If you read the headline and are asking yourselves, pilots? what pilots? — you are not wrong. It’s been largely a 2024 pilot season without pilots. A grand total of maybe one of them is expected to factor into any fall decisions as the broadcast networks prepare to unveil their schedules, starting with CBS tomorrow, May 2.
Needless to say, the broadcast pilot season is no longer the industry obsession it once was this time of year, with back-to-back disruptions from the pandemic and the dual Hollywood strikes providing the proverbial final nail in the coffin of the decades-old pilot cycle. But for tradition’s sake, here are some insights into the networks’ current development plans.
There is no more stacked lineup for next season than CBS’ with three new drama series, Young Gibbs prequel NCIS: Origins; Matlock, starring Kathy Bates; and Watson, headlined by Morris Chestnut; and two new comedies, Poppa’s House,...
Needless to say, the broadcast pilot season is no longer the industry obsession it once was this time of year, with back-to-back disruptions from the pandemic and the dual Hollywood strikes providing the proverbial final nail in the coffin of the decades-old pilot cycle. But for tradition’s sake, here are some insights into the networks’ current development plans.
There is no more stacked lineup for next season than CBS’ with three new drama series, Young Gibbs prequel NCIS: Origins; Matlock, starring Kathy Bates; and Watson, headlined by Morris Chestnut; and two new comedies, Poppa’s House,...
- 5/1/2024
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Last August, developers Fallen Leaf and Black Drakkar Games teamed up with publisher Dear Villagers to bring the world a sci-fi horror video game called Fort Solis, which was directed by James Tinsdale and featured performances from Roger Clark (Red Dead Redemption 2), Julia Brown (World on Fire) and Troy Baker (The Last of Us). Now Fallen Leaf and Black Drakkar have signed a deal with Studios Extraordinaires to develop film and TV adaptations, with the directing duo of André Hedetoft and Andreas Troedsson set to take the helm of the Fort Solis movie!
Hedetoft told IGN they were drawn to the material because “You get a super cinematic immersive experience when you play it, you have amazing characters and actors that brought them to life in the game, and you have some really creative people behind it, and I think that’s exactly the kind of dream project to do.
Hedetoft told IGN they were drawn to the material because “You get a super cinematic immersive experience when you play it, you have amazing characters and actors that brought them to life in the game, and you have some really creative people behind it, and I think that’s exactly the kind of dream project to do.
- 4/30/2024
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Exclusive: A new single-camera comedy series is in the works at Fox from Denis Leary, Jack Leary and Joel Church-Cooper.
The series, titled Going Dutch, is part of Denis Leary’s development deal with Fox Entertainment, which he inked in 2020. Church-Cooper will pen the series, while Denis and Jack Leary will executive produce.
In Going Dutch, a decorated, hard-ass colonel is tasked with running the least important U.S. Army base in the world, located in the tulip-hugging, wine-chugging Netherlands.
Denis Leary previously starred in Fox’s The Moodys for two seasons. His deal with Fox, which runs through his recently launched production company Amoeba, tasks him with developing and producing comedy, drama and animation. He is repped by WME and Ziffren Brittenham.
His son Jack is a writer, producer and director who runs Amoeba alongside Denis. Under the Amoeba banner, Jack oversees development for various projects across the television, film and new media landscape.
The series, titled Going Dutch, is part of Denis Leary’s development deal with Fox Entertainment, which he inked in 2020. Church-Cooper will pen the series, while Denis and Jack Leary will executive produce.
In Going Dutch, a decorated, hard-ass colonel is tasked with running the least important U.S. Army base in the world, located in the tulip-hugging, wine-chugging Netherlands.
Denis Leary previously starred in Fox’s The Moodys for two seasons. His deal with Fox, which runs through his recently launched production company Amoeba, tasks him with developing and producing comedy, drama and animation. He is repped by WME and Ziffren Brittenham.
His son Jack is a writer, producer and director who runs Amoeba alongside Denis. Under the Amoeba banner, Jack oversees development for various projects across the television, film and new media landscape.
- 1/18/2024
- by Katie Campione
- Deadline Film + TV
Developer Fallen Leaf Studios released their psychological sci-fi thriller Fort Solis earlier this year, a video game inspired by films including Alien, Solaris, Moon and Sunshine.
Now Fort Solis is getting a movie and possibly even a television series of its own, with Deadline reporting that “Sweden’s Studios Extraordinaires is teaming with European games maker Fallen Leaf Studios to develop film and TV versions of [the] sci-fi horror game.”
In the game, players take control of engineer Jack Leary, who is thrust into an emergency situation on an isolated Martian mining base. As events spiral out of control, a mystery about the fate of the base’s crew slowly unravels.
“Fort Solis is the kind of clever science-fiction tethering on the brink of science-fact that will stay with you long after you step away from the screen,” said Studios Extraordinaires co-founders André Hedetoft and Andreas Troedsson. “Each character in the...
Now Fort Solis is getting a movie and possibly even a television series of its own, with Deadline reporting that “Sweden’s Studios Extraordinaires is teaming with European games maker Fallen Leaf Studios to develop film and TV versions of [the] sci-fi horror game.”
In the game, players take control of engineer Jack Leary, who is thrust into an emergency situation on an isolated Martian mining base. As events spiral out of control, a mystery about the fate of the base’s crew slowly unravels.
“Fort Solis is the kind of clever science-fiction tethering on the brink of science-fact that will stay with you long after you step away from the screen,” said Studios Extraordinaires co-founders André Hedetoft and Andreas Troedsson. “Each character in the...
- 12/11/2023
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
Sweden’s Studios Extraordinaires Developing Film & TV Adaptations Of Sci-Fi Horror Game ‘Fort Solis’
Exclusive: Sweden’s Studios Extraordinaires is teaming with European games maker Fallen Leaf Studios to develop film and TV versions of sci-fi horror game Fort Solis.
In the game, players take control of engineer Jack Leary, who is trust into an emergency situation on an isolated Martian mining base. As events spiral out of control, a mystery about the fate of the base’s crew slowly unravels.
The game has a cast including Roger Clark (Red Dead Redemption 2), Troy Baker and Julia Brown but no cast for the big and small screen adaptations have been set. It was developed by Fallen Leaf and Black Drakkar Games, and was published by France’s Dear Villagers.
“Fort Solis is the kind of clever science-fiction tethering on the brink of science-fact that will stay with you long after you step away from the screen,...
In the game, players take control of engineer Jack Leary, who is trust into an emergency situation on an isolated Martian mining base. As events spiral out of control, a mystery about the fate of the base’s crew slowly unravels.
The game has a cast including Roger Clark (Red Dead Redemption 2), Troy Baker and Julia Brown but no cast for the big and small screen adaptations have been set. It was developed by Fallen Leaf and Black Drakkar Games, and was published by France’s Dear Villagers.
“Fort Solis is the kind of clever science-fiction tethering on the brink of science-fact that will stay with you long after you step away from the screen,...
- 12/11/2023
- by Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
The day’s finally arrived for developer Fallen Leaf and their psychological sci-fi thriller Fort Solis. Published by Dear Villagers, the game is out now on PlayStation 5 and PC via Steam (which has a 10% launch discount) and the Epic Games Store, and the launch is accompanied by a new trailer.
“Inspired by classic sci-fi films like Alien, Solaris, Moon, and Sunshine, we wanted to create a timeless tale that uses sci-fi ideas and aesthetics to the heart of the human condition,” said James Tinsdale, Game Director at Fallen Leaf. “We’ve spent the last few years really honing our craft to make Fort Solis as immersive and moody as possible, so we’re beyond excited that people will finally be able to experience our passion project.”
Fort Solis has you assume the role of engineer Jack Leary, as he spends the longest night of his life on an isolated mining base on Mars.
“Inspired by classic sci-fi films like Alien, Solaris, Moon, and Sunshine, we wanted to create a timeless tale that uses sci-fi ideas and aesthetics to the heart of the human condition,” said James Tinsdale, Game Director at Fallen Leaf. “We’ve spent the last few years really honing our craft to make Fort Solis as immersive and moody as possible, so we’re beyond excited that people will finally be able to experience our passion project.”
Fort Solis has you assume the role of engineer Jack Leary, as he spends the longest night of his life on an isolated mining base on Mars.
- 8/22/2023
- by Mike Wilson
- bloody-disgusting.com
Madrid, Spain – 9th August 2023. Meridiem Games is excited to announce a new publishing deal with developers Fallen Leaf and Black Drakkar Games and publisher Dear Villagers to release a limited edition physical version of the third-person sci-fi thriller Fort Solis for PlayStation 5 on 6th October 2023. Set on an isolated mining facility on Mars, players must solve the mystery of the missing crew and discover the secrets that lie deep within the compound.
Meridiem Games is responsible for the design and manufacture of the PlayStation 5 physical edition of Fort Solis, which will be on sale in specialist stores throughout Europe this October. The limited edition physical version will contain a special 3D cover and an exclusive metallic effect postcard. The boxed edition is available to pre-order now.
The story begins with engineer Jack Leary responding to a distress signal from the neighbouring Mars mining facility Fort Solis, located seep within the...
Meridiem Games is responsible for the design and manufacture of the PlayStation 5 physical edition of Fort Solis, which will be on sale in specialist stores throughout Europe this October. The limited edition physical version will contain a special 3D cover and an exclusive metallic effect postcard. The boxed edition is available to pre-order now.
The story begins with engineer Jack Leary responding to a distress signal from the neighbouring Mars mining facility Fort Solis, located seep within the...
- 8/9/2023
- by Video-Games MCM
- Martin Cid Tech
Madrid, Spain – 9th August 2023. Meridiem Games is excited to announce a new publishing deal with developers Fallen Leaf and Black Drakkar Games and publisher Dear Villagers to release a limited edition physical version of the third-person sci-fi thriller Fort Solis for PlayStation 5 on 6th October 2023. Set on an isolated mining facility on Mars, players must solve the mystery of the missing crew and discover the secrets that lie deep within the compound.
Meridiem Games is responsible for the design and manufacture of the PlayStation 5 physical edition of Fort Solis, which will be on sale in specialist stores throughout Europe this October. The limited edition physical version will contain a special 3D cover and an exclusive metallic effect postcard. The boxed edition is available to pre-order now.
The story begins with engineer Jack Leary responding to a distress signal from the neighbouring Mars mining facility Fort Solis, located seep within the...
Meridiem Games is responsible for the design and manufacture of the PlayStation 5 physical edition of Fort Solis, which will be on sale in specialist stores throughout Europe this October. The limited edition physical version will contain a special 3D cover and an exclusive metallic effect postcard. The boxed edition is available to pre-order now.
The story begins with engineer Jack Leary responding to a distress signal from the neighbouring Mars mining facility Fort Solis, located seep within the...
- 8/9/2023
- by Video-Games MCM
- Martin Cid Tech
Fallen Leaf and Black Drakkar Games’ Fort Solis was already scheduled to be getting a physical release on PlayStation 5. But for those in Europe (and those outside of Europe who want to spend a little more), there will be an additional physical limited edition version of the upcoming psychological sci-fi thriller.
Set for release on October 6th, this limited physical edition version of Fort Solis comes courtesy of Meridiem Games. Available for pre-order now from specialist stores throughout Europe, this limited edition physical version will contain a special 3D cover and an exclusive metallic effect postcard. It’s not quite the version that will be available from Merge Games (which contains the game’s soundtrack and artbook), but having that 3D cover art is a nice plus.
Fort Solis has you assume the role of engineer Jack Leary, as he spends the longest night of his life on an isolated mining base on Mars.
Set for release on October 6th, this limited physical edition version of Fort Solis comes courtesy of Meridiem Games. Available for pre-order now from specialist stores throughout Europe, this limited edition physical version will contain a special 3D cover and an exclusive metallic effect postcard. It’s not quite the version that will be available from Merge Games (which contains the game’s soundtrack and artbook), but having that 3D cover art is a nice plus.
Fort Solis has you assume the role of engineer Jack Leary, as he spends the longest night of his life on an isolated mining base on Mars.
- 8/9/2023
- by Mike Wilson
- bloody-disgusting.com
With their psychological cosmic sci-fi thriller Fort Solis releasing in a few weeks, developer Fallen Leaf and Dear Villagers have released an all new gameplay trailer. The short-but-sweet trailer showcases the eerie setting of Fort Solis, while also offering quick glimpses of the game’s mechanics.
“We wanted Fort Solis to tell a story through a mix of interactivity and artistry,” said James Tinsdale, Game Director at Fallen Leaf. “Using state of the art mo-cap performances, high fidelity Unreal Engine 5 graphics, music by legendary composer Ted White, and our all-star cast of professional actors, we sought to create a truly immersive experience that grounds players in this sci-fi mystery. With our cinematic ‘story-first’ approach, we wanted to distill the essence of a sci-fi thriller into a format that anyone can play, including non-gamers.”
Dear Villagers aimed to have Fort Solis ground players in its hard sci-fi drama with no camera cuts,...
“We wanted Fort Solis to tell a story through a mix of interactivity and artistry,” said James Tinsdale, Game Director at Fallen Leaf. “Using state of the art mo-cap performances, high fidelity Unreal Engine 5 graphics, music by legendary composer Ted White, and our all-star cast of professional actors, we sought to create a truly immersive experience that grounds players in this sci-fi mystery. With our cinematic ‘story-first’ approach, we wanted to distill the essence of a sci-fi thriller into a format that anyone can play, including non-gamers.”
Dear Villagers aimed to have Fort Solis ground players in its hard sci-fi drama with no camera cuts,...
- 8/3/2023
- by Mike Wilson
- bloody-disgusting.com
Fallen Leaf and Black Drakkar Games have finally announced that their sci-fi thriller Fort Solis will be releasing on the PS5 and PC via Steam on August 22nd. Accompanying the announcement is a new “Welcome to Fort Solis” gameplay trailer, offering players a tour of the titular mining station.
With the station, care was taken to create a facility that could believably host a crew, yet remain coolly indifferent enough to “drive one mad”. Fort Solis station is the product of corporate industry, a massive and inhospitable base set amidst the blood red wasteland of the Martian desert.
“With Fort Solis we wanted the setting to be a character,” said James Tinsdale, Game Director at Fallen Leaf. “Sci-fi horror is host to many of cinema’s greatest, most chilling settings. Like Alien’s Nostromo or Solaris’ titular vessel, we wanted Fort Solis to create its own hostile tone, a derelict...
With the station, care was taken to create a facility that could believably host a crew, yet remain coolly indifferent enough to “drive one mad”. Fort Solis station is the product of corporate industry, a massive and inhospitable base set amidst the blood red wasteland of the Martian desert.
“With Fort Solis we wanted the setting to be a character,” said James Tinsdale, Game Director at Fallen Leaf. “Sci-fi horror is host to many of cinema’s greatest, most chilling settings. Like Alien’s Nostromo or Solaris’ titular vessel, we wanted Fort Solis to create its own hostile tone, a derelict...
- 6/27/2023
- by Mike Wilson
- bloody-disgusting.com
Physical media junkies win again with Fallen Leaf and Black Drakkar Games’ Fort Solis, as the game will be getting a physical release on the PlayStation 5 when it launches this Summer.
Courtesy of Merge Games, the physical release will have some additional treats for those of you who spring for a PlayStation copy. The retail release of Fort Solis will include the game’s original soundtrack, alongside a digital artbook.
Fort Solis has you assume the role of engineer Jack Leary, as he spends the longest night of his life on an isolated mining base on Mars. Explore Fort Solis station at your own pace, gathering clues from its bunkers, labs, crew quarters, and harsh, stormy surface to understand what enigmatic fate befell its inhabitants. As the night grows longer events escalate, spiral out of control, and the mystery as to what’s really going on deepens.
Inspired by titles like Firewatch and Until Dawn,...
Courtesy of Merge Games, the physical release will have some additional treats for those of you who spring for a PlayStation copy. The retail release of Fort Solis will include the game’s original soundtrack, alongside a digital artbook.
Fort Solis has you assume the role of engineer Jack Leary, as he spends the longest night of his life on an isolated mining base on Mars. Explore Fort Solis station at your own pace, gathering clues from its bunkers, labs, crew quarters, and harsh, stormy surface to understand what enigmatic fate befell its inhabitants. As the night grows longer events escalate, spiral out of control, and the mystery as to what’s really going on deepens.
Inspired by titles like Firewatch and Until Dawn,...
- 6/16/2023
- by Mike Wilson
- bloody-disgusting.com
Revealed this past Summer Game Fest in June, Fallen Leaf and Black Drakkar Games have found a publisher in Dear Villagers for their upcoming third-person sci-fi thriller Fort Solis. Not only that, Fort Solis will be hitting Steam this Summer.
Featuring the talents of Troy Baker and Julia Brown, Fort Solis has you assume the role of engineer Jack Leary, as he spends the longest night of his life on an isolated mining base on Mars. After responding to a routine alarm at the Fort Solis station on Mars, Jack discovers that something’s not quite right. It’s up to you to gather clues from Fort Solis’ bunkers, labs, crew quarters, and harsh, stormy surface to understand the horrors that its inhabitants encountered.
“We’re all fans of hard sci-fi and horror, so with Fort Solis we wanted to create a tense, classic sci-fi tale that players are free...
Featuring the talents of Troy Baker and Julia Brown, Fort Solis has you assume the role of engineer Jack Leary, as he spends the longest night of his life on an isolated mining base on Mars. After responding to a routine alarm at the Fort Solis station on Mars, Jack discovers that something’s not quite right. It’s up to you to gather clues from Fort Solis’ bunkers, labs, crew quarters, and harsh, stormy surface to understand the horrors that its inhabitants encountered.
“We’re all fans of hard sci-fi and horror, so with Fort Solis we wanted to create a tense, classic sci-fi tale that players are free...
- 1/22/2023
- by Mike Wilson
- bloody-disgusting.com
Exclusive: Fox is developing an untitled single-camera comedy written by and starring The Daily Show correspondent Roy Wood, Jr. He will executive produce the project with fellow actor-comedian Denis Leary as well as Jack Leary via the father-son duo’s Amoeba production banner. Fox Entertainment is the studio.
In the show, working in service to a bunch of thankless Americans, members of the oft-forgotten National Guard use their time on domestic deployments to come up with new ways to pat themselves on the back, even though they don’t deserve it. All while honoring commitments to their community, their families and their day jobs.
The project stems from the development deal Denis Leary, star of Fox’s comedy series The Moodys, signed with Fox Entertainment in July.
Denis Leary and Wood recently worked together on the football-themed Dogs Playing Poker animated shorts, produced by Fox Entertainment’s Bento Box, which...
In the show, working in service to a bunch of thankless Americans, members of the oft-forgotten National Guard use their time on domestic deployments to come up with new ways to pat themselves on the back, even though they don’t deserve it. All while honoring commitments to their community, their families and their day jobs.
The project stems from the development deal Denis Leary, star of Fox’s comedy series The Moodys, signed with Fox Entertainment in July.
Denis Leary and Wood recently worked together on the football-themed Dogs Playing Poker animated shorts, produced by Fox Entertainment’s Bento Box, which...
- 3/26/2021
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Fox’s NFL pregame coverage will include a special treat for Denis Leary fans and animation aficionados in the form of two football-oriented animated shorts.
Fox Entertainment announced on Friday that it will premiere two animated shorts based on the Icebox series “Poker Night,” inspired by Cassius Marcellus Coolidge’s iconic 1900s art series, “Dogs Playing Poker.” Per Fox, “Dogs Playing Poker” centers on five dog friends — Brownie (Leary), Daphne, Ditka, Froyo, and Stan — as they banter about football and other timely sports topics.
The “Dogs Playing Poker” shorts are created by, co-written and executive produced by Emmy-winning writer/producer Jim Margolis and produced by Fox’s animation studio, Bento Box Entertainment. Leary co-wrote, executive-produced, and voiced the lead character in each short.
“At long last Fox lets America find out what we dogs think about football. Spoiler alert: we’re very upset there isn’t a single NFL team named after a canine,...
Fox Entertainment announced on Friday that it will premiere two animated shorts based on the Icebox series “Poker Night,” inspired by Cassius Marcellus Coolidge’s iconic 1900s art series, “Dogs Playing Poker.” Per Fox, “Dogs Playing Poker” centers on five dog friends — Brownie (Leary), Daphne, Ditka, Froyo, and Stan — as they banter about football and other timely sports topics.
The “Dogs Playing Poker” shorts are created by, co-written and executive produced by Emmy-winning writer/producer Jim Margolis and produced by Fox’s animation studio, Bento Box Entertainment. Leary co-wrote, executive-produced, and voiced the lead character in each short.
“At long last Fox lets America find out what we dogs think about football. Spoiler alert: we’re very upset there isn’t a single NFL team named after a canine,...
- 1/9/2021
- by Tyler Hersko
- Indiewire
Denis Leary has teamed up with Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj exec producer Jim Margolis for a series of animated shorts for Fox.
The network will air Dogs Playing Poker during its pregame coverage of NFL game LA Rams versus Seattle Seahawks on Saturday January 9.
The Moodys star Leary and Margolis, a co-exec producer on Veep and The Daily Show, have co-created the two football orientated shorts, will write and exec produce. The shorts are based on the Icebox series Poker Night, inspired by Cassius Marcellus Coolidge’s iconic 1900s art series Dogs Playing Poker.
The shorts center on five dog friends as they banter about football and other timely sports topics. The dogs are voiced by Leary, Elaine Hendrix, Roy Wood, Jr., Bobby Kelly and Adam Ferrara.
The shorts will debut during Fox’s coverage of the Nfc Wild Card matchup and will continue on Sunday.
Dogs Playing Poker...
The network will air Dogs Playing Poker during its pregame coverage of NFL game LA Rams versus Seattle Seahawks on Saturday January 9.
The Moodys star Leary and Margolis, a co-exec producer on Veep and The Daily Show, have co-created the two football orientated shorts, will write and exec produce. The shorts are based on the Icebox series Poker Night, inspired by Cassius Marcellus Coolidge’s iconic 1900s art series Dogs Playing Poker.
The shorts center on five dog friends as they banter about football and other timely sports topics. The dogs are voiced by Leary, Elaine Hendrix, Roy Wood, Jr., Bobby Kelly and Adam Ferrara.
The shorts will debut during Fox’s coverage of the Nfc Wild Card matchup and will continue on Sunday.
Dogs Playing Poker...
- 1/8/2021
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
This month, FX aired something insane and magic and impossible to describe. It came courtesy of a show you are likely not watching – unless you’re a diehard fan of Denis Leary and/or single-camera comedies about rock music. It stars an artist whose contributions to film, television and theater are prolific and vast, who performs an homage to Broadway’s most game-changing musical of the last several decades.
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Really, the only way to explain it is simply to show you — so below, please watch Campbell Scott (as “himself”) perform the climatic track of “Feast,” the “Hamilton”-inspired musical-within-a-show created this season for “Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll.”
Yes. Campbell Scott is rapping.
How did this happen? Indeed, it started with “Hamilton” — but David Bowie also had a lot to do with it.
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“Sex...
Read More: Denis Leary Explains How ‘Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll’ Season 2 Blossomed With A Woman’s Touch
Really, the only way to explain it is simply to show you — so below, please watch Campbell Scott (as “himself”) perform the climatic track of “Feast,” the “Hamilton”-inspired musical-within-a-show created this season for “Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll.”
Yes. Campbell Scott is rapping.
How did this happen? Indeed, it started with “Hamilton” — but David Bowie also had a lot to do with it.
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“Sex...
- 9/1/2016
- by Liz Shannon Miller
- Indiewire
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