So my long gestating television project was finally announced last week in the various trades by my friends at Bell Canada. Here's how the Hollywood Reporter put it:
Other police dramas being hot-housed by... (Bell Canada)... include Sonar Entertainment teaming up with Double Nickel Entertainment and Mark Verheiden (Battlestar Galactica) on Tranquility, a sci-fi series about a troubled ex-cop with a new gig on a moon colony.
The wonderful thing about a blog is the ability to "augment" this release with a tad more detail. First of all, from the world of "sometimes you just have to persevere," I've been fussing with Tranquility off and on since 2005. It began when the two principles involved with Double Nickle, former DC publisher Jenette Kahn and her partner Adam Richman, approached me with an idea from writer/editor/director Stewart Schill. We developed a pitch for a series that year, but the world was not ready for Tranquility... yet...
But the project stuck with me, and as time passed it felt like there was more of an appetite for science fiction in the television world. Aside from the change in the market, I had hatched some new story thoughts that expanded the original Tranquility world beyond the initial pitch. Jenette and Adam and Stewart liked the fussing and so it was time for "take two." And this time the folks at Sonar Entertainment and Bell Canada came on board. I hesitate to get into too many more details about the show itself, but suffice to say there is more going on than your standard "troubled ex-cop" tropes. I mean, it's on the moon, for cryin' out loud. There will be mystery and heart and action and surprises galore...
And I will continue to report as developments ensue!
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