Last Resort creator/ executive producer Karl Gajdusek and executive producer Shawn Ryan are teaming up for another drama series project. In a competitive situation, the project, titled Freedom, has landed at ABC, the network behind Last Resort, with a sizable penalty. Sony Pictures TV, where Ryan’s MiddKidd Prods. is based, produces. Based on an original idea by Gajdusek who will write the script, Freedom is the story of a group of brilliant, eclectic, freethinking Ivy League students who help create “Freedom,” the next resistance movement to government and corporate powers modeled after hacker collectives like Anonymous or Wikileaks that are now dominating the public’s attention.
Source: Deadline
Source: Deadline
Last Resort was great, good to see them team up again! :)
ReplyDeleteThough, how do they have a penalty?
I liked Last Resort, it wasn't brilliant but it had a lot of potential. Ryan is a great showrunner I hope he can find success for longer than a season this time. And please someone put Terriers on DVD!
ReplyDeleteThe penalty is for ABC to pay if they decide not to order the production of a pilot. It's a clause in Ryan and Gajdusek's contract, almost forcing ABC to go beyond the script order.
ReplyDeleteThough it'd be fun if Shawn Ryan had to face the ABC goalkeeper and score to get a season order :).
I hope Shawn Ryan knows what he's doing, because I think he belongs on cable (he has a project in the works on HBO, he's got something going on with FX too I think). We saw how his last experience on ABC turned out, Last Resort just wasn't tailored for this network and that timeslot, and this new project sounds too original, smart and possibly edgy for network TV too.
Thanks for clearing that up! :)
ReplyDeleteYes, he has projects in the running for both HBO and FX. And I agree he seems a better fit there, just look at the failed The Chicago Code on FOX or Last Resort on ABC.
I'm not really that optimistic about this project being on ABC either, but judging by his twitter he seems to be after a fan expressed the same concern we did:
If you heard the whole pitch you'd see the ABC wisdom. RT @skyefleur: love the pitch but that really doesn't sound like network. More FX.— Shawn Ryan (@ShawnRyanTV) August 5, 2013
Shawn Ryan is great, although his projects should be done on networls like FX, since they have much more potential.
ReplyDeleteWell Terriers did get cancelled AMC, some say prematurely.
ReplyDeleteBesides people complain that the big networks can't handle big "original" concepts but when they get their mittens on them people say they shouldn't bother and it should be taken by the cable networks. SMH.
I'd have to assume being a writer for ABC or FOX pays better than being a writer for a cable network, I could be wrong though.
ReplyDeleteThis plot is right up my alley. I really hope they run with it
ReplyDeleteAnd for everyone who thinks cable is better, you're wrong because the audience is minuscule compared to network. I do however believe that Freedom would be much better suited to CBS with its current lineup featuring Person of Interest and the upcoming Intelligence and Hostages. They all share similarities whereas Freedom on ABC has nothing remotely similar to it
The concept sure is interesting, I'll give them that....
ReplyDeleteAs promessing as it sounds, I'll just wait 'till it's cancelled to watch it, to sabe me from the dessapointment of liking it (like Last Resort) and have it cut short.
ReplyDeleteI just wish this sort of shows sticked to cable where they would actually have a shot.
I thought Terries was on FX? I thought it was pretty good, though not created by Shawn Ryan, but it's ratings were bad. Even for FX.
ReplyDeleteYeah, the big networks really can't win. But they more or less brought that attitude from people on themselves. When they acquire these high concept shows they either interfere with them creatively or they put them in time slots were they are doomed fail.
Under the Dome is one of those high concept shows that actually is succesful, hopefully paving the way for more to follow. Though I suspect CBS for meddling with the writing there as well, as every episode is still relatively stand-alone.