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10-30-2001, 03:00 PM
From 'Fantasy' to NBC Reality
Reuters
Oct 30 2001 6:50AM
HOLLYWOOD (Variety) - "Fantasy Island" is making another comeback -- this time as a reality series for NBC.
The network is producing a pilot for a nonfiction version of the classic ABC hour, which starred Ricardo Montalban as the wish-fulfilling, vaguely Satan-esque overlord of a mysterious island resort.
"What we want to do with this format is try to use the idea of 'Be careful what you wish for,"' said NBC reality/specials chief Jeff Gaspin. "It's not 'Queen for a Day.' It's showing people that what they think they want isn't always what they actually want."
The new series will take real people and put them on an island resort where one of their wishes or desires is fulfilled. But as in the original, there won't always be a happy outcome.
Added executive producer Danica Krislovich: "Everybody has a fantasy, but nobody ever thinks of the consequences of what might happen if it came true."
Gaspin and Krislovich said the show will incorporate elements of multiple reality formats, from "Popstars" to "Temptation Island" to "Survivor."
"There's a lot of flexibility in the format," Gaspin said.
Each episode will feature multiple storylines -- from romance to adventure -- with some possibly carrying over from week to week and others intersecting. There'll likely be a Mr. Rourke-like host and possibly a sidekick to fill the small shoes of Tattoo (played by the late Herve Villechaize).
Krislovich envisions each episode beginning with guests being flown onto "Fantasy Island" via plane, not unlike the series in which Rourke and Tattoo would greet the guests as they arrived.
A potential storyline could involve an engaged woman with cold feet walking into her "Fantasy Island" bedroom to find her ex-boyfriend. Over the course of a few days, she'd be able to discover whether she still has feelings for the ex-flame. As her visit to the island is wrapping up, she might then walk into a dining room to find her fiance.
"Every fantasy will have its own storyline, but it won't be scripted," Krislovich said.
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Reuters
Oct 30 2001 6:50AM
HOLLYWOOD (Variety) - "Fantasy Island" is making another comeback -- this time as a reality series for NBC.
The network is producing a pilot for a nonfiction version of the classic ABC hour, which starred Ricardo Montalban as the wish-fulfilling, vaguely Satan-esque overlord of a mysterious island resort.
"What we want to do with this format is try to use the idea of 'Be careful what you wish for,"' said NBC reality/specials chief Jeff Gaspin. "It's not 'Queen for a Day.' It's showing people that what they think they want isn't always what they actually want."
The new series will take real people and put them on an island resort where one of their wishes or desires is fulfilled. But as in the original, there won't always be a happy outcome.
Added executive producer Danica Krislovich: "Everybody has a fantasy, but nobody ever thinks of the consequences of what might happen if it came true."
Gaspin and Krislovich said the show will incorporate elements of multiple reality formats, from "Popstars" to "Temptation Island" to "Survivor."
"There's a lot of flexibility in the format," Gaspin said.
Each episode will feature multiple storylines -- from romance to adventure -- with some possibly carrying over from week to week and others intersecting. There'll likely be a Mr. Rourke-like host and possibly a sidekick to fill the small shoes of Tattoo (played by the late Herve Villechaize).
Krislovich envisions each episode beginning with guests being flown onto "Fantasy Island" via plane, not unlike the series in which Rourke and Tattoo would greet the guests as they arrived.
A potential storyline could involve an engaged woman with cold feet walking into her "Fantasy Island" bedroom to find her ex-boyfriend. Over the course of a few days, she'd be able to discover whether she still has feelings for the ex-flame. As her visit to the island is wrapping up, she might then walk into a dining room to find her fiance.
"Every fantasy will have its own storyline, but it won't be scripted," Krislovich said.
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