Showtime series revealed?
Chris Miller
> 9:00am ET, 3-October-00
>
> Jeremiah Is Straczynski's Pilot
>
> Variety identified the pilot being written by Babylon 5 creator
> J. Michael Straczynski for Showtime: Jeremiah, based on a
> long-running European SF comic series of the same name.
> Straczynski had posted to a Babylon 5 newsgroup that he was
> working on the two-hour pilot, but had declined to name it.
>
> Variety said that the SF pilot from Lions Gate Entertainment will
> tell the story of Earth 15 years after a virus has killed everyone
> who has reached puberty. Joe Dante (Small Soldiers) will executive
> produce the pilot, which could develop into a Showtime series.
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Alyson L. Abramowitz
>
> The paraphrase of the Variety article gets it wrong; Joe Dante and I are both
> executive producers, and I'm the designated showrunner.
Can you provide a little help in understanding this? What role are each
of you providing to the production? What does it mean that you are the
"designated showrunner"?
Thanks for the enlightenment and translation of these terms.
Best,
Alyson
Pål Are Nordal
>
> Can you provide a little help in understanding this? What role are each
> of you providing to the production? What does it mean that you are the
> "designated showrunner"?
If it becomes a series, Joe will be the one in charge of it, having
final approval on everything (even more so than on B5 it seems). His
official title will be "executive producer".
The article listed only Joe Dante, giving the impression that jms was
just writing the pilot.
Alyson L. Abramowitz
>
> "Alyson L. Abramowitz" wrote:
> >
> > Can you provide a little help in understanding this? What role are each
> > of you providing to the production? What does it mean that you are the
> > "designated showrunner"?
>
> If it becomes a series, Joe will be the one in charge of it, having
> final approval on everything (even more so than on B5 it seems). His
> official title will be "executive producer".
>
> The article listed only Joe Dante, giving the impression that jms was
> just writing the pilot.
I understood the problem with the article. However, it didn't explain
what the involvement of each Joe is in the production. One assumes Joe
Dante might have some role beyond figurehead, for example. That was my
question. Perhaps JMS might clarify? Thanks.
Best,
Alyson
Alyson L. Abramowitz
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Jms at B5
>what the involvement of each Joe is in the production. One assumes Joe
>Dante might have some role beyond figurehead, for example. That was my
>question. Perhaps JMS might clarify?
The problem is not in the original article in Variety, only in the paraphrase
on one site. The Cinescape site, I believe, got the information right.
(Articles like those in Variety are copyrighted, so they can't repost the whole
text; instead they paraphrase, and sometimes inaccuracies slip in.)
To clarify: every show has multiple executive producers these days. Shows like
the X-Files have something like 3 or 4. But at the end of the day, only one of
these is the actual show-runner.
Alyson L. Abramowitz
> To clarify: every show has multiple executive producers these days. Shows like
> the X-Files have something like 3 or 4. But at the end of the day, only one of
> these is the actual show-runner.
I've noticed this phenomenon. Are these usually vanity titles or do
they actually have some role. More specifically in this case, what will
the other Joe's role be in the show?
Best,
Alyson
Best,
Alyson