Drive Gets the Green Light at Fox
Source: Variety
October 31, 2006
Fox has greenlit series production on "Drive," an hourlong actioner from creators/executive producers Tim Minear ("Angel") and Ben Queen.
The network has ordered 12 episodes on top of the already-filmed pilot, says Variety.
The goal is to get the 20th Century Fox TV-produced show on the air in time for a spring debut, possibly taking advantage of the network's "American Idol" lead-in.
In addition to "Drive," Fox had been mulling a midseason order for the space-themed "Beyond," from 20th and Imagine Television. With "Drive" picked up to series, "Beyond" will not move forward now.
"Drive" filmed over the summer, outside the usual pilot production season. Greg Yaitanes ("Bones") directed and executive produced the pilot.
The series has been described as a sort of "The Amazing Race" on acid, focusing on an illegal cross-country race in which every participant needs to win, but only one can.
Minear told the trade that the show also has elements of Cannonball Run and the Michael Douglas starrer The Game.
"I described it to Joss (Whedon) as 'Magnolia' on wheels," Minear said. "It's really about the people in those cars."
He said the tone of the show is "deeply action, deeply funny and deeply emotional," all at once.
"Drive" features a large ensemble cast that Minear said can expand or contract at will. In addition to the drivers in the race, the series will eventually explore the people staging the race -- "the puppetmasters," as Minear calls them.
Source: Variety
October 31, 2006
Fox has greenlit series production on "Drive," an hourlong actioner from creators/executive producers Tim Minear ("Angel") and Ben Queen.
The network has ordered 12 episodes on top of the already-filmed pilot, says Variety.
The goal is to get the 20th Century Fox TV-produced show on the air in time for a spring debut, possibly taking advantage of the network's "American Idol" lead-in.
In addition to "Drive," Fox had been mulling a midseason order for the space-themed "Beyond," from 20th and Imagine Television. With "Drive" picked up to series, "Beyond" will not move forward now.
"Drive" filmed over the summer, outside the usual pilot production season. Greg Yaitanes ("Bones") directed and executive produced the pilot.
The series has been described as a sort of "The Amazing Race" on acid, focusing on an illegal cross-country race in which every participant needs to win, but only one can.
Minear told the trade that the show also has elements of Cannonball Run and the Michael Douglas starrer The Game.
"I described it to Joss (Whedon) as 'Magnolia' on wheels," Minear said. "It's really about the people in those cars."
He said the tone of the show is "deeply action, deeply funny and deeply emotional," all at once.
"Drive" features a large ensemble cast that Minear said can expand or contract at will. In addition to the drivers in the race, the series will eventually explore the people staging the race -- "the puppetmasters," as Minear calls them.
