If you were looking forward to the new series from Roland Emmerich based on last year's disaster movie 2012, then you'll be sad to learn that according to Emmerich the new series has been shelved due to budget issues.
The project was being called 2013 and would have picked up following characters from the movie as they rebuilt life on Earth after the 2012 disaster. Emmerich recently told Movieweb, "It was just too big for TV, what we wanted to do," citing budget constraints as the reason for halting pre-production of the show.
"I don't think it will happen," Emmerich admitted. "I had a certain vision. We realized what kind of compromises we were going to have to make. Because of that, I said, "No thank you.""
But is 2013 really dead? In reality the project now sits in the hands of Mark Gordon, the producer of Grey's Anatomy. Gordon is trying to lower the show's cost and still get it on the air, but Emmerich is out of the picture and seems convinced the project is done.
It's still not entirely clear what this series would have even been. It was described once as being similar to Lost, but with the movie focusing on the CGI-heavy disaster part of the story, what could have been so expensive about the rebuilding part? For that matter, why was Roland Emmerich so involved in the idea in the first place? I'm not one to typically judge a show while it's in pre-production, but Roland Emmerich isn't exactly known for mysterious plots with complex and compelling characters. I mean, I love his disaster movies. It's fun to see things from our everyday lives get blown up, hit by tidal ways, and have cars thrown on them, but most of us can only tolerate a couple of hours of that kind of fun. When I give an hour of my time every single week to a show, it has to be compelling and pull me along for the ride. I simply can't imagine how 2013 would have ever done that, regardless what their budget had been. Still, I'm always up for new series, and I would have given this one a chance, had it made it to the small screen.
How about you? How do you feel about not getting to see this series after all? Let us know in the comments below.
Source: TVSquad
There was a 2013 project and Emmerich just gave up because he dont't have enaught money to blow eveything up? Sad, really.This 2013 serie could have been a Battlestar Galactica-like, dealing with important questions (civilisation, humanity, religion, sciences…). I hope that Mark Gordon will see that.
People need to stop comparing shows to LOST. It only sets them up for failure.
"Roland Emmerich isn't exactly known for mysterious plots with complex and compelling characters. I mean, I love his disaster movies. It's fun to see things from our everyday lives get blown up, hit by tidal ways, and have cars thrown on them, but most of us can only tolerate a couple of hours of that kind of fun."Agreed. He does it well but that's why I go to the theatre – to have two hours of mayhem and destruction. Also, the post-apocalyptic thing has been done in multiple formats already (Jericho and Battlestar Gallactica most notably), so they'd need to come up with something new. The premise would have been interesting but it wouldn't – and couldn't – be the same as the movie for all the above reasons.
Seems like it might be compelling television but only if they can find decent characters and writers who understand the sci fi genre. Jericho (another post apocolyptic show) did not fare well because they wrote themselves into a corner by climaxing an extraordinairy idea too soon. This may have been due to poor ratiings I suppose but all the same they moved too fast. I would give it a try even tho it may turn out to be a bigger disaster than the one portrayed in the movie.
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