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Coming Soon: Sam Raimi's TV Wizard and More

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Sam Raimi by Eric Charbonneau/ WireImage.com, Sword of Truth cover art courtesy Tor Books
Sam Raimi (the Spider-Man movies) is bringing his flair for fantasy to television. He'll exec-produce a new syndicated series called Wizard's First Rule, based on the best-selling Sword of Truth books by Terry Goodkind. Sword tells the story of a woodsman-cum-wizard and a mysterious woman who team up to combat an evil tyrant.... A bright spot amidst all of the strike Sturm und Drang: CBS is producing new television! The Eye has ordered 13 episodes of Flashpoint, a cop drama about a city's Strategic Response Unit, starring Enrico Colantoni (Sheriff Mars!), Hugh Dillon and David Paetkau.... Judge Judy will be sticking around the judicial airwaves for at least another four years; a two-year contract extension will keep her gavel a-bangin' through 2012. — Mickey O'Connor

Posted by TV Guide News
Jan 29, 2008 3:42 PM
The interesting bit about the new CBS series is that it's written by Canadian writers who, obviously, don't need to be members of the WGA and it's being shot in Canada.

http://www.aintitcool.com/node/35439

http://www.variety.com/VR1117979785.html
Posted by Beto
Jan 29, 2008 4:29 PM
I managed to get through the first three of those books before I gave up. Very fan-boy writing. I can't imagine how anyone could have kept up with them.

But if Dexter has shown us nothing else, sometimes the series can be better than the books! Fingers crossed.
Posted by ScottyT
Jan 29, 2008 5:24 PM
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