Chucky

Genre: Horror

Description: After a vintage Chucky doll turns up at a suburban yard sale, an idyllic American town is thrown into chaos as a series of horrifying murders begin to expose the town’s hypocrisies and secrets. Meanwhile, the arrival of enemies — and allies — from Chucky’s past threatens to expose the truth behind the killings, as well as the demon doll’s untold origins as a seemingly ordinary child who somehow became this notorious monster.

Series Creator: Don Mancini, Harley Peyton.

Based on: Child’s Play film series and Chucky franchise

Pilot Director: Don Mancini.

Producers: David Kirschner, Nick Antosca, Don Mancini.

Studios: UCP.

Day of the Dead

Genre: Horror and Zombie

Description: The intense story of six strangers trying to survive the first 24 hours of an undead invasion.

Pilot Cast: Keenan Tracey, Daniel Doheny, Natalie Malaika, Morgan Holmstrom, Kristy Dinsmore.

Series Creator: Jed Elinoff, Scott Thomas.

Based on: George A. Romero’s classic zombie film

Pilot Director: Steven Kostanski.

Producers: Steven Kostanski, Scott Thomas, Jed Elinoff.

Studios: Abbott Street Films, Cartel Entertainment.

The League of Pan

Genre: Adventure

Description: After ten years on the mainland, now grown up and estranged, Wendy Darling and The Lost Boys must return to Neverland to face a new evil that threatens the very existence of the magical place they once called home, reigniting bitter rivalries and unearthing twisted secrets from their past. The series explores the painful truths of growing up and the realization that ‘going home’ is never quite as simple as you think.

Series Creator: Brian McCauley Johnson.

Producers: Brian McCauley Johnson.

Studios: UCP.

Cipher

Genre: Sci-fi

Description: A secret military technology is unexpectedly implanted in the brain of a 13-year-old video game junkie, when the boy and his father unwittingly find themselves at the center of the next great war — over artificial intelligence.

Pilot Cast: Adrian Grenier, Kyla-Drew Simmons, Gabriel Bateman, Sydney Morton.

Series Creator: Allison Miller.

Pilot Director: Peter Hoar.

Producers: Allison Miller, Danny McBride, Jody Hill, David Gordon Green.

Studios: Universal Cable Productions, Rough House Pictures.

(Future) Cult Classic

Genre: Horror, Slasher, and Thriller

Description: Qet 18 years in the future, a group of teens’ community is rocked by a 1990s slasher-movie obsessed serial killer. Our heroes quickly realize they’re being targeted and decide to take matters into their own hands and track down the killer—before time runs out.

Pilot Cast: Emily Alyn Lind, Justin Bartha, Cayden Boyd, Jacob McCarthy, Zoe Renee, Goeffrey Owens.

Series Creator: Shay Hatten, Tim Kirkby.

Pilot Director: Tim Kirkby.

Producers: Lorne Michaels, Shay Hatten.

Studios: Universal Cable Productions, Broadway Video.

Resident Alien

Genre: Comedy and Sci-fi

Description: After taking on the identity of a small-town Colorado doctor, a crash-landed alien named Harry slowly begins to wrestle with the moral dilemma of his secret mission on Earth – ultimately asking the question, “Are human beings worth saving?”

Pilot Cast: Alan Tudyk, Corey Reynolds, Alice Wetterlund, Sara Tomko, Levi Fiehler, Chris Sheridan.

Based on: Peter Horgan & Steve Parkhouse’s comic book series

Pilot Director: Chris Sheridan.

Producers: Darryl Frank, Justin Falvey, Mike Richardson, Keith Goldberg.

Studios: Universal Cable Productions, Amblin Television, Dark Horse Entertainment.

Vagrant Queen

Genre: Sci-fi, space opera, and adventure

Description: The story of Elida from child queen to orphaned outcast, as she scavenges the treacherous corners of the galaxy, always one step ahead of the Republic government out to extinguish her bloodline. When her old friend Isaac shows up claiming her mother Xevelyn is still alive, they head off with their new ally, Amae, to stage a rescue that will take her back into the perilous heart of her former kingdom and up against a deadly foe from her childhood, Commander Lazaro.

Pilot Cast: Adriyan Rae, Tim Rozon, Jem Garrard.

Based on: Vault Comics series

Pilot Director: Damian Wassel.

Producers: Jem Garrard, Daniel Iron, F.J. DeSanto, Lance Samuels.

Studios: Blue Ice Pictures.