Showtime's Chew

[detective392]

Showtime has bought the script for Chew based on a comic book about a federal agent Tony Chu, a “cibopath” able to get psychic impression from the things he eats who is assigned to the most usual and bizarre crimes. Sounds very weird but I have faith if picked up showtime will give us on good show.

http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/news/23932

[WyldeMan45]

This seems like one interesting series, and by that I mean incredibly insane, lol.

Showtime has bought a script for Chew, a quirky half-hour cop show based on John Layman and Rob Guillory’s bestselling comic book of the same name. Stephen Hopkins is attached to direct and executive produce the project, which hails from Circle of Confusion, the company behind AMC’s hit series adaptation of Robert Kirkman’s The Walking Dead.

Terri Hughes Burton and Ron Milbauer (Eureka) wrote the Chew script, which will now be tweaked under Showtime's guidance. Chew tells the darkly comic story of federal agent Tony Chu, a “cibopath” able to get psychic impression from the things he eats who is assigned to the most usual and bizarre crimes. “There are a lot of superhero comic books, but there are not many food comic books," Layman told me back in July when the TV project was still in the nascent stages. Along with Hopkins, Burton, Milbauer, David Engel and Circle of Confusion are also executive producing Chew, with Hopkins' producing partner Kate Garwood expected to produce in some capacity. Hopkins has a longstanding relationship with Showtime: He directed the pilot for the network's dark comedy series Californication and recently helmed an episode of freshman drama Shameless as well as one of Showtime's recently ordered pilots, the Don Cheadle starrer House of Lies.

In addition to The Walking Dead, which has been renewed for a second season, Circle of Confusion is executive producing Powers, a drama project based on the comic by Brian Michael Bendis and Mike Oeming that was recently picked up to pilot by FX. Charles H. Eglee adapted the comic book for Sony TV and FX Prods., with Michael Dinner directing.

[blufiend]

Seems like my kind of show.

[detective392]

Beat you to it again Wylde but you did give more information then me.

https://forum.blu-ray.com/television...imes-chew.html

[WyldeMan45]

Originally Posted by detective392

Beat you to it again Wylde but you did give more information then me.

https://forum.blu-ray.com/television...imes-chew.html

Oh sorry about that, I did not see the thread. This does seem like a wild show I wonder how the hell they could pull it off without significant changes.

[detective392]

Originally Posted by WyldeMan45

Oh sorry about that, I did not see the thread. This does seem like a wild show I wonder how the hell they could pull it off without significant changes.

Yeah I never saw any of the comic panels but after seeing what you posted and the gorillas holding guns and talking I really have no clue how they can pull it off.

[WyldeMan45]

Originally Posted by detective392

Yeah I never saw any of the comic panels but after seeing what you posted and the gorillas holding guns and talking I really have no clue how they can pull it off.

Or her sidekick rat named Jellybean who knows karate, lol. One of the things I read said poultry is illegal in their world following an avian flu outbreak, so I guess most people are cannibals. How does this show work, even on cable?

[detective392]

Originally Posted by WyldeMan45

Or her sidekick rat named Jellybean who knows karate, lol. One of the things I read said poultry is illegal in their world following an avian flu outbreak, so I guess most people are cannibals. How does this show work, even on cable?

Yeah I first thought it was a series/goofy kinda show but now seems all goofy and something hard to pull off even for showtime.

[WyldeMan45]

Originally Posted by detective392

Yeah I first thought it was a series/goofy kinda show but now seems all goofy and something hard to pull off even for showtime.

I also read that with Dexter nearing it's end they are looking for the next horror type show, so apparently they are taking this very serious lol.

[detective392]

Originally Posted by WyldeMan45

I also read that with Dexter nearing it's end they are looking for the next horror type show, so apparently they are taking this very serious lol.

Yeah I still don't know why they keep calling Dexter horror? I mean it has blood but IMO it's no where near horror or even being a scary show in any way.

[WyldeMan45]

Originally Posted by detective392

Yeah I still don't know why they keep calling Dexter horror? I mean it has blood but IMO it's no where near horror or even being a scary show in any way.

Yeah it's not creepy or scary, it never has been. For me it was never more than mildly entertaining so I've never understood the horror genre tag on it either.

[detective392]

Originally Posted by WyldeMan45

Yeah it's not creepy or scary, it never has been. For me it was never more than mildly entertaining so I've never understood the horror genre tag on it either.

Yeah I found it kinda creepy sometimes but no where near horror. But this is the generation that calls Saw the a horror movie and one of the greatest so I guess it makes sense.