MTV’s Splash Page carried the news that the Brian Michael Bendis/Michael Avon Oeming series Powers is in “active development as a pilot at FX.” Splash Page spoke to Bendis at NYCC, and he confirmed that he handed in a draft of the pilot script to the network.
Bendis remarked on some of the strange aspects of the journey from page to screen:
“When we first sold it as a feature, we were lucky to get it optioned right away by Sony,” said Bendis. “We had to sit through waves of screenplays that were just inappropriate for the product, and for fans of the book. There were whole drafts of the screenplay without Deena Pilgrim [one of the series' two main characters] in them. They’d hand me the screenplay and go, “What’s wrong with this?” and I’d go “He has no one to talk to!”
All right, readers. Fire up those casting choices.
[Via MTV's Splash Page]
February 7th, 2009 at 8:55 am
I personally think Powers would be amazing as an animated series. Oeming’s style is perfect for it. It could easily be translated to animation.
February 7th, 2009 at 10:18 am
this is actually cool I hope all goes well because this is probably the only BMB writes that I always enjoy
February 7th, 2009 at 1:33 pm
i don’t normally put my oar in with regards to casting choices but i think adam baldwin would be perfect as walker
February 7th, 2009 at 3:39 pm
>There were whole drafts of the screenplay without Deena Pilgrim [one of the series' two main characters] in them. They’d hand me the screenplay and go, “What’s wrong with this?” and I’d go “He has no one to talk to!”<
This is what I admire about Bendis, you can tell he really does care about his characters.