The 4400 is formally making a comeback.
The CW on Tuesday introduced a straight-to-series order for its remake of USA Community’s sci-fi drama.
The information comes a bit over two years for the reason that mission was first introduced, however the sequence has been in growth since.
As anticipated, the community was holding off on a proper pickup till it acquired the mission proper, and the brand new take comes from Ariana Jackson (Riverdale, UnREAL).
The reboot follows 4,400 neglected, undervalued, or in any other case marginalized individuals who vanished with out a hint during the last hundred years and are all returned straight away, having not aged a day and with no reminiscence of what occurred to them.
“As the federal government races to investigate the potential risk and include the story, the 4400 themselves should grapple with the truth that they’ve been returned with a couple of… upgrades,” the mission’s description reads.
“And the growing probability that they have been all introduced again now for a particular cause.”
Sounds eerie, proper?
The unique sequence, created by Scott Peters and René Echevarria, launched in 2004 and lasted 4 seasons earlier than being canceled.
The unique solid included Joel Gretsch, Jacqueline McKenzie, Mahershala Ali, and Patrick Flueger, and adopted the same storyline to the remake.
In the meantime, the community has additionally introduced three pilot pickups.
First up is the live-action Powerpuff Women reboot from Diablo Cody and Greg Berlanti.
“The Powerpuff Women was once America’s pint-sized superheroes,” reads the logline.
“Now they’re disillusioned twentysomethings who resent having misplaced their childhood to crime combating. Will they comply with reunite now that the world wants them greater than ever?”
The Powerpuff Women was a preferred animated sequence about three younger sisters — Blossom, Bubbles and Buttercup — who used their chemically engineered powers to guard the Metropolis of Townsville from an eclectic steady of supervillains.
Created by Craig McCracken, it initially aired on Cartoon Community from 1998 to 2005.
The CW additionally ordered Naomi, a sequence adaptation of Brian Michael Bendis/David F. Walker/Jamal Campbell’s DC comedian of the identical title.
“Naomi follows a teen woman’s journey from her small northwestern city to the heights of the multiverse,” reads the logline.
“When a supernatural occasion shakes her hometown to the core, Naomi units out to uncover its origins, and what she discovers will problem all the pieces we consider about our heroes.”
Naomi hails from Ava DuVernay (Queen Sugar, When They See Us) and Jill Blakenship (Arrow), each of whom will write and executive-produce.
The third mission touchdown a pilot order is an as-yet-untitled dramedy about two millennial nuns: one who’s religious and a real believer, and the opposite who hasn’t but taken her remaining vows.
They “begin as strangers and grow to be sisters on a humorous, spirtual journey to know their very own religion and place within the Catholic Church,” per the logline. The mission comes from Claire Rothrock and Ryann Weir.
There’s nonetheless no phrase on The Misplaced Boys, which has been in growth for a number of years, and has gone by means of varied completely different iterations.
The CW just lately introduced it had renewed 12 reveals.
The young-skewing community has ordered up The Flash (Season 8), Riverdale (Season 6), DC’s Legends of Tomorrow (Season 7), All American (Season 4), Charmed (Season 4), Legacies (Season 4), In the Dark (Season 4), Roswell, New Mexico (Season 4), Batwoman (Season 3) Nancy Drew (Season 3), Walker(Season 2), and Dynasty (Season 5).
“Although we’re only a few weeks into the brand new season, we needed to get a strategic head begin on subsequent season with these early renewals, which permits our manufacturing groups to start out laying out story arcs and hiring employees, and on the similar time, continues to supply us with a robust, steady schedule to construct on for subsequent season,” mentioned CW Chairman and CEO Mark Pedowitz in a press release.
“As The CW’s 2020-2021 season kicks into excessive gear, we’re thrilled creatively with the path of our first new reveals out of the gate, Walker and Superman & Lois, that we needed to order the extra episodes to finish their first seasons, and we’re notably happy with the large success of the launch of Walker, which debuted as our most watched sequence premiere in 5 years.”
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Paul Dailly is the Affiliate Editor for TV Fanatic. Observe him on Twitter.