FX President Offers An Update On POWERS; Calls It A "Difficult" Adaptation

FX President Offers An Update On POWERS; Calls It A "Difficult" Adaptation

Talking today at the Television Critics Association's winter press tour, FX president John Landgraf offered an update on the status of Powers, the live action TV series based on the Brian Michael Bendis and Michael Avon Oeming comic book.

By JoshWilding - Jan 15, 2012 10:01 AM EST
Filed Under: Powers
Source: The Hollywood Reporter



"We didn't pick the pilot of Powers up; we went back and Chick Eglee, who had written it, did a fairly substantial rewrite that would require pretty extensive reshoots of the pilot," he revealed says The Hollywood Reporter. "Right now we're in the process of deciding whether to pull the trigger on the reshoot."

Despite the fact that Landgraf is a fan of the source material, he went on to discuss how challenging it has been to try and bring the often dark comic book to life in a real world setting. "This is as difficult an adaptation as I've ever worked on. Difficult adaptations interest me but this is a really hard one. When you think about a 10 o'clock drama -- a Sopranos-esque drama or any serious drama -- there's never been a feature film or TV series that's taken the super hero genre into that type of tonality, it's never been done and it's just really a struggle."

"It can be done, it's just proving really difficult."
It remains to be seen whether or not the pilot will eventually go the same way as last year's Wonder Woman. Stay tuned for updates and sound off with your thoughts below.

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HannibalKing
HannibalKing - 1/15/2012, 10:49 AM
Sounds like they're putting a lot of hard work into this pilot. Fingers crossed the finished product is something we can all enjoy.
blazebyrne
blazebyrne - 1/15/2012, 11:04 AM
Oh God, I really hope they make this. Looking a bit iffy though.

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CherryBomb
CherryBomb - 1/15/2012, 11:09 AM
Stop winging and whining and just get it done! We want to see Powers!
Ceejay
Ceejay - 1/15/2012, 11:11 AM
There was no need to make this a live action show, they could have gone with 2D animation and make it for mature audiences and edgy like 'Archer'.
StuckInPanels
StuckInPanels - 1/15/2012, 11:12 AM
I wouldn't be surprised if one of the bigger channels gets a hold of this. I can see HBO or Starz doing a show like this. I like the concept, I never read the series but could be interesting if they stick to the source material and have fun with it
airbeyonder18
airbeyonder18 - 1/15/2012, 11:32 AM
PLEASE MAKE IT!!!

YOU CAN DO IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Checkmate
Checkmate - 1/15/2012, 11:52 AM
I hope they follow through with it, it has great potential.
Bartman87
Bartman87 - 1/15/2012, 12:01 PM
Yeah they could have done this as an animated show with an edge Fox is good at that type of stuff (FX is owned by them) so we could get a good show without the problems of live action budget.
dabo
dabo - 1/15/2012, 12:42 PM
Yeah hope they can figure out how to make this work because it could be a really cool show
redrum010
redrum010 - 1/15/2012, 1:11 PM
This wouldn't be your average CSI/cop drama, there's more comedy in it than anything else.
UncleTee
UncleTee - 1/15/2012, 1:39 PM
Please please please get this right!
RyanLantern77
RyanLantern77 - 1/15/2012, 2:00 PM
FX usually does shit right.... I have high hopes for this one
Jolt17
Jolt17 - 1/15/2012, 3:11 PM
Hopefully it comes out right, and as great as the books. That should be enough.
Bandrews1
Bandrews1 - 1/15/2012, 5:16 PM
I just hope the don't pull the plug on this, because I'm really looking forward to this.
SpeedyCanary
SpeedyCanary - 1/16/2012, 1:25 PM
I've been looking forward to this for awhile. I really hope it'll happen.
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