ABC Art galleries sells scripts tapping music and Marvel

RhimesABC Art galleries has offered a music-driven hour to ABC in the team including "Wicked" songwriter/lyricist Stephen Schwartz along with an adaptation of Marvel comicbook "The Punisher" to Fox, which has due to the project a put-pilot commitment.Furthermore, ABC Art galleries has offered hourlong drama "The Circle," its fourth project of the year from "Grey's Anatomy" creator Shonda Rhimes. Schwartz, which has won Oscars, Golden Globes and Grammys for plays different from "Godspell" to "Enchanted," is joining track of Five for Fighting singer/songwriter John Ondrasik, for drama "Someone At All Like Me,In . which explores the lives of two brothers and sisters. The very first is a singer-songwriter legend, another forever in their shadow their cell phone industry's collide as grownups, delivering their family members and pals spinning---especially a 17-year-old girl whose own musical talents are overflowing.Ondrasik and Schwartz will write original music for just about any series, which was initially produced with the songwriters along with Beginning Soler, senior V . p . of music at ABC, that's been nominated for Oscars and Grammys for "Enchanted" and "Princess Journals I & II."Ondrasik and Schwartz assists as executive producers along with Richard B. Lewis ("August Hurry") and Karen Janszen ("A Dolphin Tale"), who'll also write the script.ABC Art galleries has furthermore agreed to Fox "Punisher," an hourlong procedural from professional producer Erection dysfunction Bernero good Marvel comicbook.The smallscreen version of "Punisher" will focus on NYPD detective Frank Castle (not to be mistaken with ABC's "Castle"), whose alter ego is really a vigilante seeking justice for people not successful with the court system. Bernero is certainly an ex-Chicago cop who ongoing to co-create "Third Watch" for NBC with John Wells and contains been an professional producer for CBS' "Criminal Minds."ABC Entertainment topper Paul Lee makes mining Disney-possessed Marvel important and already has series adaptations of "The Incredible Hulk" and "Jessica Manley" in your mind at their very own network. Shondaland remains a higher spot for TV development professionals round the prowl. Richard Robbins written the script for "Circle," a soapy conspiracy thriller about 10 people who have been adopted having a billionaire after they were kids. When the very first is wiped out, another nine begin to uncover queries about their past. Rhimes, Ales and Robbins professional produce. In September, ABC acquired an untitled legal drama put together by Jenna Limitations from Shondaland and ABC Art galleries, preceded by "Gilded Lillys," some time drama from K.J. Steinberg ("Gossip Girl").This Year's week, Fox acquired Shondaland's "Wildwood," a 1985-set dramedy of a teen who poses just like a grownup to operate on the Jersey Shoreline bar.The sale for "Someone Similar To MeInch was brokered by Gersh/Rain Management/Hansen Jacobson regarding Janszen CAA and Lichter, Grossman regarding Lewis and Nancy Rose/Elliot Groffman. Contact Andrew Wallenstein at andrew.wallenstein@variety.com