Tema: The Nevers (HBOmax, 2021)

Yo pensé lo mismo, que le han comprado la idea de Twist!

No he infartado pero anoche brindé un poco a costa de esta noticia

En este panel de la Comic Con de 2015, Whedon presenta Twist en el 5:15. Más tarde, en el 21:43, contestando a una pregunta sobre personajes que se vuelven malos/se redimen, cita Dark Willow y lo linkea con la heroína de Twist.

Por si al final Twist se parece a The Nevers...

Parece que creación de la serie sigue su camino: Madhuri Shekar, una guionista con experiencia en teatro y Shakespeare, se une a The Nevers. Aparece en la bio de su web así que lo doy por oficial.

Parece que ha sido hoy que HBO ha permitido que los fichajes de The Nevers revelen que están trabajando en ella. Laurie Penny se une a la serie como staff writer:

Laurie Penny@PennyRedHace 6 horas

TLDR: finally allowed to say that the show I’m working on is The Nevers for @HBO and it’s not out until next year and I already can’t wait for you lot to see it holy shit it’s going to be so epic hey cosplayers you’re welcome hey fandom you’re welcome. Hold onto your bustles.

Ya me cae bien

En su propia presentación de usuario en Twitter también sale reflejado:

Author, journalist, feminist, nerd. Staff writer on HBO’s ‘The Nevers’. Bylines all over the place. Latest book: 'Bitch Doctrine'. Patreon below!

Añado info que ha colgado un tipo que ha creado, hace meses, cuentas en las redes para ofrecer info de The Nevers:

Journalist, writer and activist Laurie Penny is also a Staff writer on 'The Nevers'!

Laurie is the author of several books including
'Everything Belongs To The Future' and 'Bitch Doctrine'

She is also a Contributing Editor of New Statesman magazine, and a columnist for The Baffler, and many more outlets.

She studied English at Wadham, College, Oxford.



(el jefe, Joss Whedon, ya la sigue en twitter)

-@PennyRed OMG- amazing! are you actually in the same writers room as Joss Whedon?

-Yes, he’s my boss!

Siendo HBO y con el baremo establecido por la serie que termina este año (y estoy convencido que razón colateral de que Whedon haya terminado en HBO ya que están cubriéndose con todo lo posible ante el obvio bajón de audiencia que pueden tener cuando termine GoT), me da a mi que vamos a ver unas cuantas de esas muertes

Algo que me ha encantado ver hoy ha sido un tuit en el que un usuario (español, por cierto) al leer la noticia, el pasado verano, lo primero que puso fue una foto de Madame Vastra y Jenny

Más:

Jane Espenson será Executive Producer y parece que co-showrunner. Ignoro si llevando ambos la serie como Whedon y Tim Minear en Firefly o más tipo segundo abordo como David Greenwalt y Marti Noxon en Buffy (uno en las temporadas 1-3 y la otra en las 4, 6-7).

Rodaje de junio a febrero (esto pinta a 10-12 episodios). Whedon escribe y dirige el primero.

Joss Whedon's THE NEVERS to start shooting in June for HBO

HBO Boss Casey Bloys Gives Us a Status Update on Joss Whedon’s ‘The Nevers’

TCA 2019: Programming chief tells TheWrap the “Buffy” creator is writing — and it’s “very exciting”

Calling all Whedonverse fans, we have a status update on your leader’s next big project

TheWrap asked HBO programming chief Casey Bloys on Friday during the Television Critics Association press tour where the premium cable network is with the upcoming Joss Whedon sci-fi drama series, “The Nevers,” which was first announced last July.

And here is what he had to say: “We just started. [Joss] has been writing. It’s very exciting. He’s great to work with. We’ve just started talking about names, starting auditions, things like that. So we’re just starting.”

“The Nevers” is described as an epic science fiction drama about a gang of Victorian women who find themselves with unusual abilities, relentless enemies, and are on a mission that might change the world.

Whedon will serve as writer, showrunner and executive producer, the first TV series he will helm since Fox’s short-lived “Dollhouse” in 2009-2010.

“We have long been fans of the incredibly talented and prolific Joss Whedon and we can’t think of a better project than ‘The Nevers’ with which to welcome him to the HBO family,” Bloys said in a statement when the series was ordered. “We look forward to meeting the strange, multifaceted characters of ‘The Nevers,’ to learn their stories, see them in action and share them with our viewers. We’re honored that Joss chose HBO as the place to build his ambitious new world and we are excited to get started.”

“I honestly couldn’t be more excited,” Whedon added. “‘The Nevers’ is maybe the most ambitious narrative I’ve created, and I can’t imagine a better home for it than HBO. Not only are they the masters of cinematic long-form, but their instant understanding of my odd, intimate epic was as emotional as it was incisive. It’s been too long since I created an entirely new fictional world, and the HBO team offer not just scope and experience, not just ‘prestige,’ but a passionate collaboration. I could go on, but – I’m impatiently grateful to say – I have work to do.”

On the small screen, Whedon is most known for helming “Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” its spinoff “Angel” and “Firefly.” He was also among the major creative forces for Marvel’s big screen Cinematic Universe, directing both “The Avengers” and its sequel, “Avengers: Age of Ultron.” He also helped the MCU expand to television, directing the pilot for ABC’s “Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.”

Whedon is currently helming “The Nevers” for HBO and has a female detective comedy series in the works at Freeform. He is also executive producing the “Buffy” reboot, which will be written by “Midnight, Texas” creator Monica Owusu-Breen.

Gemma Jackson, que trabajó en las tres primeras temporadas de Juego de tronos, se incorpora a The Nevers como diseñadora de producción:

EXCLUSIVE: JOSS WHEDON’S HBO SERIES ‘THE NEVERS’ ADDS PRODUCTION DESIGNER GEMMA JACKSON (‘GAME OF THRONES’)

Parece que ser que Seamus McGarvey será el director de fotografía. Ya trabajó con Whedon en Avengers y ha llegado a estar nominado al Oscar.

Por otra parte Madhuri Shekar, staff writer, puso un story en su Instagram diciendo que le quedaba una semana de trabajo en la sala de guionistas de su primera serie. No me cuadra que sea The Nevers porque aunque HBO quiera rodar con todo (o casi) escrito, aún es muy pronto salvo que por la razón que sea su trabajo termine ahora.

Estos días Madhuri Shekar parecía sugerir que el trabajo en la sala de guionistas estaba cerca de terminar y hoy tanto ella como Laury Penny lo han confirmado:



Hay por tanto un gap importante de 3 meses hasta inicio de rodaje en junio. Tal vez es la forma de trabajar de la HBO: primero todo el guión (o buena parte), pre producción (que ya cuadra con el anuncio de Gemma Jackson: necesita semanas/meses para construir platós etc), y finalmente rodaje completo de la temporada.

33 semanas de rodaje que empiezan este junio en Londres:

Cuarto fichaje conocido en cuanto a guionistas para The Nevers: Melissa Iqbal

Melissa is a science fiction writer and graduate of the National Film and Television school. She won an Academy Nicholl Fellowship in 2014 with a script that would appear on the Brit List the same year and in 2016 she became a Screen Daily Star of Tomorrow. She has participated in writer's rooms for Charlie Brooker's Black Mirror, a spin-off of the hit Canadian TV show Orphan Black and a new Tokyo-set crime thriller created by Torleif Hoppe, co-writer of The Killing.

De IMDB

¡Bien, vamos bien!

PD: ¿Qué pasó con la reseña de la BSO de Dracula? ¿Al final no te animas?

Iniciado por Branagh/Doyle

¡Bien, vamos bien!

PD: ¿Qué pasó con la reseña de la BSO de Dracula? ¿Al final no te animas?

A ver si la próxima semana! Al igual que el protagonista de este hilo, que suele tener demasiados trabajos a la vez, mi lista de series, pelis y demás tiene vida propia

Bernadette Caulfield se incorpora a The Nevers como Executive Producer. Ha trabajado en X-Files, Carnivale y actualmente lo hace en Game of Thrones. Por su experiencia (Emmy incluido) parece una productora de rodaje/plató, no guionista-productora, o creativa.

HBO parece van en serio con The Nevers. Bueno, esta gente siempre va en serio. Punto.

Kevin Lau se une al proyecto como guionista/productor en The Nevers.

Lau is a graduate of the Columbia University's MFA Film Program where he received the coveted Faculty Select prize - the highest honor bestowed upon a feature-length screenplay. (cuenta fan The Nevers en Facebook).

Artículo en NY Times sobre la productora (la de tipo físico, no guionista-productora) de Game of Thrones, Bernadette Caulfield, recien fichada para The Nevers:

La verdadera heroína de ‘Juego de tronos’



“Well, I wish I was that important,” Caulfield said when I reached her in England, where she’s working on Joss Whedon’s new series, “The Nevers,” for HBO. “But obviously it takes a major team to put it together.”

Jordan Peele’s ‘Lovecraft Country,’ Joss Whedon’s ‘The Nevers’ to Begin Filming This Summer

What do Jordan Peele and Joss Whedon have in common? Both prolific producers have ambitious HBO series that will soon be going into production.

TheWrap spoke with Casey Bloys, the pay-TV channel’s programming chief, on Friday about the status of the “Us” director’s “Lovecraft Country” and the “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” creator’s “The Nevers,” two projects eagerly anticipated by fans of the Peeleverse and Whedonverse, respectively.

And lucky for both camps, those series are about to start filming.

“[Whedon] has been furiously writing the scripts,” Bloys assured us, regarding “The Nevers.” “He’s been writing, he has a staff, and we’re shooting this summer.”

Bloys couldn’t give us an exact production-start date, “but it’s sometime this summer in London.”

“The Nevers” is described as an epic science fiction drama about a gang of Victorian women who find themselves with unusual abilities, relentless enemies, and are on a mission that might change the world. Whedon will serve as writer, showrunner, director and executive producer on the show, marking the first TV series he’s helmed since Fox’s short-lived “Dollhouse” in 2009-2010.

Primera noticia de reparto: Laura Donnelly



Joss Whedon's HBO Series 'The Nevers' Casts 'Outlander' Actress as Lead

Laura Donnelly will play a lead role in the drama about a group of Victorian women with extraordinary abilities.
Outlander actress Laura Donnelly has taken a lead role in Joss Whedon's sci-fi series at HBO.

Donnelly will star in The Nevers, a drama about a group of Victorian-era women "who find themselves with unusual abilities, relentless enemies and a mission that might change the world," per HBO's logline.

Whedon (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, The Avengers) is co-writing the straight-to-series project with Buffy veterans Jane Espenson and Doug Petrie and will also serve as showrunner and director.

Donnelly will play Amalia True, described as the most reckless, impulsive, emotionally damaged hero of her time. A menace to stuffy Victorian society, she would die for the cause and kill for a drink.

"Laura Donnelly has charisma, wisdom and an anarchic precision that not only captures Amalia, but defines her," said Whedon. "She's fierce and she’s funny — and I need both for the journey ahead."

The Nevers landed at HBO in 2018 after a multiple-outlet bidding war. It's the first TV series Whedon will showrun since Fox's Dollhouse a decade ago (he's an executive producer of ABC's Agents of SHIELD but not directly involved). At the time of its pickup, Whedon called it "maybe the most ambitious narrative I've created."

Donnelly has recurred on Outlander as Jenny Fraser, Jamie's (Sam Heughan) sister. Her credits also include Tolkien, The Fall and ABC's Missing. She is repped by Jonathan Arun in the U.K., CAA and attorney Shelby Weiser.

The Nevers doesn't yet have a premiere date. It's part of an upcoming HBO slate that includes Veep creator Armando Iannucci's space comedy Avenue 5, Los Espookys, The Righteous Gemstones, Perry Mason, Mrs. Fletcher and Run, along with a pilot for a Game of Thrones prequel. The channel is under orders from corporate parent WarnerMedia to increase its output of scripted originals and is opening up a second night of originals Mondays with Gentleman Jack.

Deadline first reported Donnelly's casting.

Y otra novedad a raiz de la info anterior:

Whedon (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, The Avengers) is co-writing the straight-to-series project with Buffy veterans Jane Espenson and Doug Petrie and will also serve as showrunner and director.

Sabíamos que Espenson estaba en ello pero no Doug Petrie. Otro veterano de Buffy y Angel, y hace poco co-showrunner de Daredevil 2o año y The Defenders.

Foto del staff de guionistas hecha en enero y publicada en twitter por Joss Whedon:

Madhuri Shekar, guionista de The Nevers, ha colgado fotos e info en Instagram: dice que ha escrito el Episodio 4 y co-escrito el 9.

Asumo que Whedon escribe/dirige el primero, tal vez el último y alguno más. Jane Espenson supongo que el segundo o tercero (es habitual que el creador escriba también el 2o, veremos, en Firefly fue así pero por accidente) y alguno más.

En un intercambio de tuits ayer entre Joss Whedon y Marti Noxon (su mano derecha en Buffy desde la 4a temporada) ella mencionó The Nevers y él dijo:

I think you’ll be pleased.

Veremos!