Things and Ghost Projekt, and an untitled, space-based show from Andromeda showrunner Robert Hewitt Wolfe.
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Interesting, have to keep an eye out for that.
Thanks for all your hard work. Still reading the site. Love the updates on all the old SG folks and what other projects they are involved with.
AsFarAsLarry | January 18 @ 8:54 pmI think if Syfy want to get back in the game then they need something like a Sci-fi/Space version of American Horror Story/True Blood.
With the recent bouts of 2 season shows, it kinda proves people want something a bit gritty.
I know these don’t exactly screen Sci-fi as such, but Game of Thrones & Downton Abbey have set a huge bar, they bring in audiences of old and new. This is the direction that needs to be pushed.
If an American Horror Story/Game of Thrones version of lets say Stargate or Star Trek came out, then maybe that’ll work.
ace_love | January 18 @ 9:09 pmSounds like a total strap off of Seven 7 days
tomaso88 | January 18 @ 9:51 pmoh they mention that haha i really need to start fully reading things before i talk
tomaso88 | January 18 @ 9:52 pmUh, I don’t know which is the typo, but James MARSTERS was in Buffy the Vampire Slayer. James MARSDEN was Cyclops in X-men :P
asecooper222 | January 19 @ 12:04 amI agree with tomaso88.
Jackoneill | January 19 @ 12:19 amThis show sounds like a total Seven Days clone.
They had me right up until “avoid a devastating terrorist attack”. Now I’m turned off entirely.
Nemes | January 19 @ 3:22 am“Seven Days”, or “Odyssey 5″ (without the alien conspiracy, of course).
Kyle Nin | January 19 @ 12:02 pmToo bad I don’t watch Syfail anymore.
Greenfire32 | January 19 @ 12:56 pmBlood and Chrome will either be a superlative action show that could appeal to a wider audience than BSC or Caprica, or it will be naff green screen city like Sanctuary.
DanMan | January 19 @ 2:48 pmMarsters was also in Smallville.
I’m not interested in any new SyFy shows unless that show has Stargate in front of it. This is ESPECIALLY after the treatment they gave Eureka fans. They told me, as a Eureka fan, that they don’t care about their fans.
Browncoat1984 | January 19 @ 3:09 pmI cant stand this unambitious crap.
Duneknight | January 19 @ 8:05 pmsource code COUGH source code
grif | January 19 @ 8:58 pmAnd still no word on Sanctuary.
Sam and Jack Shipper | January 19 @ 9:40 pmSounds a bit unimaginative, to say the least. Bring on Blood and Chrome.
bluewater1 | January 19 @ 10:20 pm“a team of military field operatives and civilian scientists who must use untested technology to travel back in time to alter past events in order to change the future and avoid a devastating terrorist attack,”
This TV show has been done before, its called Seven Days. It was a show that followed a group of military officers and civilian scientists, who must use highly experimental and temperamental technology to go back in time and alter past events to prevent a multitude of disasters, most notably terrorist attacks. Sound familiar?
Darren, I know that with Stargate’s demise its getting increasingly difficult to find Stargate-centric stories for you to report on, as this is primarily what Gateworld is here for. But to actively promote SyFy programing is stepping over the line, not to mention promote programming that is technically plagiarism. Instead of resorting to reporting crap like this, just admit you’re having trouble finding stories to report on, and I for one will totally understand, and so will everyone else.
The Admiral | January 19 @ 10:34 pmi personally dont watch syfy anymore, it isnt syfy it is reality crap. i wish they would put stargate back on
stargatefan1958 | January 20 @ 12:52 amI was thinking the exact same thing as @Nemes “They had me untill avoid devastating terrorist attack”.
Jim | January 20 @ 1:43 amShows like Game of Thrones are just fine where they are and the way they are.What SyFy needs is science fiction,at least one space-based.
Only if they bring on Blood and Chrome,I’m ready to give that failing channel another chance.
Admiral: GateWorld will continue to report primarily on Stargate and Stargate-related matters, and occasionally on the genre at large. In the wake of SGU‘s cancellation, in my judgment Syfy’s decisions regarding original scripted programming remain relevant to our audience. (Obviously you read it.)
Darren | January 20 @ 8:28 amI don’t actively boycott SyFy. Their programming just sucks so I don’t watch it.
GateGeek | January 20 @ 11:58 pmBlood & Chrome I’ll watch. Other than that… meh.
Personally, I’m more interested in Defiance: http://www.spoilertv.com/2012/01/syfy-casts-gran-bowler-in-new-sci-fi.html
“Set on a future Earth, Defiance introduces players and viewers to a world where humans and aliens live together on a planet ravaged by decades of war and transformed by alien terra-forming machines. It centers on Jeb Nolan (Bowler), the law-keeper in a bustling frontier boomtown that is one of the new world’s few oasis of civility and inclusion. Nolan is a former Marine who fought in the alien conflict and suffered the loss of his wife and child in the war. The trauma transformed him into a lone wanderer in the wilds of this new and dangerous world. Defiance seems to be blending Western and alien themes, something that last year’s feature Cowboys & Aliens attempted to do, but the series is set in the future. (…) Scott Stewart (Legion) is directing the series, which is slated to begin production April 2012 in Toronto.”
katikatnik | January 21 @ 4:41 am@katikatnik Wow,that actually sounds really awesome!Firefly is a great example of blending Western and sci-fi,without aliens though,so that addition could be interesting,while the entire thing not only sems promising(if done right),but is also something I would very much like to see
Jim | January 21 @ 7:34 pmThanx for the info.
Seven Days could do with a retry. It had a great premise, but lousy characters and plots.
Crayg | January 23 @ 4:21 amSounds good, but it does sound a little bit like seven days.
Jackoneill | January 23 @ 6:47 amSound like Source Code, which is already being reworked as a TV series, an potentially has more interesting stories which could be told. Plus CSI with a scifi twist sounds interesting. Alone with other elements which I will not go into here as it would mean spoiling the film for people who have yet to see it.
I will watch the pilot but as people point out it does sound like seven days and Quantum Leap. But there still a lot you can do with the time travel concept.
knowles2 | January 25 @ 7:38 pmDefiance has been around for years, it suppose to be a much bigger project than just a new TV show, at least original it was design with games, interactive web experience and other media elements.
knowles2 | January 25 @ 7:42 pmIt will be interesting to see what actually get produce and release to the public.
A. Street Fighter was horrible.
B. “Commitment to bring compelling storytelling to life” doesn’t exactly correlate with canceling SGU, Caprica and Eureka.
Kanten | January 26 @ 9:45 pm