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NBC passes on 'Van Helsing' TV show
Aww no new vampire thriller TV show... yet. NBC voted nay for the heavily hyped 'Van Helsing' TV show; Transalvania but there are rumblings of other networks being interested in picking it up. Though the cost of the show is said to be quite high and my personal bet would be FOX as the only viable network to pick up the show.
Comingsoon reports:
Variety reports that Transylvania, the spin-off of Hugh Jackman-starrer Van Helsing, won't be coming to NBC. Nine months ago, the network pacted with Universal Network Television for the drama to be executive produced by the film's writer/director Stephen Sommers. Hopes were high that a pilot would be in this month's upfront lineup and that the series could benefit from a summer's worth of movie promos.
NBC has quietly cooled on Transylvania, however, just a few months after the project was announced, says the trade. Even before the merger with Universal, or a single dollar was tallied at the box office for Van Helsing, executives decided the show was simply too expensive.
The script has technically remained "in development" and there was an outside chance that NBC would have raised the dead if the movie had opened to big box office numbers. The network says that the box office has "no bearing whatsoever on our plans to move forward or not." While it won't likely be seen on NBC, other networks are still said to be interested in the show.