variety.com - 3/17/2008
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ABC/Disney show to bow in all top 50 markets Sam Raimi's syndie original "Wizard's First Rule" is set to bow in all of the top 50 markets in the US. The ABC/Disney show, based on the "Sword of Truth" books by Terry Goodkind, is greenlit for 22 episodes and will begin production in May. Now it looks like the action/fantasy show will preside over a nonfictional kingdom, as well: "Rule," which is ...
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Vulture —
... Raimi Calls First: Sam Raimi will produce a TV series based on Terry Goodkind's Sword of Truth series of fantasy novels. The syndicated program, Wizard's First Rule, is set on stations in the 50 biggest markets in the country and will begin production in May. If it's half as good/bad as Xena we're ready to love/hate it forever. [Variety] ...
Sam Raimi Readies Horror Movie-Style Reality Show
BuzzSugar —
Sam Raimi, writer/director of The Evil Dead, A Simple Plan and Spider-Man 3 (among other stuff), is a busy guy. In addition to directing a horror flick (Drag Me to Hell) and creating an action/fantasy TV series (Wizard's First Rule), he's decided that the world also needs another reality TV show. A reality show that's kind of like Fear Factor, but shot like a horror movie. Or something.
Airing on the CW, the eight-episode summertime series titled simply 13 will "utilize horror-themed challenges to knock players off one by one, until just one is left, having survived all that ...
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