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JamesG · 07-01-2014, 12:04 AM

Fox Pulls the Plug on Midseason Ancient Egypt Drama "Hieroglyph"
by Vlada Gelman
June 30, 2014

"Hieroglyph" is history. Fox has canceled the ancient Egypt-set, action-adventure drama — without having aired a single episode — EW.com reports.

Despite getting a straight-to-series, 13-episode order, the show wasn’t coming together creatively in the way that executives had hoped, sources tell EW.

"Hieroglyph", which was slated to debut in 2015, centered on a notorious thief (Beauty and the Beast’s Max Brown), who is plucked from prison to serve the Pharaoh while navigating palace intrigue, seductive concubines, criminal underbellies and even a few divine sorcerers.

The cast also included John Rhys-Davies, Reece Ritchie, Kelsey Chow, Condola Rashad, Caroline Ford and Antony Bunsee.

http://tvline.com/2014/06/30/hierogl...idseason-2015/

king of comedy · 07-01-2014, 06:17 AM

Too bad. It would have been interesting.

JamesG · 07-20-2014, 08:22 PM

Fox Exec on Scrapping "Hieroglyph"
by Andy Swift
July 20 2014

Fox Networks Group chairman Peter Rice took the stage on his own at the network’s executive session at the TCAs this morning.

He addressed his decision on scrapping "Hieroglyph" before it made it to the airwaves.

“It was a really ambitious project but ultimately, we looked at the first episode and decided it didn’t live up to the expectations we had for it.

Rather than keep plotting through the episodes and hoping to fix it on the fly, we decided to stop.”

http://tvline.com/2014/07/20/bones-s...rewell-season/

07-01-2014, 12:04 AM	#1
JamesG Freakshow Moderator Forum Icon Join Date: Feb 01, 2008 Location: Brooklyn, NY Posts: 57,136	Fox Pulls "Hieroglyph" Before it Airs *Fox Pulls the Plug on Midseason Ancient Egypt Drama "Hieroglyph"* by Vlada Gelman June 30, 2014 "Hieroglyph" is history. Fox has canceled the ancient Egypt-set, action-adventure drama — without having aired a single episode — EW.com reports. Despite getting a straight-to-series, 13-episode order, the show wasn’t coming together creatively in the way that executives had hoped, sources tell EW. "Hieroglyph", which was slated to debut in 2015, centered on a notorious thief (Beauty and the Beast’s Max Brown), who is plucked from prison to serve the Pharaoh while navigating palace intrigue, seductive concubines, criminal underbellies and even a few divine sorcerers. The cast also included John Rhys-Davies, Reece Ritchie, Kelsey Chow, Condola Rashad, Caroline Ford and Antony Bunsee. http://tvline.com/2014/06/30/hierogl...idseason-2015/ Attached Images

07-01-2014, 06:17 AM	#2
king of comedy Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Aug 31, 2012 Location: New Jersey Posts: 5,140	Too bad. It would have been interesting.

07-20-2014, 08:22 PM	#3
JamesG Freakshow Moderator Forum Icon Join Date: Feb 01, 2008 Location: Brooklyn, NY Posts: 57,136	*Fox Exec on Scrapping "Hieroglyph"* by Andy Swift July 20 2014 Fox Networks Group chairman Peter Rice took the stage on his own at the network’s executive session at the TCAs this morning. He addressed his decision on scrapping "Hieroglyph" before it made it to the airwaves. “It was a really ambitious project but ultimately, we looked at the first episode and decided it didn’t live up to the expectations we had for it. Rather than keep plotting through the episodes and hoping to fix it on the fly, we decided to stop.” http://tvline.com/2014/07/20/bones-s...rewell-season/