J.J. Abrams/Eric Kripke Thriller ‘Revolution’

[Walts Ghost]

J.J. Abrams/Eric Kripke Thriller ‘Revolution’ Gets Pilot Production Commitment At NBC

EXCLUSIVE: With 2 new series, Person of Interest and Alcatraz, one returning, Fringe, and a Star Trek movie sequel on his plate, it wasn’t clear whether J.J. Abrams would be developing this year. He did, and the result, a drama written bySupernatural creator/executive producer Eric Kripke, has gotten a pilot production commitment from NBC. Like most things J.J., details about the project titled Revolution are being kept under wraps, but it’s being described as an epic adventure thriller. It hails from Abrams’ Bad Robot production company and Warner Bros. TV where the company is based. Abrams, Kripke and Bryan Burk are executive producing.

This is the second high-profile project for Kripke this season. The writer, repped by WME and Principato-Young, also is writing/executive producing an adaptationof the DC Comic Deadman for the CW and WBTV. At NBC, Bad Robot previously produced short-lived spy drama Undercovers and had an action drama penned by Josh Appelbaum and Andre Nemec and starring Michael Emerson and Terry O’Quinn set up at the network with a put pilot commitment last season.

Sounds great, can't wait to see how it turns out.

[Elandyll]

Sounds good ... but with a pilot just ordered probably nothing until fall 2012 I guess

[Septimus Prime]

Abrams's production company being involved means nothing to me, but Kripke! Now there's a guy who can turn out some quality.

[InnerSycosis]

http://www.tvguide.com/News/Revoluti...t-1049414.aspx

[KilloWertz]

A little odd that they decide to completely change how the mother is going to be in the show after the Pilot is already filmed with her in it.

[SquidPuppet]

https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread...ght=revolution

[ChiefSequatchie]

Originally Posted by KilloWertz

A little odd that they decide to completely change how the mother is going to be in the show after the Pilot is already filmed with her in it.

Probably because they were able to get Elizabeth Mitchell!

[Samus Aran]

Originally Posted by KilloWertz

A little odd that they decide to completely change how the mother is going to be in the show after the Pilot is already filmed with her in it.

It happens a lot. When they were setting up episodes of Grey's Anatomy for a potential spinoff, they had their cast set. But when they got their spinoff, they recast one of the actresses.

If you look at the original cast photo for Castle, Castle's blonde ex-wife was going to be a regular and they had a different actor playing Detective Ryan. Of course, they actually reshot the Ryan stuff.

I think one of the biggest shifts in actors would be when Dirk Benedict took over the role of Face in the second episode of The A-Team.

[Livelong420]

Originally Posted by Septimus Prime

Abrams's production company being involved means nothing to me, but Kripke! Now there's a guy who can turn out some quality.

Bad Robot had never disappointed me.

[Lacit170]

When is this scheduled to premier?

[Anthony P]

Originally Posted by Lacit170

When is this scheduled to premier?

the fall I think

[KoukiR]

I saw the preview and it looked pretty good.

[Edword]

It looks like it should be pretty interesting. Hopefully it sticks around and doesn't get canceled. I don't want to get attached to more new shows that are doomed to be cancelled after one season.

[MitsuMarky]

Just watched the trailer:

Revolution - Trailer - YouTube

Looks promising to me.