"AQUAMAN" TV SERIES CASTING CALL !!!
November 18, 2005
UNTITLED MILLAR/GOUGH PILOT
1 Hour WBTV FOR WBN SAG
Exec. Producers: Miles Millar, Alfred Gough Writers: Miles Millar, Alfred Gough Director: Greg Beeman Casting Directors: Deedee Bradley, Joanne Koehler Start Date: TBA Location: TBD, but will not be shot in LA.
This show is a fun-packed action adventure series that reimagines the story of one of DC comics most popular characters:
Aquaman aka Arthur Curry aka A.C.
[RACHEL STARLING - SERIES REGULAR] 18-24 years old :
Rachel is a natural beauty with a radiant face and the perfectly toned body of an athlete. She has a sharp mind and a killer sense of humor. But if you look beyond her warm smile, you'll find something haunted about her. A drowning accident as a teenager has scarred her. While enjoying a "Semester at Sea", the boat capsized and she was stuck below deck. Although she blacked out, that last thing she remembers is being pulled free by a mysterious young boy wearing a seahorse necklace. Rachel comes from a well-heeled New York family. Her father was a successful newspaper editor but he died when she was 14. She took his death very hard and decided to embark on the "Semester at Sea" as a way of getting over her grief. Her relationship with her mother, an award winning Broadway playwright, has remained strained. Her mother is an ultra liberal and doesn't approve of her joining the military. When she was selected to train at the Liberty Key West Naval Air Station, she achieved her dream of becoming a Top Gun, but she also has to face the fear of returning to the same area as her boating accident. Although there is a mutual attraction between Rachel and A.C., their relationship is complicated by the fact that Rachel is secretly engaged to another naval trainee, JESSE HICKS. Rachel finds herself torn between the safety and security that Jesse offers and the danger and mystery that seem to define A.C.
[JESSE HICKS - SERIES REGULAR] 18-24 years old :
He's an incredibly good-looking, Top Gun hot shot. Jesse grew up in suburban Texas and was a high school football star. His father is a decorated three star General who is currently serving in Iraq. Jesse never considered any other career; he always knew he was destined to fight for his country. He fell in love with Rachel the very first time he saw her. Defying the rules, they embarked on a passionate affair. Jesse proposed a few weeks before the pilot episode and Rachel accepted his offer. They have to keep their relationship secret or face possible expulsion from the Top Gun program. Highly ambitious and competitive, Jesse is the kind of guy who wins at any cost. He is also reckless and sometimes dangerously aggressive.
[EVA TORRES - SERIES REGULAR] 18-24 years old :
A fiery Cuban beauty. Eva hasn't exactly had an easy life. When she was six she fled Cuba with her family on a raft, which sank a hundred miles off the Florida coast in a devastating storm. She was the sole survivor. Although she was rescued she has struggled to make a life for herself in America and was bounced from foster family to foster family. It was only when she finally turned 18 that she finally felt free. She came down to the Keys for a short break and never left. She manages a local dive shop, "The Old Man and The Sea" and counts A.C. as one of her best friends. Although they are from wildly different backgrounds they both felt an instant connection.Independent, sarcastic, strong-willed, Eva isn't afraid to express her opinion, even when no one's asking for it.
[MCCAFFERY - SERIES REGULAR] Star Name preferred :
It's difficult to say how old McCaffery is. If you were to look at him, you'd probably guess 60ish. But you'd be way off. That's because McCaffery is from Atlantis. Since coming to the surface world, McCaffery has led a largely reclusive life as the lighthouse keeper at Atlas Point. He has watched A.C. grow up from afar, but always knew that one day their lives would intersect. This encounter leads to a long lasting friendship. McCaffery takes A.C. under his wing and explains not only his true origin but also his destiny. He is Obi Wan to A.C.'s Luke Skywalker. He is the voice of wisdom and experience who acts as a guide and mentor to the often hotheaded A.C. McCaffery is always bailing A.C. out of trouble and is someone A.C. can turn to when it comes to all things nautical. Having grown up underwater, McCaffery knows all the myths and legends of the ocean. He's also familiar with the creatures, both known and unknown to man, that inhabit the ocean's dark waters. Highly intelligent and fiercely loyal, McCaffery possesses an acerbic wit and doesn't suffer fools lightly.
[TOM CURRY - SERIES REGULAR] Late 30s to early 40s :
A.C.'s stepfather. He was born and raised in Chicago but fell in love with Keys while he was a student at the University of Miami. He was an outstanding athlete and was a member of the gold medal winning US Water Polo team at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics. He joined the Coast Guard in 1986 and has made a good career out of it, rising to the rank of Captain. While he was still a rookie Coast Guard his life took a dramatic turn. While out on a routine night patrol he came across three people bobbing in shark-infested waters -- a woman, a baby and an old man. There was no sign of a boat or plane and the water was mirror still. When he got them back to land he discovered they had no ID and nowhere to go. Taking pity on them, Tom took them home. Tom quickly became enchanted with the beautiful woman, ATLANNA, and her baby son ORIN. Within a year Tom and Atlanna were married and Tom adopted her baby son as his own. They renamed the boy ARTHUR. The old man, McCAFFERY, took a job as the Atlas Point Lighthouse keeper, a position he still holds to this day. As Arthur grew up, Atlanna made Tom promise not to tell him about her connection to McCaffery. He reluctantly agreed.
WB DIVES INTO "AQUAMAN" TV PILOT !!!
November 14, 2005
The WB and Warner Bros. TV are teaming up with the creators of "Smallville" for a primetime TV series focusing on the DC Comics character "Aquaman".
Writer/producers Al Gough and Miles Millar have signed to create/exec produce the action drama revolving around 'Arthur Curry', aka 'Aquaman'.
The WB has made a pilot commitment to the project and is currently casting.
"Smallville" episodic helmer Greg Beeman will direct the pilot.
Gough says the series will not be titled "Aquaman" and the character will not be "talking to fish or riding a seahorse."Millar said he and Gough are hoping to create "a grounded version of the Aquaman mythology," focusing on Arthur Curry who "knows what he wants to do with his life, which is protect the oceans ... The stories will come from the environment: ocean polluters, evil oil companies ... There's a mystery surrounding the disappearance of (Curry's) mother and the Bermuda Triangle."
Curry will be able to breathe underwater and have superstrength. The character's adopted father will be an officer in the Coast Guard, and he'll have a mentor to train him.
"Aquaman" was a regular on the animated "Super Friends" Saturday morning cartoon series in the 1970s and '80s.
'AQUAMAN' RIDES A WAVE OF POPULARITY ON WB'S "SMALLVILLE" !!!
OCTOBER 23, 2005
The episode "Aqua", featuring the DC Comics character 'Aquaman', on the WB's BC-filmed 'Superboy' series "Smallville", has set a Thurday night and time period ratings record.
"Smallville" achieved a No. 1 rank in men 18-34 (3.5 rating/12 share) for the fourth time this season.
The series also placed No. 1 in men 12-34 (3.6/12) and #2 among adults 18-34 (3.1/10), persons 12-34 (3.1/10) and men 18-49 (3.3/10).
"Smallville" set new WB Thursday records in males 12-34 (3.6/12) and men 18-49 (3.3/10) and equaled the all-time high in men 18-34 (3.5/12).
"Smallville" also set new Thursday time period records in persons 12-34 (3.1/10), adults 18-49 (2.9/8) and total viewers (6.4 million), while delivering the time period record in adults 18-34 (3.1/10).
The show built sharply week-to-week across all demos, and continues to double the time period deliveries of a year ago in adults 18-34.
