I think that they should have came out with this a few years back when there shows like Outer Limits (the newer version like the year 2000) was on tv. Now there is a little too much glam and not enough substance on tv. It may mess up a good story.
And lawd please don't let syfy get their hands on it. On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 12:23 AM, Tracey de Morsella < tdli...@multiculturaladvantage.com> wrote: > > > - http://www.airlockalpha.com/node/7065 > > > > More than 35 years after Gene Roddenberry first tried to bring "The Questor > Tapes" to television, it may finally happen thanks to his son. > > Roddenberry Productions, run by Eugene W. Roddenberry Jr., and Imagine > Entertainment <http://www.airlockalpha.com/node/7065> are working together > to bring "The Questor Tapes" back to life. > > Imagine Entertainment is the company run by Brian Grazer[image: > http://images.intellitxt.com/ast/adTypes/2_bing.gif]<http://www.airlockalpha.com/node/7065>and > director Ron Howard. It is expected the "Questor" project will be led by > Tim Minear, known for his close working relationship with Joss Whedon[image: > http://images.intellitxt.com/ast/adTypes/2_bing.gif]<http://www.airlockalpha.com/node/7065>in > projects like "Angel," "Firefly" and "Dollhouse." Roddenberry and Imagine > are still looking to wrap up negotiations with Minear to bring him on board. > > "My father always felt that 'Questor' was the one that got away," the > younger Roddenberry said in a release. "He believed that the show had the > potential to be bigger than 'Star Trek[image: > http://images.intellitxt.com/ast/adTypes/2_bing.gif]<http://www.airlockalpha.com/node/7065> > .'" > > The original project was meant to be a television series about an android > with incomplete memory tapes who searches for his creator and his purpose. > The android was played by Robert Foxworth, and was the brainchild of both > Gene Roddenberry and Star Trek producer Gene L. Coon, the latter who died > before the project could get underway. > > Although "Questor" was never picked up as a series, the pilot did air as a > television movie <http://www.airlockalpha.com/node/7065>, and it's said > that Data in "Star Trek: The Next Generation" was an homage to that original > project. > > The younger Roddenberry will develop the project along with his right-hand > man Trevor Roth. They will be joined on the Imagine side by president David > Nevins and executive vice president of development Robin Gurney. > > Roddenberry Productions is the current incarnation of the shingle Gene > Roddenberry himself originally founded in 1967 that was responsible for > shows such as "Earth: Final Conflict," "Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda," and > comic > book[image: > http://images.intellitxt.com/ast/adTypes/2_bing.gif]<http://www.airlockalpha.com/node/7065>series > like "Days Missing," which will be released as a graphic novel next > month. > > It's not clear where "Questor" would air as it's too early for details like > who would order a pilot and where it might get picked up to be finalized. > However, if it doesn't end up on a network, its only other likely home would > be cable. The avenues previous posthumous Roddenberry projects like E:FC and > "Andromeda" aired -- first-run syndication -- is no longer a true viable > option for scripted dramas. > > Roddenberry told Airlock Alpha that while the two sides are actively > working on putting together a new series, there are still no guarantees it > will ever make it to television. However, it would be hard to discount a > partnership between two well-respected names having the ability to generate > some interest and open a few doors. > > > > > -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
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