so what is this show about
I've seen nor heard anything about it, but it starts tonight.
sharewell i found this on another forum kinda sounds like the show is another alphas or heroes but it has a writer from twin peaks so i guess i'm going to have to check it out
SYFY GREENLIGHTS ‘THREE INCHES’ PILOT FROM FOX TELEVISION STUDIOS
Bob Cooper and Landscape Entertainment to Produce Script from Harley Peyton
New York, NY – March 16, 2010 – Syfy has ordered the 90-minute pilot Three Inches from writer Harley Peyton (Twin Peaks) it was announced today by Mark Stern, Executive Vice President of Development for Syfy. The action-adventure/fantasy will be produced by Fox Television Studios and Executive Producer Bob Cooper, whose Landscape Entertainment is producing. J.J. Jamieson heads up television for Landscape Entertainment. Peyton also serves as executive producer.
In Three Inches, professional daydreamer and underachiever, Walter, is struck by lightning, and develops a unique “super” power — the ability to move any object using just his mind… but only a distance of three inches. He’s soon recruited by a covert team of superheroes each gifted with their own extraordinarily ordinary abilities. Together, the unlikely band of heroes proves that “super” is simply a state of mind.
“‘Three Inches’ is a fun, smart, off-beat spin on the superhero genre. It introduces a new group of crime fighters who possess some imaginative – if not all that super – powers,” said Stern. “We look forward to working with Harley, Bob, and Fox Television Studios on this project.”
David Madden, executive vice president, Fox Television Studios, said, “We felt there was something special and particularly twisted about this script, both in tone and in its sense of imagination. We could not be more thrilled to be working on it with Syfy.”
Harley Peyton was producer and/or writer of more than 20 episodes of David Lynch’s groundbreaking television hit Twin Peaks, for which he received an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Writing for Drama Series (1990). He also wrote the screenplay for Less Than Zero based on the novel by Bret Easton Ellis. He is currently working on a follow up to the feature film The Thomas Crown Affair.
Syfy is a media destination for imagination-based entertainment. With year round acclaimed original series, events, blockbuster movies, classic science fiction and fantasy programming, a dynamic Web site (www.Syfy.com), and a portfolio of adjacent business (Syfy Ventures), Syfy is a passport to limitless possibilities. Originally launched in 1992 as SCI FI Channel, and currently in 95 million homes, Syfy is a network of NBC Universal, one of the world’s leading media and entertainment companies. (Syfy. Imagine greater.)
Thanks for the info. I, too, have been confused by the rather cryptic commercials on SyFy. It seems like an incredibly stupid premiss. However, as you say, it does show some promise with a Twin Peaks writer.
Here's hoping that it does not turn out to be simply a waste of time.
[deleted]
Pilot only...SyFy decided not to make it a series because it's almost identical to "Alphas"
"You shot me... I can't believe you just shot me!" -- Meg Masters
That makes me incredibly sad. This had so much promise!
shareIt's a shame IMO.
I like the premise of 'extremely limited' superpowers and the campy tone of the show. Alphas takes itself too seriously IMO.
I hope they change there mind and make this a series I really enjoyed it.
shareStrikes me the talked-about US version of Misfits might be like this - with humor on a par with Reaper.
share