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Fans Launch Petition To Save ‘Wayward Sisters’

“Supernatural” fans are some of the most dedicated fans out there, so when the pilot was ordered for the spin-off series “Wayward Sisters” they were overjoyed. Unfortunately, The CW has decided not to move forward with the series, even after the pilot aired back in January and was well received. The series would have centered on Jody Mills, Claire Novak, and their family of monster ass-kicking women in South Dakota. Now fans have started a petition to save the show, and it already has more than 71,000 signatures. Now, CW president Mark Pedowitz offered an explanation. We are big fans of the characters and the women who played those characters in the series, but we did not feel creatively that the show is where we wanted it to be, and we felt we had a better shot with Legacies.” “Legacies” is a spin-off of the hit series “The Originals”. “Legacies” will air on Thursdays following “Supernatural”.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 17, 2018
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The CW Has Officially Axed Their Friday The 13th Series

The CW has been working on a reboot of Friday the 13th in series form for a while now. We reported back in April that they had killed the series, titled Chrystal Lake Chronicles. Now, they’ve made it official. At yesterday’s Television Critics Association’s press tour CW president Mark Pedowitz explained their decision to ax the series, written by Aaron Guzikowski We had better pilots,” Pedowitz said. “The bottom line is we felt we had stronger things to go with, and we didn’t go forward with it. It was well-written, it was darker than we wanted it to be, and we didn’t believe it had sustainability…We didn’t believe that it was a sustainable script, a sustainable series.” It is a bit disappointing that after all this time the show won’t be airing. But the good news is there is still a new Friday the 13th film coming our way.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 11, 2016
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Friday The 13th Series Coming To The CW

Mark Pedowitz, the network head of The CW, has confirmed that The CW in indeed developing a ‘Friday the 13th’ series based on the franchise. Deadline reported that Craig Van Sickle and Steve Mitchell, creators of ‘The Pretender’ series, will be writing the script for the new series. The new ‘Friday the 13th’ series that came about last year when Emmett/Furla/Oasis Films, along with Crystal Lake Entertainment, signed a deal to produce the hour-long dramatic series based on the franchise’s characters and locations. Sean S. Cunningham, who was the head of the original 1980 movie, will be serving as executive producer of the show. There are few details about the possible plot, but it has been said that the series will delve into the characters background and relationships.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 12, 2015

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Fans Launch Petition To Save ‘Wayward Sisters’

“Supernatural” fans are some of the most dedicated fans out there, so when the pilot was ordered for the spin-off series “Wayward Sisters” they were overjoyed. Unfortunately, The CW has decided not to move forward with the series, even after the pilot aired back in January and was well received. The series would have centered on Jody Mills, Claire Novak, and their family of monster ass-kicking women in South Dakota. Now fans have started a petition to save the show, and it already has more than 71,000 signatures. Now, CW president Mark Pedowitz offered an explanation. We are big fans of the characters and the women who played those characters in the series, but we did not feel creatively that the show is where we wanted it to be, and we felt we had a better shot with Legacies.” “Legacies” is a spin-off of the hit series “The Originals”. “Legacies” will air on Thursdays following “Supernatural”.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 17, 2018
Horror Fuel

The CW Has Officially Axed Their Friday The 13th Series

The CW has been working on a reboot of Friday the 13th in series form for a while now. We reported back in April that they had killed the series, titled Chrystal Lake Chronicles. Now, they’ve made it official. At yesterday’s Television Critics Association’s press tour CW president Mark Pedowitz explained their decision to ax the series, written by Aaron Guzikowski We had better pilots,” Pedowitz said. “The bottom line is we felt we had stronger things to go with, and we didn’t go forward with it. It was well-written, it was darker than we wanted it to be, and we didn’t believe it had sustainability…We didn’t believe that it was a sustainable script, a sustainable series.” It is a bit disappointing that after all this time the show won’t be airing. But the good news is there is still a new Friday the 13th film coming our way.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 11, 2016
Horror Fuel

Friday The 13th Series Coming To The CW

Mark Pedowitz, the network head of The CW, has confirmed that The CW in indeed developing a ‘Friday the 13th’ series based on the franchise. Deadline reported that Craig Van Sickle and Steve Mitchell, creators of ‘The Pretender’ series, will be writing the script for the new series. The new ‘Friday the 13th’ series that came about last year when Emmett/Furla/Oasis Films, along with Crystal Lake Entertainment, signed a deal to produce the hour-long dramatic series based on the franchise’s characters and locations. Sean S. Cunningham, who was the head of the original 1980 movie, will be serving as executive producer of the show. There are few details about the possible plot, but it has been said that the series will delve into the characters background and relationships.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 12, 2015