For instance, in
recent years the Syfy Channel has been big on series that have featured women
as lead characters. It is a formula the has proven successful with series such
as Lost Girl, Haven, Continuum, Bitten, and this spring debut of Wynonna Earp, a series which is about
an heir of Wyatt Earp, who is cursed with the task on
returning demons to hell with the help of his gun.
Following this
trend the Syfy Channel is also adding the series Van Helsing. As you may have guessed this series too is
about a female heir of a well-known person. Although Abraham Van Helsing is a
fictional character from Bram Stoker's classic novel Dracula, enough interest in the character has spawned many films,
miniseries and novels based on him within the last century alone. So why not a daughter
named Vanessa Helsing, who is carrying on the Helsing tradition as a vampire
hunter.
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For viewers that
are into high energy and action pack entertainment, Fox is bringing a series
adaptation of the hit 1980s film "Lethal Weapon" to television. The series starring cast is Damon
Wayans Sr. as Detective Roger Murtaugh and Clayne Crawford as Martin Riggs.
For a brief summary of the Lethal Weapon film franchise, read From
Film To Series: To Boost Viewership CBS And FOX Reach Deep Into The Box.
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Then we have
another iconic classic piece fitted for television and that is "Time After
Time", which is also based on a novel of the
same name by Karl Alexander and H.G. Wells' story The Time
Machine. "Time After Time" was first brought to film by
director Nicholas Meyer in 1979 and starred Malcolm McDowell and David Warner. Now it comes to television as a new Kevin Williamson's adaptation
for ABC as a dramatic series involving the transport of the central characters
to modern day Manhattan and the search for Jack The Ripper.
"Time After
Time", stars Freddie Stroma as H.G. Wells, Josh Bowman as John
Stevenson/Jack the Ripper, Genesis Rodriguez as Jane and Regina Taylor as
Vanessa Anders.
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| Freddie Stroma & Josh Bowman |
Speaking of ABC,
fans of Haley Atwell know that there will be no third season of Marvel's Agent
Carter. Nevertheless, ABC has hired the British actress as the lead star in their new series "Conviction".
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| Haley Atwell |
According to the
storyline, in "Conviction" Atwell will play a lawyer and former First
Daughter named Hayes, who is about to accept a job offer from her sexy nemesis,
NY District Attorney Wayne Wallis, to avoid jail time for cocaine possession
and avoid hurting her mother’s Senate campaign.
These series are
just a few of the interesting and undoubtedly watchable series to look forward
to during this 2016 - 2017 viewing season.
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