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I am usually very hesitant about any new TV show, but I can't pass this one up, it's about me favorite subject! Most of these network shows are written more for ratings than to actually tell a story, and most of the time the story they are telling is just a rehash of a an old movie or just a plain ripoff of Treasure Island. I had high hopes for Crusoe on NBC last year ...but that one ended up laying an egg too. It was more like POTC meets the Swiss Family Robinson in my opinion! But I will probably give this one a chance if it ever makes it to production, read on for more!
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http://www.atvnewsnetwork.co.uk/today/index.php/atv-today/1774-abc-eyes-up-new-pirates-drama
ABC eyes up new Pirates Drama
Written by Luke Edwards
Thursday, 19 November 2009 09:40
ABCRDF Media is developing a new pirate based drama for ABC Family, one of the ABC channels. The proposed drama will be targeted at the Merlin audiences, the BBC fantasy drama which aired on NBC in America. ABC has commissioned for scripts of the pirate drama and is widely expected to give the green light for a 13 part series to air in 2010. Young Bucks will centre on two ‘Robin Hood’ style pirates, Carver and Dre, and their adventures onboard the ship The Sea Wind.
If ABC does give the series the green-light it will be filmed in the South Pacific as a co-production between RDF Media and ABC Family. Elaine Spencer will be the executive producer while it will be written by Steve Mitchell, Craig Van Sickle, Richard Kurti, Bev Doyle and Daneil Arkin. RDF are also currently working on another show for the American audience; Being Human. The production company has been given the green-light from the SyFy Channel to produce a remake of the British series for American audiences.
Young Bucks isn’t the only pirate based drama in development as with the success of the Pirates of the Caribbean movies television executives are hoping to cash in on the pirate brand and create their own shows. The BBC has been developing their own pirate drama for a few months now though little details have emerged concerning it. Disney is also keen to continue its pirate franchise with a 4th instalment in the Pirates of the Caribbean series.
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