‘Chuck’ producer lands Western at Fox
via THR.com
Described as an epic Western with a sci-fi twist, the show will revolve around “a gunslinger caught between worlds” and will feature a nod to “Planet of the Apes,” said Rosenbaum, who is executive producing with Wonderland’s McG and Peter Johnson. “What I’m really interested in is the revamping of the Western genre where you still have all of the iconic Western themes and iconic Western tropes but the idea is that it will feel incredibly contemporary and will introduce the Western to a whole new generation,” Rosenbaum said.
Not to criticize a potential series before it even goes into production, I find this announcement somewhat ridiculous. Off the bat, it bears striking resemblance to another recent Fox series Firefly, which was a sci-fi with Western flavorings. Its also probably worth mentioning “another” older Fox production, The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. which was conversely a Western with sci-fi flavorings. Both of which were canned prematurely.
I’m not saying its an unsuccessful formula since both works were rather incredible and sadly cut short, but how Fox could even think of doing it again and pass it off as some sort of unique “twist”.
