After producing numerous Presidents, Supreme Court justices, prominent Cabinet members, and various magnates and moguls, Yale’s secretive Skull And Bones society has at last been tapped to join the elite of ABC’s “powerful woman” dramas. The network is developing a new series titled The Order (likely because The Skulls was already taken by that Joshua Jackson movie), about a female student’s initiation into the shrouded-in-mystery-and-constant-attention organization, and that same woman 10 years later, now an FBI agent tasked with investigating it. The show, based on Alexandra Robbins’ non-fiction exposé The Secrets Of The Tomb, will alternate between ...
- 10/31/2013
- avclub.com
You know, the Yale secret society that all Bushes belonged to. (Maybe you remember it from the 2000 Joshua Jackson film The Skulls?) Anyway, ABC is developing The Order, a drama based on Alexandra Robbins's The Secrets of the Tomb: Skull and Bones, the Ivy League and the Hidden Paths of Power — except the series will be about a woman (that's allowed now) initiate who grows up to be an FBI officer and has to investigate her own society. They'll show the college stuff, too; they're not dumb.
- 10/31/2013
- by Amanda Dobbins
- Vulture
ABC is developing "The Order," a serialized drama series based on Alexandra Robbins’ non-fiction book "The Secrets Of The Tomb". The book deals with Yale’s famous Skull And Bones secret society.
The story follows follows two timelines — a young woman at Yale a decade ago when she was tapped as a member of an ultra-prestigious secret society.
The other is the same woman in the present day, a respected FBI agent in the midst of the biggest case which is linked to her past in the clandestine group.
Dean Widenmann is writing and will executive produce alongside Ellen Goldsmith-Vein, Michael Prevett and Jeremy Bell.
Source: Deadline...
The story follows follows two timelines — a young woman at Yale a decade ago when she was tapped as a member of an ultra-prestigious secret society.
The other is the same woman in the present day, a respected FBI agent in the midst of the biggest case which is linked to her past in the clandestine group.
Dean Widenmann is writing and will executive produce alongside Ellen Goldsmith-Vein, Michael Prevett and Jeremy Bell.
Source: Deadline...
- 10/31/2013
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Exclusive: Yale’s famous Skull And Bones secret society, whose prominent alums include President George W. Bush, is the subject of The Order, an ABC drama project based on Alexandra Robbins’ nonfiction book The Secrets Of The Tomb: Skull And Bones, The Ivy League And The Hidden Paths Of Power. Written by Dean Widenmann (CBS pilot Back), the serialized drama follows two timelines: a young woman at Yale, 10 years ago, tapped as a member of an ultra-prestigious secret society, and the same woman in present day as a respected FBI agent and in the midst of the biggest case of her life, which she discovers is linked to her past in the secret society. The Gotham Group’s Ellen Goldsmith-Vein, Michael Prevett and Jeremy Bell executive produce with Widenman, who is repped by Paradigm, Madhouse and Lev Ginsburg. CAA-repped Gotham also has Let’s Pretend This Never Happened at ABC.
- 10/31/2013
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
The CW has bought Dare, an hourlong action thriller from Easy A writer Bert V Royal, Warner Bros TV and studio-based Lin Pictures. Dare follows six young adults who find themselves forced to play a dangerous and deadly game of Truth or Dare. Royal is exec producing with Dan Lin and Jennifer Gwartz. This is the second sale for Royal, who also has single-camera comedy The Geeks Shall Inherit The Earth, based on Alexandra Robbins’ book, set up at ABC with Jennifer Garner producing. On the film side, Royal, repped by Paradigm and manager Dana Jackson, recently sold spec comedy A Thousand Words Or Less to Fox Searchlight and is attached to direct.
- 10/18/2011
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
There was once a time when things like J.R.R. Tolkien novels, Dungeons & Dragons and thick-rimmed glasses were not cool. Yet, somehow, over time being a geek, or even a nerd, became cool. Suddenly, every beautiful babe in Hollywood claims she was a geek in high school, and shows like "Glee" make being an outsider look like fun. And with smart guys like Steve Jobs, Mark Zuckerburg and Bill Gates ruling the world as we know it, it certainly seems that, yes, the geeks shall inherit the earth.
And it looks like yet another television show is hoping to get down with the dorks.
Jennifer Garner's Vandalia Films is developing a half-hour comedy at ABC Studios based on the book "The Geeks Shall Inherit the Earth," reports Variety.
The book, by writer Alexandra Robbins, follows seven different students with distinct quirks and how those personalities will prove valuable in adulthood.
And it looks like yet another television show is hoping to get down with the dorks.
Jennifer Garner's Vandalia Films is developing a half-hour comedy at ABC Studios based on the book "The Geeks Shall Inherit the Earth," reports Variety.
The book, by writer Alexandra Robbins, follows seven different students with distinct quirks and how those personalities will prove valuable in adulthood.
- 9/9/2011
- by Crystal Bell
- Huffington Post
Universal Pictures is aiming high by picking up "The Overachievers", an adaptation of the nonfiction Alexandra Robbins book for Shawn Levy and his 21 Laps banner. The Gotham Group also will produce the comedy, which Brian Gatewood and Alex Tanaka are writing.
In the book, published in August, Robbins ("Pledged: The Secret Life of Sororities") chronicles the lives of students in a Bethesda, Md., high school as they navigate the SAT and college-application process. The teens are obsessed with success while they contend with illness, physical deterioration, cheating, obsessed parents and emotional breakdowns.
"I read the book while I was at the tail end of the 'Night at the Museum' shoot, and it really spoke to certain experiences I had had as a 16-year-old, virtually killing myself to get into Yale," Levy said. "And I was kind of horrified to admit that I related to these kids. And there is something really unique about the culture right now where you have kids sacrificing the enjoyment of their youth to get to the next level.
In the book, published in August, Robbins ("Pledged: The Secret Life of Sororities") chronicles the lives of students in a Bethesda, Md., high school as they navigate the SAT and college-application process. The teens are obsessed with success while they contend with illness, physical deterioration, cheating, obsessed parents and emotional breakdowns.
"I read the book while I was at the tail end of the 'Night at the Museum' shoot, and it really spoke to certain experiences I had had as a 16-year-old, virtually killing myself to get into Yale," Levy said. "And I was kind of horrified to admit that I related to these kids. And there is something really unique about the culture right now where you have kids sacrificing the enjoyment of their youth to get to the next level.
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