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TV PILOTS: BATWOMAN, THE LOST BOYS, NANCY DREW Among 10 TV Pilots Filming in Vancouver This March

TV Pilots In Order of Start Dates.

Updated as new information becomes available.

CW Pilot Batwoman

Films: March 4th to 25th.

Cast: Ruby Rose. Dougray Scott, Rachel Skarsten, Meagan Tandy, Camrus Johnson, Nicole Kang, Elizabeth Anweis.

Kate Kane/Batwoman origin story. Predates the Crossover Elseworlds.

Writer/Producer: Caroline Dries.

Director: Marcos Siega.

ABC Pilot The Hypnotist’s Love Story.

Films: March 10th – 27th.

Cast: Juliet Rylance, Adan Canto, Heather Graham, Jane Seymour.

Hypnotherapist Ellen thinks her current boyfriend Patrick could be the one until she learns his ex-girlfriend Sasha has been stalking him for years.

Writer/Producer: Katie Wech.

Director: Francesca Gregorin.

ABC Pilot Stumptown.

Films: March 11th to 22nd (plus a few days in Portland)

Cast: Cobie Smulders, Michael Ely, Mark Webber, Camryn Manheim, Adrian Martinez.

Inspired by the graphic novels, amy-vet-turned-private-investigator Dex Parios solves people’s problems in Portland.

Writer/Producer: Jason Richman.

Director: James Griffiths.

Sign Code: Stage 49.

CBS Pilot The Republic of Sarah.

Films: March 11th to March 26th.

Cast: Sarah Drew, Carlos Leal, Jonathan Slavin, Kirsten Nelson, James Lesure, Kimberly Guerrero, David Ings and Annie Funke.

A small New Hampshire town declares itself an independent nation under a young Mayor.

Writer/Producer: Jeffrey Paul King (Elementary).

Director: Marc Webb.

Sign code: ROS.

CW Pilot The Lost Boys.

Films: March 13th to April 2nd.

Cast: Tyler Posey, Kiele Sanchez, Medalion Rahimi, Dakota Shapiro, Cheyenne Haynes, Haley Tau, Sarah Hay, Rio Mangini, Del Zamora.

Two brothers move to Santa Carla with their widowed mother and find themselves drawn deep into the seductive world of eternally beautiful and youthful vampires.

Writer/Producer: Heather Mitchell

Director: Catherine Hardwicke.

Sign code: L.B.

NBC Pilot Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist.

Films: March 14th to 29th (with limited exteriors in San Francisco).

Cast: Jane Levy, Skylar Astin, Alex Newell, Mary Steenburgen.

A 20-something woman hears people’s thoughts in song like she’s in a musical.

Writer/Producer: Austin Winsberg,

Director: Richard Shepard.

CBS Pilot Alive.

Films: March 19th – April 5th.

Cast: Ryan Phillippe, Katrina Law,  Aaron Staton, Saidah Arrika Ekulona.

A San Francisco homicide detective is mysteriously brought back to life by Dr. Victor Frankenstein after being killed in the line of duty. And now he’s a totally different person.

Writer-producer: Jason Tracey, Rob Doherty (Elementary).

Director: Uta Briesewitz (Westworld).

CW Pilot The Haunting of Nancy Drew.

Films: March 25th to April 9th.

Cast: Kennedy McMann, Freddie Prinze Jr., Aliva August, Leah Lewis, Tunji Kasim, Maddison Jaizani, Alex Saxon.

Teen sleuth Nancy Drew is headed off to college after graduation until a family tragedy strikes and she finds herself investigating a ghostly murder.

Writer/Producer: Melinda Hsu Taylor

Director: Larry Teng.

TBS Pilot Chad.

Films: March 25th to April 1st.

Cast: Nasim Pedrad. Jake Ryan, Saba Homayoon and Paul Chahidi.

Single-camera comedy follows 14-year-old Persian boy during high school as he desperately tries to fit in.

Writer/Producer: Nasim Pedrad.

Director:

Fox Pilot neXT.

Films: March 26th to April 11th.

Cast: John Slattery, Fernanda Andrade, Jason Butler, Harner, Eve Harlow, Aaron Moten, Gerardo Celasco and Michael Mosley.

Brilliant but paranoid former tech CEO, Paul Leblanc  joins a Homeland Cybersecurity Agent and her team to try and stop a rogue AI with the ability to continuously improve itself.

Writer/Producer: Manny Coto.

Director: Glenn Ficarra.

Sources:  BC Production List. Production Weekly. Deadline: Hollywood. Hollywood Reporter.