Law & Order Turns 18, Heads to London
Dick Wolf can't be stopped.
Now in its 18th season, Dick Wolf's Law & Order -- the absurdly successful series that has already given birth to spinoffs such as Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and Law & Order: Criminal Intent -- is setting up shop in London.
Variety reports that Wolf and NBC Universal are developing a British version of the long-running drama, tentatively titled Law & Order: London. The series, which has already been granted a 13-episode greenlight by ITV, comes on the heels of French and Russian makeovers for the show's Criminal Intent and SVU brands. From the article:
Like the editions in France and Russia, "Law & Order: London" will rely on scripts originally written for the U.S. show but reworked to meet local customs. For example, instead of defense attorneys, barristers will be seen representing the accused.
The article goes on to note that even though there's no official deal in place yet, Law & Order: London is expected to find its way to American screens via one of NBC's cable networks, such as USA or Bravo.
Source: Variety
Variety reports that Wolf and NBC Universal are developing a British version of the long-running drama, tentatively titled Law & Order: London. The series, which has already been granted a 13-episode greenlight by ITV, comes on the heels of French and Russian makeovers for the show's Criminal Intent and SVU brands. From the article:
Like the editions in France and Russia, "Law & Order: London" will rely on scripts originally written for the U.S. show but reworked to meet local customs. For example, instead of defense attorneys, barristers will be seen representing the accused.
The article goes on to note that even though there's no official deal in place yet, Law & Order: London is expected to find its way to American screens via one of NBC's cable networks, such as USA or Bravo.
Source: Variety
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on Jan 03 2008 07:46 AM ok... (Reply to this) |
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on Jan 03 2008 08:31 AM Two questions remain unanswered: 1. Could there EVER be a British version of Lenny Briscoe? 2. Will the "doink-doink" remain unchanged, or will they make it more British (Lord only knows how THAT could be achieved....I'm just sayin'). (Reply to this) |
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on Jan 03 2008 09:55 AM In reply to this comment (#1423412) That's the first thing I thought. Will they change the theme song? (Reply to this) |
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on Jan 03 2008 11:12 AM The "dun-duh" will be replaced by harpsichord strums. (Reply to this) |
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on Jan 03 2008 04:00 PM Why won't Law & Order just die? Seriously, it used to be a good show. Then they fired Michael Moriarty and started the revolving-door "hot ADA" parade, which along with the "ripped from the headlines!" mentality made it almost as bad as watching Jerry Springer. And now the official rule of "every network show must have at least one woman on screen at all times" has made it completely unwatchable. Less than 15% of NY cops are female (and even fewer of them are tall models who wear their shirt with the top button open). We can't have a two-guy detective team? And the spin-offs are interminable. One is a preachy, far-left-wing show that positively worships Mariska Hargitay and crams as much liberal BS into an hour as it can (SVU cops finding justice for Abu Ghraib inmates and acting like the Vigilante Squad - it's okay to break the law and violate peoples' rights if you think they're EVIL!). The other is just an excuse to let Vincent D'Onofrio overact while getting exponentially more doughy. (Reply to this) |
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on Jan 03 2008 04:08 PM In reply to this comment (#1426368) Ouch! (Reply to this) |
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on Jan 04 2008 08:32 AM "it's okay to break the law and violate peoples' rights if you think they're EVIL!" Kind of undermines your complaint about "liberal BS," doesn't it? My biggest complaint about Law & Order, SVU in particular, is its glorification/justification of police brutality and violation of civil rights-- but that's more neocon BS, I think. (Reply to this) |
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on Jan 04 2008 08:33 AM "it's okay to break the law and violate peoples' rights if you think they're EVIL!" Kind of undermines your complaint about "liberal BS," doesn't it? My biggest complaint about Law & Order, SVU in particular, is its glorification/justification of police brutality and violation of civil rights-- but that's more neocon BS, I think. (Reply to this) |
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on Jan 04 2008 12:29 PM "Kind of undermines your complaint about "liberal BS," doesn't it? My biggest complaint about Law & Order, SVU in particular, is its glorific" I was thinking more along the lines of the ridiculous episode where Hargitay breaks into an EEEVIILL corporation's bathroom and hacks into their security system to prove a case. But you bring up an interesting point: the episode where they tried to condemn torture was laughable not only because it was such a ridiculous story, but because they are complete hypocrites. They always show cops intimidating suspects or using forceful interrogation methods, because these are legitimate law-enforcement tactics and because they make exciting TV. But they wanted to join the hippie "I hate torture" bandwagon so they aired this episode. And how did they address the hypocrisy? By having a character outright lie: Stabler claimed he had used 'forceful interrogation methods' and that '9 times out of 10 it was counterproductive'. Is he watching a different show than me? Pretty funny that you consider standard interrogation tactics to be 'police brutality' and 'violation of civil rights'. Thankfully people smarter than you are the ones in charge of enforcing the laws and protecting us. (Reply to this) |
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on Jan 04 2008 03:22 PM Since when does RT do basic TV news? (Reply to this) |
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on Jan 04 2008 07:01 PM Actually, as it happens, I am, if not "in charge," at least involved in enforcing our laws in a judicial capacity, and I would hardly call the episode where Stabler nearly drowns the guy until he tells where the missing girl is to be a "legitimate investigation tactic." I do agree with you on the hypocrisy of taking an anti-torture stance when the show glorifies brutality in an almost 24-like manner on occasion. (Reply to this) |
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on Jan 04 2008 09:01 PM you don't strum a harpsichord (Reply to this) |
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on Jan 05 2008 06:18 PM Well maybe they'll bring Abby back. In a leather mini. Yeah, baby. (Reply to this) |
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