Ronald D Moore, the man behind the ever popular Battlestar Galactica has a new series picked up. And that series is being described as an “adult themed Harry Potter” police procedural.
Moore will produce a drama which is described as an “adult themed Harry Potter” police procedural for NBC. The project, from Sony TV (who Moore signed a two-year overall deal with this May), is reported to have received close to $2 million dollars in pilot and series penalties.
As far as long running franchises that come to a logical close, Harry Potter has a lot of potential to spinoff with the Aurors and a dozen other fantastical elements that blur the line of magic and reality living in concert with each other. But this will not be a Harry Potter product, however it could prove as proof that an Aurors film would work. If of course, it works.
I am really looking forward to a serious police procedural that deals with the supernatural.
Can’t wait to see what comes of this.
btw what an epic pic he has haha
SHE’S A CYLON! HE’S A CYLON!! THERE ALL FRACKIN CYLONS!
that being said ….Battlestar was somewhat annoying to me…every episode was the same stuff over and over and over and over with one crappy season in the very middle and one of the most memorable (even though we all kinda seen it coming kinda way) endings of a series. I just can’t stand the shakky cam for no reason and the camera zoom on 1 item to show meaning for something symbolic. Seemed like they just went back to the well way to many times in the series. As for supernatural cop shit….me likey!
I don’t know if this being compared to Harry Potter then does that also mean to imply that while the supernatural is everywhere there will be attemtps to keep “regular people” out of it. Kinda like Men in Black.
Dresden files anyone?
Man I miss that show… the books are soooo good.
I was thinking the same thing. Dresden should be redone with a season spanning one or two books at a time, instead of one per episode. And the characters properly cast (Murphy is a blonde!; Bob is an air elemental bound to a skull, not a ghost, etc.).
I immediately thought “Um, Dresden Files?” too.
umm… x files, fringe, or even the show supernatural
Those all have very subtle supernatural or superscience elements in a real world. The Harry Potter comparison looks to lean more toward the idea that the supernatural is present in everything.
And I like those shows too. And I am curious as hell as to what Moore will do with it.