Here are the FOX pilots up for consideration for the 2015-2016 TV season:
Frankenstein – This drama follows Ray Pritchard, a morally corrupt retired cop, who is given a second chance at life when he is brought back from the dead. Now younger and stronger, Pritchard will have to choose between his old temptations and his new sense of purpose.
THOSE BEHIND THE SCENES: Rand Ravich and Howard Gordon
CAST: Philip Baker Hall, Adhir Kalyan (Rules of Engagement), Ciara Bravo (Red Band Society), Tim Dekay (White Collar), Rob Kazinsky (True Blood) and Dilshad Vadsaria (Revenge)
Lucifer – Based on the DC Entertainment’s Vertigo imprint, the drama centers on Lucifer who, bored and unhappy as the Lord of Hell, resigns his throne and abandons his kingdom for the gorgeous, shimmering insanity of Los Angeles, where he gets his kicks helping the LAPD punish criminals.
THOSE BEHIND THE SCENES: Tom Kapinos, Jerry Bruckheimer, Len Weisman, Jonathan Littman and KristieAnne Reed
CAST: Lesley-Ann Brandt (Spartacus), Tom Ellis (Downton Abbey and Rush), Nicholas Gonzalez (Sleepy Hollow), Lina Esco (Cane), Lauren German (Chicago Fire), D. B. Woodside (24), Rachael Harris (The Hangover)
Minority Report – Ten years after the end of Precrime in Washington, D.C. from the box office film, one of the three Precogs struggles to lead a “normal” human life, but remains haunted by visions the future, when he meets a detective haunted by her past, who just may help him find a purpose to his gift.
THOSE BEHIND THE SCENES: Kevin Falls, Justin Falvey, Darryl Frank, and D. Mark Mylod
CAST: Wilmer Valderama (That 70’s Show), Laura Regan (Mad Men), Daniel London (Manhattan), Li Jun Li (Billy & Billie), Meagan Good (Deception) and Stark Sands (Inside Llewyn Davis)
Rosewood (Tentative Name) – This close-ended, investigative series centers on the brilliant Dr. Beaumont Rosewood, Jr., the top private pathologist in all of Miami. As owner of one of the most sophisticated, state-of-the-art independent labs in the country, he finds the secrets in bodies that others usually miss.
THOSE BEHIND THE SCENES: Wyck Godfrey and Marty Bowen
CAST: Morris Chestnut (Legends), Maggie Elizabeth Jones (Ben and Kate) and relative newcomer Jaina Lee Ortiz
Studio City – This drama is a coming-of-age story about a young singer’s path to stardom as she lives with her songwriter father, who happens to be a drug dealer to the stars.
THOSE BEHIND THE SCENES: Krista Vernoff, John Wells and Andrew Stern
CAST: Eric McCormack (Perception), newcomer Florence Pugh, Riley Smith (True Blood), singer-songwriter Chris Daughtry, Samantha Logan (The Fosters), Jordan Calloway (Drumlne: A New Boat), Timothy Granaderos (Undateable), Heather Graham (Californication) and Jeanine Mason (Bunheads)
MOST LIKELY TO BE PICKED-UP: Frankenstein
WOULD BE INTERESTING TO SEE: Minority Report
LONG SHOT: Studio City
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