Syfy Declares War On Adult Swim With Series Orders, Pilots, And Return Of TZGZ

 

Syfy has acquired thirty episodes of Dr. Havoc’s Diary that kick off on Saturday, April 25th to go along with a slew of original series on the way from Syfy that have officially been ordered alongside the already announced Magical Girl Friendship Squad. Moreover, a second season of Hell Den has been ordered, all of which will surely encroach on Adult Swim’s Toonami territory which has already been struggling to keep it’s entire line up in tact. Furthermore, this is on the back of Syfy getting the linear rights for Harley Quinn which will air against Rick and Morty season four’s return happening on May 10th. Note, Wild Life was previously reported to be in development with Devil May Care by Syfy earlier this year, and while Wild Life is getting a series order, a decision on Devil May Care has not been announced yet.

 

SERIES:

HELL DEN (Season 2)
Straight to series order (6×15 min episodes)
Produced by Shout! Factory, Rafael Raffaele Entertainment
LOGLINE: After an Uber-Apocalypse wipes out civilization, only one person miraculously survives: 12 year-old Andrew. With the last working TV and VCR in existence, he invites a motley group of apocalyptic creatures into his house to watch weird cartoons and old movies. Hell Den combines original animation of our characters with old live-action and animated clips re-dubbed by the Dr. God troupe in this new, unique, and very warped twist on sketch comedy.
CAST: Series regulars Sean Cowhig, Neil Garguilo, Brian James O’Connell, David Park and Justin Ware; guest stars Matthew Lillard, Katie Leclerc, Maria Bamford, Kevin Heffernan

WILD LIFE
Greenlit to series from pilot (pilot + 5×15 min episodes = 6 episodes total)
TZGZ’s first internally developed pilot greenlit to series
Produced by Adam Davies, Alex Plapinger, Dylan Dawson, Valparaiso Pictures and Octopie
LOGLINE: A show about animal friends just trying to stay alive after the apocalypse. Together, they come up with elaborate schemes to entertain themselves and pretty much just keep from going insane.
CAST: Natalie Palamides, Baron Vaughn, Reggie Watts, John Paul Reynolds, Claudia O’Doherty, SkittLeZ Ortiz

DR. HAVOC’S DIARY
30 x 6-min eps
Produced by New Form
LOGLINE: A mid-level supervillain having a mid-life crisis battles secret agents, superheroes and his wife.

PILOTS:

PLUTONIANS (working title)
Pilot order (15 min episodes)
Produced by Brave Media and Yeti Farm
LOGLINE: The Interplanetary Federation has conferred and it’s official: Pluto is no longer a planet. The Plutonians are now determined to rebrand their image and prove themselves to the other planetary beings of the solar system – with the exception of Earth, who are notorious bullies and can’t find out about alien life.

PSYCHO PSALMS
Pilot order (15 min episodes)
Produced by Open the Portal and Jacob Robinson, head of Tractor Pants, an animation-centric production company with an overall deal at Legendary Television Studios.
LOGLINE: Psycho Psalms is a stop motion dark comedy following 1940s D-List cartoon character Timecrow and his misfit costars, as they attempt to navigate our postmodern internet hellscape after being yanked through a portal to our present day. These offbeat characters will take you to a dark place, but they won’t leave you there.