{"id":21909,"date":"2024-02-09T19:05:28","date_gmt":"2024-02-10T00:05:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=21909"},"modified":"2024-02-09T19:06:29","modified_gmt":"2024-02-10T00:06:29","slug":"kevin-williamson-to-adapt-rear-window-and-the-game-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=21909","title":{"rendered":"Kevin Williamson To Develop Four TV Series for Universal, Including &#8216;Rear Window&#8217; and &#8216;The Game&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p>\u00a9\u00a01954 &#8211; Paramount Pictures<\/p>\r\n<p>Kevin Williamson and his <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Outerbanks_Entertainment\">Outerbanks Entertainment<\/a> group will be developing four TV series as part of a new deal with Universal Television. Two of them will be reboots of classic thriller films: Alfred Hitchcock\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0047396\/\"><em><strong>Rear Window<\/strong><\/em><\/a> (1954) and David Fincher\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0119174\/\"><em><strong>The Game<\/strong><\/em><\/a> (1997).<br \/><br \/>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2024\/02\/kevin-williamson-rear-window-the-game-the-it-girl-the-waterfront-tv-series-overall-deal-universal-television-1235819429\/\"><em>Deadline<\/em><\/a>, which broke the news this week, Williamson will write the script for <em><strong>Rear Window<\/strong><\/em> while serving as an executive producer along with John Davis and John Fox. It will likely mirror Hitchcock\u2019s original concept of a wheelchair-bound journalist who apparently witnesses a murder from his window while spying on his neighbors. As for <em><strong>The Game<\/strong><\/em>, its original writers John Brancato and Michael Ferris will be adapting the film into a series format.<br \/><br \/>Williamson will also be developing two other series for Universal: an adaptation of Ruth Ware\u2019s book <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/59345249-the-it-girl\"><em><strong>The It Girl<\/strong><\/em><\/a>, and an original crime drama titled <em><strong>The Waterfront<\/strong><\/em>. Sarah L. Thompson will be co-writing the <em><strong>It Girl<\/strong><\/em> script along with Williamson. Set in North Carolina, <em><strong>The Waterfront<\/strong><\/em> focuses on the fortunes of a dysfunctional family struggling to keep their fishing business afloat. Williamson was grew up in that region, where his own father was a fisherman. <br \/><br \/>In announcing the project, Universal Television\u2019s president Erin Underhill was quoted as saying: \u201cKevin is a prolific and brilliant creator with a proven track record of producing iconic hits for both the big and small screen. He\u2019s a trusted collaborator whose imagination is boundless and inspiring. We love our creative partnership with Kevin and his terrific team at Outerbanks. We think fans will love everything they are cooking up.\u201d <br \/><br \/>\u201cI couldn\u2019t be more thrilled to be part of the Universal Television family,\u201d added Williamson. \u201cWhen making television, it\u2019s so important to have partners who believe, support and inspire you. In Universal Television I have found exactly that. I\u2019m excited to be working with such an amazing team doing what I love to do.\u201d<br \/><br \/>Outerbanks Entertainmenet is headed by Ben Fast as president and Julia Buckingham as president. Williamson has a number of acclaimed dramas under his belt, including <em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?s=The+Vampire+Diaries\">The Vampire Diaries<\/a>, Dawson\u2019s Creek, The Following<\/strong><\/em>, and <em><strong>Tell Me a Story<\/strong><\/em>.<br \/><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/author\/edward-moran\/\">Check out more of Edward&#8217;s articles.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a9\u00a01954 &#8211; Paramount Pictures Kevin Williamson and his Outerbanks Entertainment group will be developing four TV series as part of a new deal with Universal Television. Two of them will be reboots of classic thriller films: Alfred Hitchcock\u2019s Rear Window (1954) and David Fincher\u2019s The Game (1997). 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