"Torchwood" gets picked up by Starz
Praise be, Torchwood is coming to the States.
Acclaimed British cult TV favorite "Torchwood" is getting a U.S. makeover courtesy of Starz.
The premium cable outlet will share production costs on the show's upcoming season in exchange for domestic distribution rights. The 10-episode run will debut on BBC One and Starz next summer, and take on a more international scope. The bulk of the story will shift from UK to North America and key U.S. actors will join the cast.
Once again, stars John Barrowman and Eve Myles will return.
"This gives 'Torchwood' the chance to feel like a real global drama," said BBC Worldwide Productions executive vp Jane Tranter. "The story of 'Torchwood' will impact worldwide humanity and not just a small area of the UK. This will scale it up."
The most recent edition of "Torchwood" was a five-episode miniseries titled "Children of Earth" that was recently nominated for best miniseries by the Television Critics Association. The show chronicles a group that keeps Britain safe from hostile aliens and is led by an immortal named Captain Jack (Barrowman).
Producers previously were developing a U.S. version at Fox, which eventually passed on the project.
John Barrowman is an incredibly likable character who happens to be attracted to men, women and aliens. When I first read that FOX was thinking about picking up the show, I figured they would have to change his character and destroy it because there was no way they would let Capt. Jack make out with a guy on American TV, but now he'll be intact and so will the show. Something funny happened in the UK. The children didn't all turn "gay" after watching the show which is something the homophobes here would have screamed about.
Eve Myles plays the female lead who is in love with Jack, but never says it even as she marries her boyfriend and really is the heart of Torchwood even though Captain Jack Harkness was the character that sold the show after he appeared on season one of the newer Doctor Who. From what I'm hearing the story arc is brilliant, it will have American actors/characters to make up the team and it's just as dark as Children of Earth which was the BBC America's biggest hit to date ratings wise at the time.
You bastard. Posting something about a tv show on sport blog. Oh, wait, what's this blog about again? Anyway, I'M ANGRY and i'll leave this site now.
(btw: Torchwood? meh)
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You need some anger management therapy ... STAT!
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That does it, i'm angry with you as well and i'll put you on my black list.
Argghhhh, me hulk, smash....things....or something.
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I'll have to give you the special treatment. Fasten your seatbelt!
That makes it look like you wanna cyber. a/s/l?. j/k.
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It wouldn't be prudent.
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I would, i'm 64 longbow Apache. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_AH-64_Apache
And my hellfire rocket is hard. :p
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That's impressive indeed!
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Thanks.
I can't cyber for shite. I would throw the two finger salutes all the time.
Fuck off and sod off you fucking tossers.
LOL. ;)
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I love it!
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A_A delivers.
A shame you are not at the WC, i would have licked your flag.
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A_A most definitely delivers!
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If dreams where real, utopia would be close to be real.
Oh well, sweet dreams bro/sister.
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I don't have Starz. Might be a reason to get it. I'm curious to see how they do it. Plus, could they work the Doctor in? (yes, I'm a geek). By the way, John - do you watch Fringe? Excellent show.
Apparently not. D00d, torrent it.
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this is where we define "geek"...
If you want to know how American "improves" British shows, find a copy of the American Version of "Red Dwarf"...
Nuff said...
[I may just have stuffed cotton for a brain, but even I know this is just wrong...]
I suggest you check out Spartacus, a Starz original made in New Zealand and Australia. Fantastic.
Life on Mars, anyone?
Thought it was interesting that this showed up here before most DW blogs/news sites.
this news is a week old
Damn. Harry must be asleep at AICN.
he's on it!
Thank goodness it's not going to be on Fox. They undoubtedly would have tried to make Captain Jack kill the evil gays and save the world for truth, justice and the right-wing way.
Maybe Starz will put it on Starz Play like they did Spartacus.
...especially
SeasonSeries 2.BBC has a lot of good shows, one of my favorites, Being Human, returns next month. Lenora Crichlow, who plays Annie, is the prettiest little thing
..whether it be BBC, ITV or other. E4 had a very impressive series called Misfits in which a bunch of kids doing community service acquire moderate super powers from a freak storm. Very fresh concept, gritty and alternative, with mold-breaking writing. And surprisingly funny and dark at the same time. The first season was just six episodes - winning the BAFTA award for best drama. I believe they're working on a second.
Merlin, based on the Arthurian legend is also very good - the third season is currently in production.
"In theory theory and practice are alike. In practice they are very different."
I ordered it from Amazon/UK and watched it already...
Nobody is better or hotter than John Barrowman, straight or gay. The man is magnetism personified. I can't wait...
this week, but well, hey it's an exciting drama! Who can resist that?
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people need a release
we cant all be like you and spend 24/7 banging our heads against that proverbial wall
I thought Children of Earth was awful. So melodramatic and unbelievable. The part where Jack and his lover walk into the room with the alien and declare "we're going to stop you, so there!!" WTF did they expect the alien that can control the children of earth to do? Back down and say gee sorry I guess I'll leave? And killing off, forget the guys name now but Jack's lover, just after they finally admitted they were in love, was soooo lame.
But hopefully the series will put return to form. I know there are a lot of Buffy fans on this site so if you haven't seen the episodes with Jack and James Marsters (Spike) as his ex-lover and sort of bad-good guy check them out.
Totally agree -- and it made no sense for Ianto to be in there with no gas mask when they knew that container was full of poison, there were gas masks all around, and, well, it was just a stupid way to kill him off. Gwen makes me tired. Jack is hot, and I'm glad Fox isn't getting the show.
i hate people who dont age and get to keep all their own hair
Must be Hamas.
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It's pretty much established that Jack Harkness eventually grows into the Face of Boe? Never expicitly stated, but in Last of the Time Lords, Harkness worries about how he'll look in million years, since while he is immortal, he is still slowly aging. He tells the Doctor and Martha Jones that it's a matter of vanity, because he "used to be a poster boy when [he] was a kid in the Boeshane Peninsula", as "the first one ever to be signed up for the Time Agency," earning him the name "the Face of Boe".
so i saw that too
..in the episode Bad Wolf, where the game show channel had the question, "what is the oldest life form in the universe" on Weakest Link. The answer was the Face of Boe -- which makes sense that it would be the immortal Jack Harkness.
"In theory theory and practice are alike. In practice they are very different."
that's the running joke..
the way they did that attempt to americanize dr who
Look at what happened when Coupling got Americanized.
... but am a little disappointed that it will be "moving" to North American and adding American cast (no need, Jack is already American), I had already picked out a new (mostly) British cast ... Jack, Gwen, Rhys, Alonso Frame (from the Titanic), Dr. Martha Jones & Mickey Smith (the last 3 being foreshadowed in the Dr. Who episode "The End of Time"). Alas, Russel Davies isn't taking my calls.
...but that was terrible. Bad acting, bad sfx, atrocious timing, bad editing and, worst of all, all those sophomoric one-liners packed into this one short clip...
Make no motto of love that worships war
was the most harrowing, awful, scary thing I have seen on television since I saw Special Bulletin when I was 15. I will watch Torchwood anytime - it's "record series" on the dvr.
John Barrowman is an excellent actor, and Captain Jack Harkness is a great character
"Identify yourself" "This is me!"
of being scary. The producers' mandate was to make a show that most of the audience would watch from BEHIND the couch, through their fingers. A documentary I once saw on the original series had a writer being interviewed saying, "the producer would come in at the beginning of the week and challenge us, 'OK, how are we going to terrify the little bastages this week?' "
"In theory theory and practice are alike. In practice they are very different."
'Torchwood: C.O.E.' is the only show that ever gave me PTSD. The series itself had some off notes, but they were always more than made up by brilliant acting and writing. Episodes such as 'Adam' and 'Fragments' were lovely and heart-breaking. Barrowman was as much the heart of the show as Myles, though I would argue much the same for Tosh as well; a character who could've been left as weak and pining, but proved her strength and loyalty to the end.
I will argue with Amato that Gwen was attracted to and loved Jack, but is IN love with Rhys, her husband.
As to Jack, Rusty [Russell T. Davies, show-runner C.O.E.] did something quite inspiring/devastating with his character when he allowed viewers to see the sacrifice he had to make at the end. [No, MikeD, I'm not talking about Ianto - that was horrific enough for those of us that loved the show.] That sacrifice took his character down to the same depths of despair that the Doctor had reached after the Time War. How gut-wrenching was it to watch him go through it & lose everything?
And that is why there is such a difference between Doctor Who & Torchwood. Doctor Who, in the end, is made for all ages [watched with fingers over eyes] while Torchwood is for adults.
Blue Mark, I am completely with you on your observations, but sadly television commitments have taken Dr. Jones & Midshipman Frame out of the picture [darn those actors for having busy careers] and Noel Clarke is busy winning awards for his films.
Here is hoping that for once they don't 'Coupling' a great British show. Here's to Torchwood: Cardiff, may it rest in peace & pieces.
for those folks who don't know John...he can also sing.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SuvalwhclOg
John Barrowman - It Only Takes A Moment
I don't know, there's a big disconnect between Fox News and Fox network. Look at their animated programs, for example.
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