Exclusive: Folktellers: Excerpts from an Unknown Guidebook is getting the television treatment after Peter Mohan, exec producer of Hulu’s The Hardy Boys, teamed up with former Gaumont exec Vanessa Shapiro.
Mohan and Shapiro, via her nascent shingle Nicely Entertainment, are exec producing the adaptation of the YA fantasy book series and are developing an adaptation.
Mohan, who was also a writer and co-exec producer of BBC America’s Orphan Black, will also act as showrunner of the project if the series lands a network.
The pair will work with author Josef Bastian, founder of Folktellers LLC, and Scott Paskoff, who will also exec produce, to develop the eight-book story arc into a live-action series for kids ages 8–12 years old. The potential first season would be based on the first three books in the series, Phase of the Moon, Cave in the Rock, and Shadows on the Silver Strings.
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Mohan and Shapiro, via her nascent shingle Nicely Entertainment, are exec producing the adaptation of the YA fantasy book series and are developing an adaptation.
Mohan, who was also a writer and co-exec producer of BBC America’s Orphan Black, will also act as showrunner of the project if the series lands a network.
The pair will work with author Josef Bastian, founder of Folktellers LLC, and Scott Paskoff, who will also exec produce, to develop the eight-book story arc into a live-action series for kids ages 8–12 years old. The potential first season would be based on the first three books in the series, Phase of the Moon, Cave in the Rock, and Shadows on the Silver Strings.
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- 1/25/2021
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Ah Eureka. An early and continuing triumph for Syfy, beloved by the fans, now beginning its final season next Monday. Yes we are excited for the new season, just so sad to see it go. But Hey, we have been told that this will be the best season ever, that the stars and showrunner couldn’t be happier to go out with this particular season, so let’s celebrate! Just Don’T Miss That It’S A New Day And Time. Mondays At 9/8c. Followed by…
Yes we know that the Lost Girl Season 1 finale was last night, but Syfy wisely decided to forge right ahead with Season 2 so that we Us people could catch up with our Canadian friends. So bring it!
Warning: This press release contains some spoilers about next week’s season openers for both shows.
Spring Season Of Syfy’S “Powerful Mondays” Features Return Of Eureka
Monday,...
Yes we know that the Lost Girl Season 1 finale was last night, but Syfy wisely decided to forge right ahead with Season 2 so that we Us people could catch up with our Canadian friends. So bring it!
Warning: This press release contains some spoilers about next week’s season openers for both shows.
Spring Season Of Syfy’S “Powerful Mondays” Features Return Of Eureka
Monday,...
- 4/10/2012
- by Erin Willard
- ScifiMafia
Lost Girl Episode 111 "Faetal Justice" Written By: Peter Mohan Directed By: Robert Lieberman Original Airdate: 26 March 2012 In This Episode... Dyson storms into a dark fae nightclub owned by Vex, and gets into a fight with one of the bouncers, Baal. Disgusted, he leaves. But when Baal leaves the club a short time later, he is attacked by a werewolf in the alley and mauled to death. Shortly thereafter, Dyson wakes up next to the corpse, bloody and with no memory of what happened. He seeks sanctuary with Trick, and Bo and Kenzi are determined to figure out what happened. There were three witnesses: Vex, who, as smarmy and dirtbag-y as he is, had no reason...
- 3/27/2012
- FEARnet
So happy and yet so sad at the same time. Syfy has just announced its spring schedule, and surprise! The final season of fan favorite Eureka will premiere not in the summer as it usually does, but on April 16. The sooner the better, we say, and we can’t wait.
According to the announcement there are some great shows coming our way, including the second season of Lost Girl, a Treasure Island miniseries, the premieres of Monster Man, Dream Machines, and Total Blackout, the return of Ghost Hunters, Hollywood Treasure, and Fact or Faked: Paranormal Files, and of course some Saturday Original Movies. Here are the details:
Syfy’S Spring 2012 To Feature More Original Series And Original Hours Of Programming Than Any Spring Season In Channel’S History
February 16, 2012
Syfy’S Spring 2012 To Feature More Original Series And Original Hours Of Programming Than Any Spring Season In Channel’S History...
According to the announcement there are some great shows coming our way, including the second season of Lost Girl, a Treasure Island miniseries, the premieres of Monster Man, Dream Machines, and Total Blackout, the return of Ghost Hunters, Hollywood Treasure, and Fact or Faked: Paranormal Files, and of course some Saturday Original Movies. Here are the details:
Syfy’S Spring 2012 To Feature More Original Series And Original Hours Of Programming Than Any Spring Season In Channel’S History
February 16, 2012
Syfy’S Spring 2012 To Feature More Original Series And Original Hours Of Programming Than Any Spring Season In Channel’S History...
- 2/16/2012
- by Erin Willard
- ScifiMafia
Lost Girl Episode 102 "Where There's a Will, There's a Fae" Written By: Peter Mohan Directed By: Robert Lieberman Original Airdate: 23 January 2012 In This Episode... Bo and Kenzi are greeted by a fat slob of a man, Will. He is a light fae who farts green flames when he is anxious or upset. Someone stole his treasure and because Bo is an unaffiliated fae, he trusts her to get it back for him. In return he offers some info about her heritage. The thief, Michael Connell, lives in a trailer park, so the girls check there first. They find no Connell, no gems, but a booby-trapped door that injures Bo's hand, and an angry neighbor with a shotgun. Bo...
- 1/24/2012
- FEARnet
Meteor Storm showed on the SyFy Network in 2010. Now, Monarch Home Entertainment will deliver fiery meteorites on DVD August 23rd. Meteor Storm stars Michael Trucco ("Battlestar Galactica"), Kari Matchett (Cypher), and Kirsten Prout (Eclipse). This space born disaster is set in San Francisco and the DVD art signals that the Golden Gate Bridge will have a destructive encounter with this space debris. Have a look at the plot details, as Meteor Storm gets set to release August 23rd.
The synopsis for Meteor Storm:
"San Francisco becomes a target for waves of destructive meteors after a rogue comet orbits the earth… For astronomer Michelle Young, what was meant to be a once-in-a-lifetime celestial event turns into her worst nightmare as thousands of meteors break the surface of the atmosphere and bombard the city of San Francisco" (Monarch).
Release Date: August 23, 2011 (DVD).
Director: Tibor Takacs.
Writer: Peter Mohan.
Producers: Sean Bowers,...
The synopsis for Meteor Storm:
"San Francisco becomes a target for waves of destructive meteors after a rogue comet orbits the earth… For astronomer Michelle Young, what was meant to be a once-in-a-lifetime celestial event turns into her worst nightmare as thousands of meteors break the surface of the atmosphere and bombard the city of San Francisco" (Monarch).
Release Date: August 23, 2011 (DVD).
Director: Tibor Takacs.
Writer: Peter Mohan.
Producers: Sean Bowers,...
- 8/5/2011
- by noreply@blogger.com (Michael Allen)
- 28 Days Later Analysis
Stuart Townsend will topline a conspiracy thriller series called "Xiii" for Canada's Prodigy Pictures and France's Cipango. The series is set to air in France on Canal Plus in 2011 and on Showcase in Canada in spring 2011.
The hourlong drama is based on Jean Van Hamme's eponymous graphic novel, which has sold 13 million copies worldwide since the first volume was published 25 years ago.
Townsend will play "Xiii," a former secret agent who cannot remember his past and thus sets out to uncover his true identity. Hunted by an anti-government organization, Xiii quickly realizes that the closer he gets to the truth, the more deadly the mission becomes.
Prodigy's Jay Firestone is executive producing along with Cipango's Edouard De Vesinne and Thomas Anargyros. Gil Grant ("NCIS: Los Angeles," "24") wrote the pilot episode and will serve as the series' showrunner and executive producer. Peter Mohan will co-executive produce the project.
Duane Clark...
The hourlong drama is based on Jean Van Hamme's eponymous graphic novel, which has sold 13 million copies worldwide since the first volume was published 25 years ago.
Townsend will play "Xiii," a former secret agent who cannot remember his past and thus sets out to uncover his true identity. Hunted by an anti-government organization, Xiii quickly realizes that the closer he gets to the truth, the more deadly the mission becomes.
Prodigy's Jay Firestone is executive producing along with Cipango's Edouard De Vesinne and Thomas Anargyros. Gil Grant ("NCIS: Los Angeles," "24") wrote the pilot episode and will serve as the series' showrunner and executive producer. Peter Mohan will co-executive produce the project.
Duane Clark...
- 8/26/2010
- by By Elizabeth Guider
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Prodigy Pictures, in association with Canwest Broadcasting reports that principal photography has started on 13 one-hour episodes of the Canadian 'fantasy-noir' TV series "Lost Girl", filming throughout Toronto and Hamilton until June 25, 2010, for a debut on Canada's Showcase network this fall.
"'Lost Girl' follows supernatural seductress 'Bo' (Anna Silk), a 'Succubus' who feeds on the sexual energy of mortals. Growing up with human parents, Bo had no reason to believe she was anything other than the girl next door – until she drained her boyfriend to death in their first sexual encounter. Now she has hit the road alone and afraid. She discovers she is one of the Fae, creatures of legend and folklore, who pass as humans while feeding off them in secret, as they have for millennia. Relieved yet horrified to find out that she is not alone, Bo decides to take the middle path between the humans...
"'Lost Girl' follows supernatural seductress 'Bo' (Anna Silk), a 'Succubus' who feeds on the sexual energy of mortals. Growing up with human parents, Bo had no reason to believe she was anything other than the girl next door – until she drained her boyfriend to death in their first sexual encounter. Now she has hit the road alone and afraid. She discovers she is one of the Fae, creatures of legend and folklore, who pass as humans while feeding off them in secret, as they have for millennia. Relieved yet horrified to find out that she is not alone, Bo decides to take the middle path between the humans...
- 4/7/2010
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
Prodigy Pictures, in association with Canwest Broadcasting reports that principal photography has started on 13 one-hour episodes of the Canadian 'fantasy-noir' TV series Lost Girl, shooting throughout Toronto and Hamilton until June 25, 2010, for a debut on Canada's Showcase network this fall. "...'Lost Girl' follows supernatural seductress 'Bo' (Anna Silk), a 'Succubus' who feeds on the sexual energy of mortals. Growing up with human parents, Bo had no reason to believe she was anything other than the girl next door . until she drained her boyfriend to death in their first sexual encounter. Now she has hit the road alone and afraid. She discovers she is one of the 'Fae', creatures of legend and folklore, who pass as humans while feeding off them in secret, as they have for millennia. Relieved yet horrified to find out that she is not alone, Bo decides to take the middle path between the humans...
- 4/7/2010
- HollywoodNorthReport.com
Toronto -- After the success of CBS' "Flashpoint," Canadian indie producers are cranking out even more homegrown dramas and comedies that could look and feel perfectly at home on U.S. network and cable schedules.
Canadian cable channel Showcase has ordered 13 episodes of "Lost Girl" from Prodigy Pictures, a sci-fi drama that stars Anna Silk and Kristen Holden-Reid about inhuman women who seduce and feed off their human partner's sexual energy.
The producer is completing an interactive website, a graphic novel and a downloadable video game to accompany the 2010 broadcast bow.
Jay Firestone, Paul Rapovksi, Plato Fountidakis, Michelle Lovretta and Peter Mohan share executive producer credits on "Lost Girl." Wanda Chaffey is producing.
The Canadian Broadcasting Corp. has also ordered a slew of pilots as part of its growing development slate, including "Henry Starts Again" from E1 Television, which is shortly to start production on "Haven," a 13-part suspense TV series for Universal Networks International.
Canadian cable channel Showcase has ordered 13 episodes of "Lost Girl" from Prodigy Pictures, a sci-fi drama that stars Anna Silk and Kristen Holden-Reid about inhuman women who seduce and feed off their human partner's sexual energy.
The producer is completing an interactive website, a graphic novel and a downloadable video game to accompany the 2010 broadcast bow.
Jay Firestone, Paul Rapovksi, Plato Fountidakis, Michelle Lovretta and Peter Mohan share executive producer credits on "Lost Girl." Wanda Chaffey is producing.
The Canadian Broadcasting Corp. has also ordered a slew of pilots as part of its growing development slate, including "Henry Starts Again" from E1 Television, which is shortly to start production on "Haven," a 13-part suspense TV series for Universal Networks International.
- 11/9/2009
- by By Etan Vlessing
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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