No More The Cape on NBC, No Surprise! With last mouths news that NBC decided to reduce the number of episodes from 13 down to 10 and then air it's final episode online only the shows survive wasnt looking good.
Now tvbythenumbers is reporting the show has been taking off of NBC schedule. The Cape is off NBC’s schedule, and The Event resumes in its former Monday 9pm timeslot next week. NBC Cuts Back Order For ‘The Cape’ Creator Tom Wheeler Exclusive Interview THE CAPE. The NBC drama series The Cape follows Vince Faraday (David Lyons), an honest cop on the corrupt Palm City police force, who finds himself framed for a series of murders and presumed dead.
He is forced into hiding, leaving behind his wife and son, and becomes so fueled by the desire to reunite with his family and battle the criminal forces responsible that he decides to become his son’s favorite comic book superhero, The Cape, and take the law into his own hands. Along the way, he will encounter varies allies and enemies, as he sets out to take back everything that he has lost. Question: How did The Cape come about? Did it start with an idea that you had, or did the network come to you with this idea? TOM WHEELER: The only thing that we knew was that I was going to write something for Gail Berman/Lloyd Braun. I love magic, and I love the old circus energy and old carnivals, and I was thinking about those worlds and those characters in those worlds.
Is that comic book online? WHEELER: No. Ce que pense la presse US de "The Cape" "The Cape" a-t-elle réussi à imposer les super-héros sur le petit écran ?
Découvrez toutes les critiques de la nouveauté de NBC avec David Lyons, Summer Glau et James Frain... Synopsis L'officier Vince Faraday était un bon flic essayant de nettoyer sa ville de la corruption généralisée. Victime d'une machination et laissé pour mort, il est obligé de s'enfuir et de se cacher, loin de sa femme et de leur enfant. S'inspirant du comic préféré de son fils, il décide de devenir "The Cape", un super-héros faisant régner la justice dans les rues, effrayant les criminels de tous genres. Créée par Tom Wheeler. Selon Variety : "Si le concept paraît faiblard et trop chargé, la réalisation est fraîche et efficace, et réussit à assumer des dialogues tels que "Ensemble, nous pouvons reprendre cette ville des mains des méchants" (...)
The Cape Opening Credits Have Been Put Online! The NBC superhero show The Cape that starts today.
David Lyons as The Cape – the alias of Vince Faraday, an honest cop who is believed to have died after he was framed for a series of murders. Keith David as Max Malini – the ringleader of a circus gang of bank robbers who mentors Vince after he saved him and trains the cop to become The Cape. Jennifer Ferrin as Dana Faraday – Vince's wife, who believes her husband has died.
Summer Glau as Orwell – an investigative blogger who wages war on the crime and corruption in Palm City. She becomes Vince's ally and helps him. The Cape Becomes An Online Digital Comic. By EdGross - 1/6/2011 Offers the site, "But what’s the story with the 'real' man who calls himself 'The Cape' within the pages of Tripp’s stash?
NBC.com will unravel that mystery through a series of digital comic books. The first issue goes online this Thursday, but TVLine has secured a first look at the cover and first page. "The “Cape” comic book series revolves around a different would-be hero taking justice into his own hands for reasons different than Faraday’s, and facing off against other villains. Designed by Alex Maleev and with interior art by Michael Gaydos, a new issue of “The Cape” will hit NBC.com each month. " DISCLAIMER: This article was submitted by a volunteer contributor who has agreed to our code of conduct. Think this article is front page worthy? Creator Of The Cape Discusses Realism and Superheroes. When NBC put the kibosh on the once seemingly invincible Heroes, one might have thought that the peacock would be inclined to shy away from prime-time dramas riddled with superheroes.
Well, last summer, when we got our first look at this January's The Cape, it's clear that they're more than ready to step-up to that plate once again. However, the pitfalls left from the once mighty Heroes in its period of decline were pretty clear. (First and foremost: Use your super powers to stop the Writers Guild of America from going on strike!) One person who's definitely looking to take those lessons to heart, is the creator and executive producer of The Cape, Thomas Wheeler. ComicBookMovie's Ed Gross managed to catch up with the man, now hard at work on the series, and he discusses how the storyline will root itself in realism and genuine drama, despite being set against the thin line of camp that a show focusing on a costumed superhero would walk.
According to Wheeler: "It's not at all campy. Official Full Descriptions of The First Two Episodes For The Cape! Description for Episode One: WHEN A COP IS UNJUSTLY FRAMED FOR CRIMES, HE IS FORCED TO TEAM UP WITH CARNIVAL MISFITS AND TAKE ON A NEW IDENTITY, FIGHT CRIME AND WIN HIS FAMILY BACK — Fueled by a desire to reunite with his wife Dana (Jennifer Ferrin) and son Trip (Ryan Wynott), former police officer Vince Faraday (David Lyons) becomes “The Cape” — his son’s favorite comic book superhero — and takes the law into his own hands and to battle criminal forces that have overtaken Palm City.
Faraday is joined by Max Malini (Keith David), the ringleader of a circus gang of bank robbers, who mentors Faraday and trains him to become “The Cape,” as well as investigative blogger Orwell (Summer Glau) who wages war on crime and corruption in Palm City. Together, they must battle Ark corporation billionaire Peter Fleming (James Frain) — The Cape’s nemesis — who moonlights as the twisted killer “Chess.”
Write up for Episode Two titled “Tarot.” Episode Three is titled “Bluebeard.” The Cape Creator Says Bear McCreary's Theme Music Rocks.