Here are the The CW pilots up for consideration for the 2016-2017 TV season:
Frequency – In this reimagining of the New Line Cinema film, a female police detective discovers she is able to speak via a ham radio with her estranged father, also a detective, who died in 1996. They forge a new relationship while working together on an unresolved murder, but unintended consequences of the “butterfly effect” wreak havoc in the present day.
THOSE BEHIND THE SCENES: Jeremy Carver (Supernatural), Toby Emmerich, John Rickard, Dan Lin and Jennifer Gwartz
CAST: Peyton List (The Flash, The Tomorrow People), Riley Smith (Nashville), Mekhi Phifer (ER), Lenny Jacobson (Nurse Jackie), Anthony Ruivivar (Banshee, American Horror Story), Devin Kelley (Resurrection) and Daniel Bonjour (The Walking Dead).
No Tomorrow – When a risk-averse female procurement manager at an Amazon-like distribution center falls in love with a man who lives life to the fullest because he believes the apocalypse is imminent, it leads to comedic and poignant results as they embark on a quest to fulfill their individual bucket lists.
THOSE BEHIND THE SCENES: Corrine Brinkerhoff (Jane the Virgin), Scott McCabe and Tory Stanton
CAST: Tori Anderson (The L.A. Complex), Joshua Sasse (Galavant), Amy Pietz (The Nine Lives of Chloe King), Sarayu Blue (The Real O’Neals) and Jesse Rath (Defiance).
Riverdale – Set in present day and based on the iconic Archie Comics characters, this surprising and subversive take on Archie and friends explores the surrealism of small-town life — the darkness and weirdness bubbling beneath Riverdale’s wholesome façade.
THOSE BEHIND THE SCENES: Greg Berlanti, Sarah Schechter, Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa and Jon Goldwater
CAST: Newcomer KJ Apa, Cole Sprouse (The Suite Life Of Zack & Cody), Lili Reinhart (Surviving Jack), Luke Perry (Beverly Hills, 90210), Mädchen Amick (Witches of East End), Marisol Nichols (Teen Wolf, 24), Camila Mendes, Ashleigh Murray, Madelaine Petsch.
Transylvania – In 1880, a headstrong young woman in search of her missing father ventures from NYC to Transylvania, where she teams up with a wrongfully disgraced Scotland Yard detective. Together, they witness the births of the most famous monsters and villains in history.
THOSE BEHIND THE SCENES: Hugh Sterbakov (writer), Jeff Pinkner, Andre Nemec, Josh Applebaum and Scott Rosenberg
CAST: Laura Brent (Legend of the Seeker), Luke Allen-Gale (Dominion) and Sofia Penas (The Young and the Restless).
Untitled Mars Project – Explorers arrive on Mars to join its first human colony, only to discover that their predecessors have vanished. Led by a woman whose husband is among the missing, the colonists are forced to change their mission from exploration/settlement to investigation/survival, while navigating the hostile planet and their own personal demons.
THOSE BEHIND THE SCENES: Doris Egan, Frank Marshall and Robert Zotnowski
CAST: Georgina Haig (Fringe, Once Upon a Time), Neal Bledsoe (The Mysteries of Laura), Mouzam Makkar (The Vampire Diaries and The Following) and Carl Beukes (Dominion).
Untitled Paranormal Project – A young woman seeks help from a parapsychologist when she begins to experience paranormal phenomena.
THOSE BEHIND THE SCENES: Kevin Williamson and David Nutter
CAST: Megan West (How to Get Away with Murder), Matt Passmore (Satisfaction) and Jessica Szohr (Gossip Girl).
MOST LIKELY TO BE PICKED-UP: Riverside
WOULD BE INTERESTING TO SEE: No Tomorrow and Frequency
LONG SHOT: Untitled Mars Project
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