Weekly Update: Fringe / Eleventh Hour Pegged as Breakouts; New Heroes Webisodes

A report from Horizon Media is predicting that J.J. Abrams’ Fringe and Jerry Bruckheimer’s Eleventh Hour will be the top rated new shows for the upcoming season. I would say that this is not necessarily good news for either of the shows because it sets the bar of expectations pretty high. If either show performs even a little below these expectations, then the networks could be quick to pull the plug. FOX is especially notorious for having little patience with shows in the Science Fiction and Fantasy genre (i.e. Firefly and last season’s New Amsterdam which pulled respectable ratings) . . . New Heroes webisodes will debut on that series’ website on July 14^th. These short installments will introduce new characters who will show up during season three (which returns on September 22^nd) . . . AMC is targeting 2009 for its remake of The Prisoner to make it to the air. The six part mini-series has recently landed Jim Caviezel (Passion of Christ) to play Number 6 and Ian McKellen (Lord of the Rings, X-Men) as Number 2. AMC see is also currently looking at other classic Science Fiction and Fantasy television series and movies as possible projects for reboots . . . Warner Brothers has begun work on a movie based on Wendy and Richard Pini’s Elfquest comic. Little information is available on this at the current time including whether it will be animated or live action. Multiple other attempts to translate this franchise to the big screen have sprung up over the past thirty years, but none have yet come to fruition.

-PSW

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