Lost Showrunner Hires Ageless Island Protector and More for BATES MOTEL


We have been keeping you informed about the upcoming A&E series Bates Motel (a prequel to the Hitchcock classic Psycho), whose showrunner Carlton Cuse is a former co-showrunner of Lost. The very talented Mr. Cuse has been tweeting about the progress of the show, including some news that has sent Losties to island heaven.

He tweeted:

Freddie Highmore is on the left in the picture above and may look familiar; he played Charlie in 2005’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.

Max Theriot, the man in the center picture above, is in the newly-released The House at the End of the Street opposite Jennifer Lawrence.

Fun stuff, right? But just yesterday came this island-shaking tweet:

Nestor Carbonell, whose natural pigmentation around the eyes has caused some people to accuse him of wearing “guyliner,” played the ageless Richard Alpert on Lost, as well as appearing in countless other movies and shows, including The Dark Knight and The Dark Knight Rises. He is wonderful and WE ARE SO EXCITED ABOUT THIS.

Here’s a quick reminder of some of the other show details:

A&E NETWORK ORDERS “BATES MOTEL” TO SERIES

NETWORK BYPASSES PILOT PROCESS TO ORDER 10 EPISODES

PRESENT DAY SERIES INSPIRED BY HITCHCOCK’S “PSYCHO” WILL EXPLORE THE FORMATION OF THE ICONIC CHARATERS OF NORMAN AND NORMA BATES AND THE WORLD THEY INHABIT

New York, NY – July 2, 2012 – A&E Network is going directly to series on Bates Motel from Universal Television with Carlton Cuse (Lost) and Kerry Ehrin (Friday Night Lights and Parenthood) serving as executive producers, it was announced today jointly by Bob DeBitetto, President and General Manager, A&E Network and BIO Channel and the network’s Executive Vice President of Programming, David McKillop. The network is moving straight to series, bypassing a pilot, with a 10-episode order. Pre-production and casting will begin immediately.

“We are proud to be partnering with Carlton Cuse and Kerry Ehrin on their thrilling reinvention of one of the most compelling characters in cinematic history,” said DeBitetto and McKillop. “It’s a provocative project from two of the best storytellers in the business and we’re looking forward to getting started.”

Bates Motel, inspired by Hitchcock’s genre-defining film, Psycho, is a contemporary exploration of the formative years of Norman Bates, relationship with his mother, Norma, and the world they inhabit. Viewers will have access to the dark, twisted backstory and learn first-hand how Norma helped forge the most famous serial killer of them all. Bates Motel will premiere on A&E in 2013.

Bates Motel is produced by Universal Television and Carlton Cuse Productions forA&E Network. Carlton Cuse and Kerry Ehrin serve as executive producers.

About A&E Network
A&E is “Real Life. Drama.” Now reaching more than 99 million homes, A&E is television that you can’t turn away from; where unscripted shows are dramatic and scripted dramas are authentic. A&E offers a diverse mix of high quality entertainment ranging from the network’s original scripted series, including The Glades and Longmire, to signature non-fiction franchises, including the Emmywinning Intervention, Duck Dynasty, Hoarders, Beyond Scared Straight and Storage Wars, and the most successful justice shows on cable, including The First 48. The A&E website is located at www.aetv.com.

We, along with Carlton Cuse, will keep you posted.


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