Brave New World

Genre: Dystopy, Sci-fi, Thriller, and War

Description: In a utopian society that has achieved peace and stability through the prohibition of monogamy, privacy, money, family, and history itself, citizens of New London, Bernard Marx and Lenina Crowne have only ever known a rigid social order, a perfect pharmaceutical called Soma, and a culture of instant gratification and ubiquitous sex. Curious to explore life beyond the strictures of their society, the two New Worlders embark on a vacation to the Savage Lands, where they become embroiled in a harrowing and violent rebellion. Bernard and Lenina are rescued by John the Savage, who escapes with them back to New London. John’s arrival in the New World soon threatens to disrupt its utopian harmony, leaving Bernard and Lenina to grapple with the repercussions. The three become entwined in a fraught relationship that awakens them to the dangers of their own conditioning.

Pilot Cast: Alden Ehrenreich, Grant Morrison, David Wiener.

Series Creator: Grant Morrison, David Wiener, Brian Taylor.

Based on: Aldous Huxley’s book

Pilot Director: Owen Harris.

Producers: Justin Falvey, Darryl Frank.

Studios: Universal Cable Productions, Amblin Television.

Briarpatch

Genre: Thriller, Action, and Family

Description: Allegra Dill, a dogged investigator, returns to her border-town Texas home after her sister is murdered by a car bomb. What begins as a search for a killer turns into an all-consuming fight to bring the corrupt hometown Allegra thought she left behind to its knees…

Pilot Cast: Rosario Dawson, Jay R. Ferguson, Edi Gathegi, Brian Geraghty.

Series Creator: Andy Greenwald.

Pilot Director: Yann Demange, Chad Hamilton, Andy Greenwald.

Producers: Yann Demange, Sam Esmail.

Studios: Universal Cable Productions, Paramount Television , Anonymous Content, Esmail Corp..

Dare Me

Genre: Soap and Thriller

Description: Peering behind the all-American façade, the series dives into the cutthroat world of competitive high school cheerleading, following the fraught relationship between two best friends after a new coach arrives to bring their team to prominence. Part coming-of-age story, part small-town drama, part murder mystery, Dare Me exposes the physical and psychological extremes that some young women are willing to endure in order to get ahead.

Pilot Cast: Willa Fitzgerald, Zach Roerig, Joyful Drake, Antonio J. Bell, Marlo Kelly, Alison Thornton, Tammy Blanchard.

Series Creator: Megan Abbott , Gina Fattore.

Pilot Director: Steph Green, Gina Fattore.

Producers: Sarah Condon, Megan Abbott , Michael Lombardo, Peter Berg.

Studios: Universal Cable Productions, Film 44.

Evel

Genre: sports and biopic

Description: Based on the story of Evel Knievel as he prepares for his greatest death-defying feat — the historic Snake River Canyon jump. Evel is an exhilarating portrait of a complex man living the American dream, juggling meteoric celebrity and raising a family — and facing the very real probability that his next jump will kill him.

Pilot Cast: Milo Ventimiglia.

Series Creator: Etan Frankel.

Producers: Milo Ventimiglia, Russ Cundiff, Mary Viola, Etan Frankel.

Studios: Wonderland Sound & Vision, UCP, DiVide Pictures, Atlas Entertainment.

Master of Doom

Genre: Biopic

Description: The true story of two computer geniuses in an obscure corner of America who, along with a group of rebellious misfits, created one of the biggest franchise hits of the ’90s, the video game Doom. Franco and Gibson play best friends who became bitter rivals, as they created a video game empire and transformed pop culture forever.

Pilot Cast: Patrick Gibson, Eduardo Franco, John Karna, Siobhan Williams, Jane Ackermann.

Series Creator: Tom Bissell, Ellen Goldsmith-Vein, Eric Robinson, Vince Jolivette, Jeremy Bell.

Pilot Director: Rhys Thomas.

Producers: James Franco, Tom Bissell, Dave Franco.

Studios: UCP, The Gotham Group.

Treadstone

Genre: Thriller, Action, and Spy

Description: The “Bourne franchise” prequel explores the origin story and present-day actions of a CIA black ops program known as “Treadstone” — a covert operation that uses behavior modification protocol to turn its agents into nearly unstoppable superhuman assassins. The series follows sleeper agents across the globe as they’re mysteriously “awakened” to resume their deadly missions.

Pilot Cast: Brian J. Smith, Jeremy Irvine, Tim Kring.

Based on: The Bourne Identity saga

Pilot Director: Ramin Bahrani, Bradley Thomas.

Producers: Tim Kring, Justin Levy, Ramin Bahrani.

Studios: Universal Cable Productions, Imperative Entertainment.