Clearly new ideas are like finding a worm's tooth in Hollywood, so no surprise their making a series out of Psycho. My one question was how they're going to bounce that out into a bunch of episodes, but at least they're trying a bit of a spin by making it prequal and going BBC-style with just a 10-episode arc so hopefully we won't get bored or thoroughly disappointed...
'Psycho' heading to the small screen
July 3, 2012, 5:00 AM EST
WENN
Network executives are on the hunt for a new Norman Bates to star in a small screen series based on Alfred Hitchcock's classic horror movie "Psycho."
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A&E is working on a 10-episode show which will act as a prequel to the iconic 1960 film, which starred Anthony Perkins as deranged killer Bates. The series will be titled "Bates Motel" and will tell the story leading up to the Hitchcock movie, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Casting is set to begin immediately and the show is scheduled to premiere in next year. It follows several previous attempts to revive "Psycho" -- including a 1990 TV movie called "Psycho IV: The Beginning" and another small screen show called "Bates Motel" in 1987. A movie about the making of the film, starring Scarlett Johansson and Jessica Biel, is also in the works.
