The Directors Guild of Canada (Ontario) ‘Hot List’ compilation of Ontario-based production information has been updated with a new CBS Studios show ‘Ivory Tower’ to begin Accounting & Art Department preproduction in March.

  • Handles@leminal.space
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    9 months ago

    TBF, Ivory tower is not a bad title. If it reflects the show’s approach to the academy, I’m for sticking with it.

    • StillPaisleyCat@startrek.websiteOP
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      9 months ago

      I’m expecting some thriller aspects, not just the comedy that having Tawney Newsome joining the writers room might suggest.

      This show was in development hell for quite a while, but it seems like they finally got a viable concept after the backdoor pilot episode in Discovery season three fell flat, and a new set of creators took over.

      Gaia Violo (Co-EP), who is credited with writing the pilot that finally got greenlit, was the cocreator and a senior writer on Absentia. Also, Co-Showrunner Noga Landau was a senior writer on The Magicians when Henry Alonso Myers was showrunner. Landau transitioned Nancy Drew to a much more suspenseful (and successful) version when she took over running the show in season two.