Cop Show With A Superhero Element
“The producers of Powers, a TV pilot for Sony TV and FX Productions reportedly coming here in mid-June, are no strangers to shooting television entertainment in Chicago,” Reel Chicago reports.
“A-list television executive producer and director Michael Dinner returns to Chicago, after having been here on 12 episodes of The Beast, the FX Channel series that shot in Chicago in 2009 with the late Patrick Swayze . . .
“Two years in development and based on comic books by Brian Michael Bendis and Michael Avon Oeming, Powers follows a pair of homicide detectives who investigate deadly crimes committed by people with super-powers.”
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“Friday Night Lights star Kyle Chandler, who turned down a slew of offers for broadcast pilots this season, is now being courted for FX’s drama pilot Powers,” Deadline.com reports.
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“About two years after this website even launched, FX and Brian Michael Bendis have announced that the network is finally moving forward with a Powers TV pilot,” PowersTV.com reports.
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Bendis on Twitter:
“For those comparing Powers to other super hero shows, it’s not a super hero show . . . It’s a cop show with a superhero element. Big difference.”
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Posted on April 14, 2011