Director Barry Sonnenfeld's (Men in Black, Get Shorty) is helming Kingdom, a new pilot for CBS that takes place in medieval times. The series will focus on four friends, one of which learns he's the heir to the throne. However, he'd rather get drunk and chase damsels than act like a king.
Sonnenfeld is also executive producing Pushing Daisies, a pilot for ABC from Bryan Fuller (Heroes) about a man who can bring people to life by touching them. Sonnenfeld was also a producer for the short-lived, live-action version of The Tick. Pushing Daisies also stars Chi McBride, Kristin Chenoweth and Lee Pace.
The whole "knights" angle of Kingdom seems iffy, but I would have said the same thing about the concept of Heroes before that series appeared. The combination of Sonnenfeld and Fuller at least has me curious.
Kingdom is written by Chad Hodge, who previously wrote for the series Runaway (on which he was also a producer) and Tru Calling.
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7-18-2007 @ 12:49PM
Jim said...
Just what we need. Another historical piece whose characters act like modern spoiled brats. Why bother? I understand the whole urge to make your characters relate to it's modern viewers, but to be honest I would rather have a realistic viewpoint on people of the period. Give me BBC's Pride and Prejudice over the more recent "modernized" movie version any day.
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7-18-2007 @ 1:51PM
Bash said...
Huh?
This is set in medieval times - just because the king-to-be acts like a spoiled brat doesn't make this any more like modern versions of classic plays.
This could be as much BBC as any other series would it not air as a series on one of the four big networks.
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7-18-2007 @ 9:22PM
Brent McKee said...
Jim, you've obviously never done much reading about the medieval kings of England. Drinking and whoring were standard passtimes for heirs to the throne. And some of them (one of the early Edwards) wasn't overly choosy about the gender of who they slept with. When you consider that the basic employment of kings in those days was fighting wars (up close and personal - see Henry V) and trying to keep power (see Richard II) you come to understand the drinking and whoring.
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