FOX Pilots Update: Lucifer Picking Up Steam; Studio City Not Looking Good

Thanks to Mr. Edmodo for the heads up.

It won’t be an upfront if we don’t get a last-minute surprise. We may having one in the making at Fox, with drama Lucifer coming from behind en route to a potential series order. That underlines the fact that you can never bet against Len Wiseman. He took a script that had only been getting lukewarm reception at Fox 2 years ago, Sleepy Hollow, and directed it into a slam-dunk pilot. The route was even more twisted for the Warner Bros. TV-produced Lucifer, written by Tom Kapinos and executive produced by Jerry Bruckheimer. Just like the studio scored a last-minute upset a few years ago when Alcatraz, also from an A-list producer, JJ Abrams, landed a surprise 11-th hour pickup, WBTV may have done it again if buzz is any indication. That is despite talk that Kapinos had not been very involved in the pilot — I hear the project is looking for a new showrunner.

Lucifer‘s unlikely rise seems to be happening at the expense of another WBTV pilot, early favorite Studios City starring Eric McCormack, from Krista Vernoff and John Wells. Word is that Fox may be picking up all off its drama pilots except for Studio City, including frontrunner Minority RepLucifer‘s unlikely rise seems to be happening at the expense of another WBTV pilot, early favorite Studios City starring Eric McCormack, from Krista Vernoff and John Wells. Word is that Fox may be picking up all off its drama pilots except for Studio City, including frontrunner Minority Report, Morris Chestnut starrer Rosewood and Frankenstein, which had been steadily rising and comes from one of 20th TV’s top producers, Howard Gordon. That means three out of four new series featuring genre/sci-fi elements.ort, Morris Chestnut starrer Rosewood and Frankenstein, which had been steadily rising and comes from one of 20th TV’s top producers, Howard Gordon. That means three out of four new series featuring genre/sci-fi elements.

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