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I had to change my original request- so hopefully Dan isn’t pulling his hair out right now!
Some of my scripts:
Bounty (TV Pilot) -- Top 1% of discoverable screenplays on Coverfly I'll Be Seeing You (short) - OWC winner The Gambler (short) - OWC winner Skip (short) - filmed Country Road 12 (short) - filmed The Family Man (short) - filmed The Journeyers (feature) - optioned
Just to be clear, I can modify an existing show from a certain time period, and use those characters as long as it still takes place during the original run? I think I'm reading that right.
I'm not trying to take a cast and update the show to 2018.
Just to be clear, I can modify an existing show from a certain time period, and use those characters as long as it still takes place during the original run? I think I'm reading that right.
I'm not trying to take a cast and update the show to 2018.
Not quite (as I understand it). You're supposed to create new characters and place them in a reimagined version of an old show. And not set during the original show's original run, but rather set in the present or another time period.
Not quite (as I understand it). You're supposed to create new characters and place them in a reimagined version of an old show. And not set during the original show's original run, but rather set in the present or another time period.
Please someone correct me if I'm wrong.
Put it this way - our favorite show wouldn't be anything special if we had none of the characters. Say we took Married With Children and updated it both in time period and characters? That just doesn't make any sense. It wouldn't be Married With Children without Al and Peg as we know them. You can't have all new characters and call it by the same name of an existing show.
EDIT: I'm an idiot. The Power Rangers has had many incarnations with different characters.
Not quite (as I understand it). You're supposed to create new characters and place them in a reimagined version of an old show. And not set during the original show's original run, but rather set in the present or another time period.
Please someone correct me if I'm wrong.
It depends. For something that was originally set in its present day, I'd expect a reboot to take place in our present day. If you're rebooting Buck Rogers or Gunsmoke or Covington Cross, it'd probably be set around the same time as the original. Every retelling of the Aurthurian legend seems to slip a little further forward in time, so a reboot of Merlin would probably be set in the 2200s
Wait — does the reboot HAVE to be present day? If so, my idea is ruined.
Some of my scripts:
Bounty (TV Pilot) -- Top 1% of discoverable screenplays on Coverfly I'll Be Seeing You (short) - OWC winner The Gambler (short) - OWC winner Skip (short) - filmed Country Road 12 (short) - filmed The Family Man (short) - filmed The Journeyers (feature) - optioned
So, in other words, you can't use the established cast and write stories based in today's world.
Dan, I think you should edit this from the first page parameters of this thread. Cause based on what I understand you can use key characters with new ones incorporated. See my Murphy Brown query and answer from you.
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Gary, I don't read anywhere where it says it's compulsory your reboot must be set present day. Young Sheldon is a spinoff, obviously not set now.
I agree with LC, the present day is just the default time period for TV shows. Sometimes a radical shift in time or place is appropriate to let the show deal with painful/controversial subjects in an "out of context" way that lets the lesson sneak by before the audience realizes what happened.
Leave It to Beaver was set in its present day, so it'd probably be appropriate to bring it into the present. Happy Days was set in the past, so you'd probably want to leave it in the 50s (besides, it already had a spin-off set in the 60s and another in the 70s complete with physically impossible cross-over episodes).
I agree with LC, the present day is just the default time period for TV shows. Sometimes a radical shift in time or place is appropriate to let the show deal with painful/controversial subjects in an "out of context" way that lets the lesson sneak by before the audience realizes what happened.
Leave It to Beaver was set in its present day, so it'd probably be appropriate to bring it into the present. Happy Days was set in the past, so you'd probably want to leave it in the 50s (besides, it already had a spin-off set in the 60s and another in the 70s complete with physically impossible cross-over episodes).
Ooh, Happy Days in the 1880s! A spaghetti western version! Seriously, it writes itself!
I wanted to read everything and respond to all the questions.
1. By present day I mean that it is for TODAY'S AUDIENCE. It does NOT have to take place today. If you want to write about Merlin, it'd be during that time period, just updated for the people of today.
I hope that clarifies that.
Hawkeye, nah, I'm pretty much on top of stuff. I thought this would be a lot harder. It's easier when you write it all down, then make changes as you need to. Sometimes, good old pen and paper come in handy.
My hair told me to tell you to stop that. I don't have much left and they are in riot mode. I'm scared.
Steven, it depends. Let me give you a few examples:
As someone else stated, Young Sheldon is a spinoff of the original, set in the past.
Lost in Space rebooted the Robinson family but took out the robot and made Dr. Smith a woman.
BattleStar Galactica went from a sleek sci-fi show to a gritty rag-tag bunch of stragglers in space looking for a new home after the Cylons destroyed it. And Starbuck was changed from a man to a woman.
I know someone else plans to have the old cast meet the new cast. In Heroes Reborn, they kinda jumped a set number of years in the future and did a "where are they now" with certain characters.
So, I'd hate to say it MUST be this or that. I'd leave it up to the creator to know how to deal with the original concept and best adapt it. I saw a Married With Children. You could go the Roseanne route, bring them all back as older and (supposedly wiser), or you could reboot them all, or you could make it generations later and explain that the old cast can't ever come back.
Take different versions of Superman. They've had others from previous series show up as guest stars. There are all different ways to deal with the cast.
For shows like Gunsmoke more than half the cast is dead. So, how you handle it is up to you.
There is no set rule here. You're the creator, so, have at it. If you want to PM me for advice, go ahead.
I think that's all of it. I will update the list shortly with a new cast. I have let Don know so he can update them as well.
This is fun, for me, really. Put the gun down, overworked gun follicles. I promise it'll be ok.
I'm interested in reading animation, horror, sci fy, suspense, fantasy, and anything that is good. I enjoy writing the same. Looking to team with anyone!
If you don't see your show listed, contact me please.
Note. Mayberry might be closed b/c I saw interest in a second person who wants it. PM me second person.
Dan
PS, if you are watching closely, Gilligan's Island has been dropped and in its place is Happy Days.
Also, how would each of you that submit something feel about your names being randomly listed in a separate thread so that people can try to figure out who wrote what? I know people like to do that, but, with so many not even saying if they entered or not, we felt that some might want to keep that private. So, if you want to be listed as a confirm, let me know so that people can try to figure out what you wrote. Obviously, should you want your story taken down, we'd remove your name as well.
I'm interested in reading animation, horror, sci fy, suspense, fantasy, and anything that is good. I enjoy writing the same. Looking to team with anyone!