Posts with tag steven long mitchell
Posted Dec 3rd 2007 10:42AM by Jason Hughes
Filed under: Other Sci-Fi/Supernatural Shows, Pickups and Renewals, Casting
From 1996-2000, NBC had a modest hit on their hand with The Pretender, a show in which main character Jarod used his abilities to assume other people's identities to help those in need. Kind of a Quantum Leap with identity theft instead of bodysnatching. Creators Steven Long Mitchell and Craig Van Sickle, also of Tin Man, reportedly told SCI FI Wire they'd like to bring back the show in the digital medium. The relaunch, or continuation, could even feature original star Michael T. Weiss in the title role again.
They've reportedly brunched Weiss and begun laying the groundwork for the project, so it seems it's a done deal, just what exactly it means and when and where we'll be able to see it remains unclear.
Continue reading The Pretender to return in new digital format?
Posted Nov 23rd 2006 9:01AM by Brett Love
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Other Sci-Fi/Supernatural Shows, Cable, Programming, Sci Fi

The Sci Fi channel has brought in two writers from
24, Steven Long Mitchell and Craig Van Sickle, to reimagine
The Wizard Of Oz as a mini-series called
Tin Man. I suppose saying you hired writers from
24 sounds better than saying you hired writers/producers from
She Spies...
I kid. I saw every episode of
She Spies. Anyway, the
post at Warp Section has some of the details for what they have in mind. Dorothy has become a "goth hottie named DG" while Oz is now the Outer Zone, an ethnically diverse alternate universe setting for DG's adventure.
The post also mentions that it will be a six-hour story, but
Sci Fi Wire says it will be four. I guess we'll have to wait and see on that. This could really go either way. It's tough to mess with a classic, but I think Sci Fi has earned the benefit of the doubt with what they have done with
Battlestar Galactica. Plans call for a 2007 release.
[ via
Netscape.com ]