Posted on 01/12/2020 9:25:32 AM PST by EdnaMode
CBS has closed deals for Clarice, a crime drama series project based on the famous Thomas Harris character Clarice Sterling, which is set after the events in The Silence Of the Lambs. The project, written and executive produced by Alex Kurtzman and Jenny Lumet, has received a big series commitment.
The intention for the project, which has a pilot script written, is to go to series. It will film a pilot before a series order decision is made but a writers room has already been set up, and there is a lot of enthusiasm for the title, the premise and the auspices at the network. Needless to say, Clarice will be one of the highest-profile roles for a young actress this pilot season.
Clarice is produced by MGM, which owns the underlying rights, and CBS Television Studios in association with Kurtzman’s CBS Studios-based Secret Hideout.
Clarice is set in 1993, a year after the events of The Silence of the Lambs. The series is a deep dive into the untold personal story of Clarice Starling, as she returns to the field to pursue serial murderers and sexual predators while navigating the high stakes political world of Washington, D.C.
“After more than 20 years of silence, we’re privileged to give voice to one of America’s most enduring heroes – Clarice Starling,” said Kurtzman and Lumet. “Clarice’s bravery and complexity have always lit the way, even as her personal story remained in the dark. But hers is the very story we need today: her struggle, her resilience, her victory. Her time is now, and always.”
Secret Hideout’s Heather Kadin will also serve as an executive producer alongside Kurtzman and Lumet; the company’s Aaron Baiers will be co-executive producer. The creative auspices had been working on the project for awhile while waiting for the lengthy, complicated negotiations between CBS TV Studios and rights holder MGM to close.
MGM previously teamed with Lifetime in 2012 to develop Clarice, a TV series that was to follow the exploits of a young Clarice Starling soon after she graduates from the FBI academy. That project did not go forward.
As originally envisioned by Harris, Clarice grew up in West Virginia until she was 10, when her father, a police officer, was shot and killed. She moves to her uncle’s farm in Montana, but later runs away and winds up in an orphanage. After college, she applies to the FBI academy.
The Silence of the Lambs was published in 1988, and the movie adaptation hit theaters in 1991, directed by Jonathan Demme and starring Jodie Foster as Clarice. It swept the top categories at the 64th Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Actress for Foster.
Foster declined to reprise the role in the 2001’s Hannibal, based on Harris’ 1999 novel, which was set 10 years after The Silence of the Lambs. Julianne Moore took over as the character in that movie directed by Ridley Scott.
Writing partners Kurtzman and Lumet are the co-creators and co-showrunners of drama series The Man Who Fell to Earth, based on the Walter Tevis novel and the cult classic 1976 film starring David Bowie, produced by Secret Hideout and CBS TV Studios. It is set up at CBS All Access.
Lumet also is an executive producer on the Kurtzman-led CBS All Access series Star Trek: Discovery, a consulting producer on Star Trek: Picard and authored the Short Trek “Runaway” with Kurtzman. Additionally, she wrote a 2017 CBS pilot produced by Secret Hideout.
Kurtzman and his Secret Hideout, are at the helm of the growing Star Trek universe on CBS All Access, including flagship Star Trek: Discovery and the upcoming Star Trek: Picard, featuring Patrick Stewart reprising his iconic role. He is also an executive producer on CBS’ Hawaii Five-0. Kadin serves as an executive producer on the Star Trek projects and is the president of television at Secret Hideout.
The Silence of the Lambs was published in 1988, and the movie adaptation hit theaters in 1991, directed by Jonathan Demme and starring Jodie Foster as Clarice. It swept the top categories at the 64th Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Actress for Foster (best actor for Anthony Hopkins).
FYI, perhaps the most famous movie line: "I ate his liver with some java beans and a nice chianti," (slurp-slurp-slurp) was not in the book.
The line in the book is: I ate his liver with some java beans and a big Amarone." Amarone is an expensive Italian sweet(er) red wine fermented after the grapes have begun to dry out to become more like raisins than grapes. The process creates a robust (big) wine. Never heard of it until recently re-reading the book. Had to look it up. Which is why Demme went with chianti, I suppose.
Crud! I typed fava beans but autocorrected to java beans. Dangit.
Not against your post, but I can’t help thinking that original imagination is lacking when they start resorting to turning unique movies like this into a series because they can’t think of something original. The “Bone collector” is another one just coming out.
If they are going to do this then why not emulate movies like “The Patriot” or “Braveheart”? That might be cool positive propaganda. :)
given that it CBS network television, it’s guaranteed to be “woke” AND horribly written, and therefore completely unwatchable ... however, it will probably still get great ratings because of the vast numbers of morons who still watch network TV series ...
She will be the crusading heroine righting the wrongs of the patriarchy
It is set in DC?
Will the bad guys be predominately Republicans?
Will the bad guys be predominately corporate, church, or NRA lobbyist?
Will the bad guys be predominately white, males?
This is just name hooking. Basically it’ll be yet another police procedural (which is basically all CBS airs, with another FBI show already going), but they’re trying to draw in an existing audience. If you can figure out how to take characters from Patriot and Braveheart and stick them in a police show, CBS will give you money.
I don’t watch it, but it sounds like they have become the pro police state indoctrination channel then?
TV has been ruled by cop shows for ages. You get the occasional variant like the private investigator shows that were popular in the 80s (cop shows with nicer clothes), cop helped shows (Murder She Wrote), and now fire station shows (cop shows with an FX budget). Case of the week is an infinite supply of stories, you can even churn the same story through multiple shows.
That’s a shrewd move.
You figure even a conservative will last another season or 2 if the first one was good.
I’ve been guilty of that until I couldn’t take it anymore.
“TV has been ruled by cop shows for ages.”
True...
They waited this long to do it.
I can wait as long, to view it!
Whats a streaming device????? /sarc
But I don’t got one.:<((((
Probably. And Hannibal Lecther will be a Trump-like character
I accidentally ran across Kodi on my Himedia Ultrahd box. Had the box for a couple of years to watch all the videos I had recorded on hard drives. So after I watched everything I put it away.
But then I saw something on Prison Break and found out there were more seasons than the ones I had on the drives. And I knew I wanted to see those too. Hmmmm, I could rent DVDs but that would be ridiculous. One thing led to another and out of curiosity I got the Himedia box out of storage. Connected it to the wifi and holy cow. Anything you want to watch is THERE!!!!!!
I do have a but. I missed one episode of Emergence and went to the box to watch it. I could not get the audio to sync with the video. Trid a couple of different sources to no avail. But still the Himedia box with Exodus Redux is unbelievable!!!!
I didn’t see all it but his filmography is a lot of shiite.
That lousy Zorro sequel. Star Drek 1, Star Drek III The Quest for Poop (a complete waste), Star Drek Discovery, didn’t see it but that Tom Cruise Mummy Movie that went over very poorly, that was supposed to kick off a whole series of movies but they dumped the plans.
Probably won’t even check it out unless they cast a hot little piece I like.
Never a huge fan of the material anyway. Did you know Nazis ate Hannibal’s sister? That’s his Anakin Skywalker origin story.
Yes.
Do an hour show of people lining up to kick the crap out of the Cuck and it will be a hit. I’d post his pic to show just how punchable his face is, but I’d end up clocking my laptop.
Dredging past popularity to drill it into the ground with poorly done remakes. Modern Hollywood.
He 100% literally watches Black guys go to town on his wife.
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