Tim Minear's Drive Get's Picked Up

Cool, I'm a little disappointed though...in you. I would have expected something a little more.. woo with a hoo too. Maybe some rooftop dancing.
 
The Buffy canon comic book starts in March and this in April. Spring should be an interesting time for Whedonverse fans.

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Oh...and here's some more on this.

Fox springs into 'Drive'

Net orders 12 episodes of the already-filmed pilot
By JOSEF ADALIAN

Fox has greenlit series production on "Drive," an hourlong actioner from creators/exec producers Tim Minear ("Angel") and Ben Queen.

Net has ordered 12 episodes on top of the already-filmed pilot. Goal is to get the 20th Century Fox TV-produced show on the air in time for a spring debut, possibly taking advantage of the net's "American Idol" lead-in.

In addition to "Drive," Fox had been mulling a midseason order for the space-themed "Beyond," from 20th and Imagine Television. With "Drive" picked up to series, "Beyond" will not move forward now, Fox said.

"Drive" lensed over the summer, outside the usual pilot production season. Greg Yaitanes ("Bones") directed and exec produced the pilot.

Skein has been described as a sort of "The Amazing Race" on acid, focusing on an illegal cross-country race in which every participant needs to win, but only one can. Minear told Daily Variety the show also has elements of "Cannonball Run" and the Michael Douglas starrer "The Game."

"I described it to Joss (Whedon) as 'Magnolia' on wheels," Minear said. "It's really about the people in those cars."

Scribe said the tone of the show is "deeply action, deeply funny and deeply emotional," all at once.

"It (can) be as silly as 'Rat Race' or as scary and cool as 'The Game,' " he said. "It's a canvas on which we can do anything we want."

"Drive" features a large ensemble cast that Minear said can expand or contract at will. In addition to the drivers in the race, skein will eventually explore the people staging the race -- "the puppetmasters," as Minear calls them.

It's expected Fox will request changes to the pilot episode, with recasting of certain parts also a possibility. Thesps in the pilot included Ivan Sergei, Alan Ruck and Kristin Lehman.

Minear's past credits include "Wonderfalls," "Firefly" and "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman." He's on staff at Fox's "Standoff."
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http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117952974.html?categoryid=14&cs=1

Fox straps in for 12-episode 'Drive'

October 31, 2006
By Nellie Andreeva

Fox has revved up the drama pilot "Drive" with a 12-episode series order.

The pickup will bring the total number of episodes ordered to 13, including the pilot. The 20th Century Fox TV-produced show is targeted for a spring launch.

"Drive," whose ensemble cast includes Alan Ruck, Kristin Lehman, Melanie Lynskey, Emily Stone, Shahine Ezell and Andres Saenz-Hudson, chronicles an underground race across America. The pilot, from writer/executive producer Tim Minear, was filmed during the summer by director/executive producer Greg Yaitanes.

"This is the perfect birthday gift," Minear, who celebrated his birthday on Sunday, said of the series pickup. "It is a unique project, not straight down the line, and that's what frightened and excited people about it."

It's been a bumpy ride for "Drive," which was delivered to the network more than a month ago. For a few weeks, the project appeared to be dead, and Minear, who is under an overall deal with 20th TV, joined the Fox/20th TV rookie drama series "Standoff" as a consulting producer (HR 9/26). "Drive" began heating up again last week when rumors about a possible midseason pickup began to surface.

Meanwhile, another midseason prospect at Fox, the NASA ensemble drama "Beyond," is not going forward at this time.

Minear will stay on "Standoff" for the remainder of the series' original 13-episode order, until "Drive" gets up and running, and will then get behind the drivers seat of his series, which he will executive produce with Ben Queen and Yaitanes.

Minear said he hopes to do minor tinkering on the pilot with some reshoots but doesn't plan any
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Remember when FOX claimed they regretted the way they treated The Inside last year, and that they realized they should have premiered it after American Idol? Well, this time we'll know if they're serious, because if they are, they'll premiere it after AI this year. Well, next year.
 
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