Things Nobody Wants: SCREAM To Get An MTV Series

According to the Hollywood Reporter yesterday, it appears MTV will be sending a television version of the film franchise SCREAM into production.  If we want to be a bit inside baseball, this isn't the first SCREAM television program.  THE FOLLOWING, airing on FOX, is supposedly a reworked version of what Kevin Williamson had in mind for a 5th SCREAM film before the Weinstein's meddled and he quit SCREAM 4.  If you were ever wondering his why he quit or what his original intentions were for SCREAM 4 and you've seen THE FOLLOWING, you can kind of guess how the 4th installment was supposed to play out.

STORIES ON TV: HANNIBAL 01x01 - "Apéritif"

Last night, NBC embarked on the 6th live action iteration of  Dr. Hannibal Lector.  When this series was first announced as just a prequel to Red Dragon following early exploits of Hannibal and Will Graham I wasn't very interested.  But, things just kept moving in the right direction.  Bryan Fuller?  Okay, sounding better.  The fact that he refused a 22 episode order in favor of a 10-13 got my attention mostly.  This meant, he was bound and determined to steer this ship into the realm of focused, story-driven television.  All the best dramas we talk about now-a-days run off the British/Pay Cable episode model anyway.