New Series: The Cape

HEROES is Dead, Long Live The Cape?

Well NBC didn't sulk for long, they have a new superhero show to pimp out.
This is The Cape:

Dave Lyons [plays] Vince Faraday, an honest cop on a corrupt police force, who finds himself framed for a series of murders and presumed dead. He is forced into hiding, leaving behind his wife, Dana (Jennifer Ferrin, "Life on Mars") and son, Trip (Ryan Wynott, "Flash Forward"). Fueled by a desire to reunite with his family and to battle the criminal forces that have overtaken Palm City, Faraday becomes "The Cape" his son's favorite comic book superhero — and takes the law into his own hands.

Okay. Well, the suit ain't doing it for me. But who knows, this could be a hit.

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New 'Hero' show picked up on NBC

NBC tries to keep the superhero theme alive with a new pilot, called 'The Cape'.

NBC on Thursday picked up two more pilots: hourlong "The Cape" and the comedy "Outsourced." "Cape," from "Empire" creator Tom Wheeler, is a light drama with a comic book sensibility. Set in a fictionalized version of Los Angeles, it centers on a former cop framed for a crime who becomes the Cape, a masked hero, to clear his name and reunite with his son.

The project, from UMS and BermanBraun, was set up at NBC in the fall with a premium script commitment. Wheeler wrote the script and is exec producing with Lloyd Braun and Gail Berman.

Gail was the producer of Angel and Buffy, so there's some promise.

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