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The Future's In

Remember that Jesse Alexander pilot from the other day?
Turns out NBC just ordered it, and its name is Day One.
The pitch reminded me a lot of Survivors:
A global event ravages the world and a small group of survivors band together to try to rebuild society and break the mysteries surrounding the apocalyptic event.

Amy Poheler’s show meanwhile seems to now have a name: Public Service.

On the ABC front, Shonda Rhimes got another pilot picked up, Inside the Box, this time not around doctors but journalists. The show, set in Washington, revolves around an ambitious female news producer and her colleagues.

Also greenlit was I, Claudia, about Claudia McIntire, a young prosecuting attorney that will one day be a contender for the U.S. presidency.
Sounds like Jack & Bobby meets Commander in Chief.
The pilot was penned by The Days‘ John Scott Shepherd.

The cast for Spielberg’s Tintin was announced as well as the title of the movie, The Adventures of Tintin: Secret of the Unicorn.
Tintin will be played by Jamie Bell, Andy Serkis will play Haddock and Daniel Craig will be Red Rackham.
Also starring are Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Mackenzie Crook, Gad Elmaleh and Toby Jones.

The writers of the first movie will be Ant-Man‘s Joe Cornish, Dr. Who‘s Steven Moffat and Shaun of the Dead‘s Edgar Wright.

This movie should be the first of a series based on Hergé’s character and made in 3-D MoCap.

Release is slated for 2011 and principal photography started yesterday.

Eighty(ish)

A couple of pilot picks today.

The 80s miniseries V is about to be rethought as a series for ABC.
The pilot was written on spec by Scott Peters and will focus on a female Homeland Security agent.

Yet again another (kinda) remake with NBC’s Lost in the ’80s. The comedy is said to be an 80s version of The Wonder Years. Bob Brush wrote the script. Arrested Development‘s Mitch Hurwitz will exec.

Some funny news also today: Hilary Duff will play Bonnie in a new adaptation of the Bonnie & Clyde story.

Absolutely Useless

Tough news to swallow today: Fox has picked up the pilot of the US adaptation of Absolutely Fabulous.
SNL and 3rd Rock‘s Christine Zander has penned the script set in L.A. with basically the same plot as the original UK show.
Will this be Kath & Kim redux?

ABC has picked up another pilot, this time a 2-hour, written by Josh Appelbaum, Andre Nemec and Scott Rosenberg.
The show is named Happy Town and seems to be a bit similar to Twin Peaks.
In the hamlet of Happy Town, peace after a series of kidnappings has been observed for now seven years. But not anymore, as another crime hits the village.
Sounds creepy.
And a bit like CBS’ Harper’s Island.

Meanwhile, Carlton Cuse and Damon Lindelof have declared that they would be happy to meet US Airways pilot Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger.
Will he make a cameo on Lost?