Robert Altman's The Player opens with a send-up of Hollywood pitch meetings, including one where Buck Henry pitches a sequel to The Graduate, almost a quarter century later. The joke pitches are cringe-inducing in a humorous way, but you had to say to yourself, "This is probably nothing compared to how bad the real movie and TV ideas are that people are trying to sell."
Case in point: this bizarre new TV series being developed, according to the Hollywood Reporter, by who else but the Fox Network...
Check out the Reporter's description of the show:
Talk about a hairy "Sex and the City."
The Fox network is developing "Bitches," a dramedy about a quartet
of female friends in New York who are werewolves.
[Oh, so not only does it, in a way, rip off Buffy The Vampire Slayer, it also demeans and insults women! And, of course, it's a Fox production...]
The project, which has received a script plus penalty commitment
from the network, hails from feature writer Michael Dougherty and
Warner Bros. TV. [T]he project... [is] described as a quirky
urban fairy tale...
"Bitches" continues the werewolf theme from Dougherty's recent
horror flick "Trick 'r Treat."
[And we all remember how sensationally entertaining and intelligent that feature was, right? If we remember it at all, that is...]
2009 is shaping up to be a big year for werewolves with the release
of the Benicio del Toro-starring remake of "The Wolfman" and the
"Twilight" sequel "New Moon." [Wonderful-- now they've sucked Benicio into their remake machine of doom?!]
WMA-repped Dougherty's writing credits also include "Superman
Returns" and "X2: X-Men United."
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