"Three Inches" News...

[fenderlove]

Why won't the Universe just let James Marsters have his own show!?

From SYFY's Facebook and Digital Spy:
"A bunch of you have asked us about our potential upcoming show Three Inches starring James Marsters, here's the latest."

Three Inches Pilot Still "Under Consideration."
Syfy president Mark Stern has revealed that sci-fi drama Three Inches is still under consideration for a series pickup.

The project, which was originally dropped by the network in favor of drama series Alphas, will focus on Walter Spackman, an underachiever who is struck by lightning and develops the ability to move objects with his mind, but only by three inches.

Stern told Assignment X: "We're looking at another way to get Three Inches going. We love it, so we're trying to figure out a way to do both [that and Alphas] right now."

He also revealed that the cast of the original Three Inches pilot, which included Buffy actor James Marsters and Torchwood's Naoko Mori, will likely return for the revamped series.

"That would be the idea," he confirmed.

Three Inches was originally produced as a one-hour project, but is currently being retooled as a half-hour, single-camera comedy.

Comments

[shapinglight]

That's good news. It'd be interesting to see JM in a half hour comedy. Don't think he's done anything like that before, has he?

[fenderlove.livejournal.com]

I think the last show that was classified as a straight-up comedy that he was involved in was Northern Exposure back in the 90s. I'm excited to see what James can do in a more light-hearted role. His character, Troy Hamilton, seems like an interesting fellow. XD

[shapinglight]

Also, he has very good comic timing. I remember a Whedon quote where Joss was talking about some actor or other (probably one of his Firefly cast) who could turn on a dime between drama and comedy and he said JM was the only other actor he'd come across who could do that.