The United States unites cable television network; CATV network (Syndicated), a television network jointly funded by major television media in the United States, and each television company has branch television stations in the network. These branch TV stations mainly provide local TV services or broadcast classic and old dramas. For example, the currently hit "Seinfield" ( Seinfeld ) is provided by NBC , " Two And A Half Men " is provided by WB, and so on. Sometimes, certain TV companies will also provide some original TV programs for the network. For example, "Legend Of The Seeker" is a program filmed by ABC Television and exclusively broadcast on the network. Joint cable television network; CATV network covers 99% of the population of the United States, and is called a dedicated public channel for the poor.
Executive producer Rob Tapert and director Sam Raimi used to be a pair of American joint cable television network; CATV network . From 1995 to 2001, they used Hercules: The Legendary Journeys (Hercules: The Legendary Journeys) and Xena: Warrior Princess (Xena: Warrior Princess) to create a magical world that lasted for seven years. A total of 12 seasons and 245 episodes were aired in the two dramas. Due to the congenital shortage of funds, personnel and attention, the programs of the joint cable television network; CATV network are often equated with "Mediocre". Although the appearance of "Hercules" and "Xena" has changed people's inherent concepts, these two dramas have inevitably declined after several long seasons. So Tapert and Raimi wittily ended their joint cable television network; CATV network foray, and set their sights on the horror film market (they jointly founded the Ghost House film company).
However, they have not given up on the TV industry, they are waiting for the opportunity to make a comeback.
Seven years later, this opportunity came. And what brought them this opportunity was Terry Goodkind, a well-known author in the magic world, and his platinum-selling series of novels- " Sword of the truth " (The Sword of Truth). In July 2006, published on Goodkind's official website a statement, saying the movie " Spider-Man " director Sam Raimi will " Sword of Truth at The " first in this series of novels in the "first shaman Code" (Wizard's First Rule) was adapted into a TV series. On January 29, 2008, Goodkind’s official website once again published news, stating that the TV series "The Witcher's First Code" will enter the actual filming stage in May, with a total length of 22 episodes. The broadcast schedule is autumn. The production company is ABC. The news also mentioned that the TV series version of "The Witcher's First Code" cost a lot of money, and the filming time will be as long as five months, which is far from an ordinary joint cable television network; CATV network shows can be compared. Sam Raimi also said that the original author Terry Goodkind would "closely follow" the project and provide guidance throughout the process.
At this year's animation conference, the TV series "The Witcher's First Code " was officially unveiled-but the name was changed to "Legend Of The Seeker" (Legend of the Seeker). The crew said that this was a deliberate decision made by several producers, because they wanted the show to go beyond the scope of "The Witcher's First Code"-they not only wanted to make the first book of "Sword of the truth", Also shoot the second and third books. "Legend Of The Seeker" is by no means a one-off deal, but another ambitious "Hercules" or "Xena". "Legend Of The Seeker" was filmed in New Zealand (the filming location of the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy) throughout, telling the story of the forest guide Richard. The story of Richard Cypher exploring his magical power and mysterious destiny, and preventing the evil tyrant from continuing to wreak havoc. Accompanying Richard on the journey are the mysterious and beautiful woman Kahlan and the elderly wizard Zedd.
"Deep down, Sam Raimi and I are people who like to be independent and unconstrained." Tapert told the media. His implication is that although the public broadcasting network is rich in wealth, it is also very bureaucratic, which is not conducive to the development of a series. He is actually right, "Firefly", "Moonlight", "Jericho". As long as you look back at the history of the Hollywood television industry, you will find that too many dramas have died in the hands of bureaucracy.
Although the budget of the joint cable television network; CATV network is lower than that of the public broadcasting network, they can guarantee the integrity of the series and will never cut off a 22-episode TV series. Under these conditions, the screenwriter can confidently strengthen the storytelling and even make long-term plans-this is essential for a fantasy TV series in which role-driven and plot-driven are equally important. "The reason why we both love science fiction and fantasy (magic) genres is because we love heroes and their journeys." Tapert said, "Science fiction and fantasy (magic) TV series are compared with 90-minute movies. The vision and stronger storytelling." Tapert also hinted that Lucy Lawless, the actor of the original "Xena" protagonist Xina, and Kevin Sorbo, the actor of the "Hercules" protagonist Hercules, may appear in this book. In the play-but not the first season.
