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Sarah Connor Chronicles creator’s next show is about a 15-year-old messiah born in California
Josh Friedman of Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles is teaming up with Big Fish writer John August to make an intriguing TV series for ABC. It’s call Chosen, and according to Deadline it’s about a teenaged messiah. Described as a unique tale of family struggle, teen romance and California evil, it explores how a family’s … Continued
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A New Android Cop Show, From the Makers of Fringe
Could there be dueling police dramas about robots a year from now? Just a few weeks ago, NBC picked up a show about cops and robots from Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles’ Josh Friedman. And now, Fox has ordered a pilot for a show about android cops from J.J. Abrams and J.H. Wyman, one of … Continued
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Sarah Connor Chronicles creator Josh Friedman to write a new series about robots
We were huge fans of the Terminator: Sarah Connor Chronicles TV series, and so it’s exciting to hear that T:SCC’s showrunner Josh Friedman is working on a new science fiction project. Deadline Hollywood has the awesome news: Homeland executive producer Howard Gordon and writer Josh Friedman have teamed for a high-concept drama project, which has … Continued
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Watch the trailer for Locke & Key, the beautiful horror series that never was
You may never see the brilliant TV adaptation of Joe Hill’s supernatural comic book Locke & Key (as Fox dropped series before giving it a chance). But you can watch the trailer for the pilot right now. Directed by Mark Romanek, backed by Alex Kurtzman, Roberto Orci and produced and written by Josh Friedman we’re … Continued
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The Secret History of Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles‘ Amazing Barbarian, Beastwizard!
Just like a Terminator coming from the future to kill you, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles excelled in catching us off guard. You might have thought you knew what an ongoing television series based on the first two Terminator movies was, but then you’d be surprised. Case in point: You’d never expect a Terminator show … Continued
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The Locke & Key pilot teases the brilliant horror series that might have been
We were at the special Comic-Con screening of Locke & Key, an attempted TV adaptation of Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriguez’s acclaimed horror fantasy comic. We can officially add this to the list of brilliant pilots that never got series. The episode is a condensed adaptation of the book’s opening arc, “Welcome to Lovecraft.” Written … Continued
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Mark Romanek to direct Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci’s Locke & Key series
Mark Romanek is joining the ranks of movie-makers turned TV directors. Rumor has it Romanek will be joining the list of impressive names working on Locke & Key including Sarah Connor Chronicles’ Josh Friedman, Steven Spielberg, and Kurtzman and Orci. Deadline is reporting that Romanek is in talks to direct the pilot episode of the … Continued
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Spielberg, Orci and Kurtzman have their next TV show lined up: Locke & Key
Steven Spielberg, Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci are gearing up to make a television series from spooky supernatural comic Locke & Key, written by Joe Hill. And they’ve hired Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles’ Josh Friedman to run the show. New York Magazine is reporting that Locke & Key, written by Joe Hill and illustrated … Continued
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The Questions You Shouldn’t Answer, And The Answers You Can’t Let Go Of
I was lucky enough to be talking with one of my favorite scifi novelists the other day, and I asked him a question he didn’t know the answer to. We were talking about a book he’d written, and I asked him if he’d tell me the answer to a Big Unanswered Question in the book. … Continued
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The Television I Need Therapy To Work Through
I go to my therapist twice a week and often we just talk about television. You’d think I wouldn’t need to pay someone to analyze why Lost works when nothing else will, and yet that’s exactly what I do. My therapist is Swiss German and a Freudian as well as a psychooncologist and an art … Continued
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Meet io9’s Guest Bloggers
io9 is honored to have two guest bloggers joining us for TV Ate My Brain week: Josh Friedman (left), showrunner on Sarah Connor Chronicles ; and Jesse Alexander (right), former Heroes producer and creator of forthcoming series Day One. Here’s a bit more about our guests. Before helming Sarah Connor Chronicles, Josh Friedman wrote the … Continued
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Sarah Connor’s Story Is Really Over, Producer Tells io9
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles is really over, and isn’t coming back, as far as producer Josh Friedman goes. We asked Friedman about the show’s status, but also about its ending and its vision of the future. Spoilers ahead! Friedman has already said he won’t talk about what would have happened in a possible third … Continued
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Sarah Connor’s Boss Says Goodbye
Feeling angry and frustrated at Fox for canceling Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles? One man wants you to fight that feeling, and you might want to listen to him; he’s the guy behind the show. Blogging on Fox’s official Terminator blog, showrunner Josh Friedman addressed the cancellation and came out much more philosophical, and grateful, … Continued
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Terminator: SCC Will Have Explosions To Go With The Introspection
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles producer Josh Friedman went online to address fans’ concerns about the show. The spoiler-averse creator even ventured into spoiler territory, assuring fans the season’s final episodes will pack a punch. In his new post at the show’s official blog, Friedman says fans seem to be “stressed,” both about the show’s … Continued
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Summer Glau Explains The Nature Of Robot Love
Does Summer Glau’s Terminator feel love? Will Terminator season two end with a cliffhanger? Is Glau sick of playing strong women? Glau and producer Josh Friedman answered these burning questions on a conference call. Spoilers… Does Cameron really love John? One of the most jarring moments in the show was during the season premiere, where … Continued
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Sarah Connor Producer Tells io9 The Terminators’ Deepest Secrets
Click to viewJosh Friedman is the creator of Terminator: Sarah Connor Chronicles, one of last season’s most interesting scifi shows, complete with time traveling, kickass Terminator fights, and Heathers riffs. Plus, next season, the cast will be joined by Shirley “Garbage” Manson and Busy “Freaks And Geeks” Phillips. We had a chance to sit down … Continued
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You Can’t Stop The Terminator (We Hope!)
The destiny of Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles is not yet written, Executive Producer Josh Friedman told a conference call about the series today. Fox hasn’t made any decisions yet about its fall 2008 line-up, so there will be a “post-game” discussion after Monday’s two-hour season finale. The show’s done well with some key demographics, … Continued