Niels Arden Oplev

Apart from NBC’s discernible desire for a primetime soap, it’s difficult to figure out what the network is looking for. Is there a method to The Peacock’s madness? Let’s find out in our complete preview of the 2016 NBC Drama pilots.

Ellen Page is currently in negotiations to star in a remake of the 1990 film that starred Julia Roberts, Kevin Bacon and Keifer Sutherland.

Round up of this weeks TV sales, pick-ups, attachments, renewals & deals.

Logline: A fourteen-year-old boy is forced to deal with confused sexuality and the loss of a mother in a provincial setting in the mid-seventies, where the famed Danish liberation of porn has had its influence on the grownups.

A recap of the week’s TV News!

A woman goes to Calcutta in search of her missing husband, but as she gets closer to the truth, she finds herself at the center of a dangerous conspiracy.

A recap of the week’s TV news!

Centers on a right-hand man to an underground crime lord in New York City who is seduced and blackmailed by Beatrice, a crime victim seeking retribution. Their intense chemistry leads them spiraling into payback delivered in violent catharsis.

Original “Girl With The Dragon Tattoo” helmer attached to direct remake.

Centers on a right-hand man to an underground crime lord in New York City who is seduced and blackmailed by Beatrice, a crime victim seeking retribution. Their intense chemistry leads them spiraling into payback delivered in violent catharsis.

A review of the week’s TV news!

Logline: Centers on a right-hand man to an underground crime lord in New York City who is seduced and blackmailed by Beatrice, a crime victim seeking retribution. Their intense chemistry leads them spiraling into payback delivered in violent catharsis.

Logline: Five ambitious medical school students experiment with the fine line between life and death.

Danish helmer circles action/thriller!

A&E greenlights a PI drama, CBS grabs a supernatural cop drama, as well as an assistant comedy, Comedy Central revives a dormant Spike pilot, MTV brings us back to 1993 with some B&B, NBC picks up a new “inception-like” spec from Lone Star creator, adds a Brit reboot, a cheaters love story, and an Arrested Development style laugher. Meanwhile, NCIS gets a renewal, Chase doesn’t, and CBS and Comedy Central add directors to their pilots.

Logline: Story centers on a college professor and game theorist who finds himself caught up in the middle of a large-scale global incident.

From Dragon Tattoo to Good People, compliments of Mr. Maguire!