Once Upon a Time in Wonderland - New ABC Spin Off

[Elandyll]

The ABC Spin Off of Once Upon A Time is officially a go, with the shooting having already started.

Wonderland will air Thursdays (starting in September) at 8pm followed by "Grey's Anatomy" at 9 pm and "Scandal" at 10 pm.
Once Upon a Time remains on Sunday in its original time slot.

Cast:
Sophie Lowe as Alice
Peter Gadiot as Cyrus
John Lithgow as the voice of White Rabbit
Michael Socha as the Knave of Hearts
Emma Rigby as the Queen of Hearts

Official Trailer:

Once Upon a Time in Wonderland: Trailer - YouTube

Here are the first photos available.

[i007spectre]

Still don't think this show is necessary.

[fatediesel]

Thursday at 8:00 has been a death slot for ABC in recent years. This season both Last Resort and Zero Hour failed, last season Charlie's Angels and Missing failed, in 2010-2011 My Generation failed, and in 2009-2010 both FlashForward and The Deep End failed. The last show to do decent in that spot was Ugly Betty, and that was before CBS had The Big Bang Theory there and Fox had X-Factor and American Idol.

[Edword]

Originally Posted by i007spectre

Still don't think this show is necessary.

Yep. We already have OUAT, we don't need more. Good way to burn out the show and premise.

[Elandyll]

Trailer added.

Interesting spin between Burton's version and almost a feeling of American McGee's sometimes.

I am intrgiued and will definitely give this a chance, and not only because of the link to OUaT.

[djgeneral]

I don't think this will make it. They should have done this after the first season when the buzz was still hot. OUAT started big and rapidly faded away. Hopefully the 2 blocks of 12 episodes will help restore.

[LEHD]

I think this looks actually good! It could be better than OUAT.

[i007spectre]

Ok after watching the trailer, I am willing to give the show a shot.

[doctorD]

Here's the HD video for the trailer:

Once Upon a Time in Wonderland - ABC Network - YouTube

[Bodyslide]

I'll pass on this one, except when we have the 2 part crossover episode..

[KilloWertz]

Originally Posted by djgeneral

I don't think this will make it. They should have done this after the first season when the buzz was still hot. OUAT started big and rapidly faded away. Hopefully the 2 blocks of 12 episodes will help restore.

It's true that the ratings aren't what they used to be, but the demo rating for the finale was still pretty solid.

With that said, I don't think this was necessary either even though I'll likely watch it based on my love for what they accomplished with Once Upon a Time. I watch the show on Blu-ray, so I don't know anything about Season 2, but still.

[LEHD]

Apparently the 1st episode will take place in Storybrooke

You had to figure ABC’s Once Upon a Time and its eagerly anticipated upcoming spinoff Once Upon a Time in Wonderland would cross their creative streams at some point.
But you’re not going to have to wait long for elements of one show to appear into the other.
Get this: The first episode of Wonderland currently starts in Storybrooke. We’re sworn to secrecy on details beyond that. But let’s just say that while the two shows will maintain clear and separate identities (it’s important to ABC and the showrunners that Wonderland can stand-alone with its own easily accessible story) this won’t be the last time the world Once Upon mingles over to Thursdays at 8 p.m.
I’m hedging a little about the exact placement of the Storybrooke scene in the Wonderland pilot because, as Once Upon fans know, a full episode has not yet been shot, so the order of the scenes could change from the presentation screened for ABC executives. In fact, we’re told producers only filmed 19 minutes of footage from the story they mapped out in December for the Wonderland premiere episode. That’s pretty rock star — landing a spot on ABC’s fall schedule without even shooting half an episode! See the Wonderland trailer cut from the presentation here.

http://insidetv.ew.com/2013/05/15/on...ss-wonderland/

[Walts Ghost]

That promo made the show look even less interesting and appealing than I had figured it would be...I love 'Once', but this just doesn't look interesting to me. I'll give it a chance, but it honestly just feels pointless.

[Anthony P]

can't wait

[arcadeforest]

Willing to give it a try - daughter and I have been fans of Once Upon a Time so . . .

[TheAnimeLegend]

I will give it a shot and see if it catches my interest.

[EricJ]

Originally Posted by Elandyll

The ABC Spin Off of Once Upon A Time is officially a go, with the shooting having already started.

Wonderland will air Thursdays (starting in September) at 8pm followed by "Grey's Anatomy" at 9 pm and "Scandal" at 10 pm.
Once Upon a Time remains on Sunday in its original time slot.

Cast:
Sophie Lowe as Alice
Peter Gadiot as Cyrus
John Lithgow as the voice of White Rabbit
Michael Socha as the Knave of Hearts
Emma Rigby as the Queen of Hearts

OMG! Alice allegorically in a sanitarium? That's so mindblowing! That's so completely new!--No one's EVER done that before!



And if the Knave of Hearts--who had exactly one line...ONE LINE...in the original book--is now a "supporting character", given Disney, I'm guessing they're using Tim Burton canon as the bible. Someone really ought to tell them, by now.
(But at least, they did remember to keep the genies, pirates and mermaids from the story.)

[honeylatte]

i think alice has already been done to death beween the cartoon, the new movie, alice mcgee video games, and once upon a time's mad hatter episodes.

i don't see how they could draw it out for 10+ episodes, but the trailer was eye catching with those graphics and all

[Rambaldi47]

I liked this better when it was supposed to air during Once's winter hiatus. As its own show, I'm not sure it can hold its own. This must take place either before

[Show spoiler]Regina sends Cora through the looking glass or after Cora left

, but I hope they eventually get Barbara Hershey on the show as the Queen of Hearts. It would be nice to have the Mad Hatter appear, but Sebastian Stan is probably busy with Captain America 2 right now.

[LEHD]

Has anyone watched it yet?