{"id":7751,"date":"2014-03-20T02:00:04","date_gmt":"2014-03-20T09:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/forbiddenpanel.com\/PanelCast\/?p=7751"},"modified":"2014-03-20T02:15:39","modified_gmt":"2014-03-20T09:15:39","slug":"powers-comic-becomes-playstation-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/forbiddenpanel.com\/PanelCast\/powers-comic-becomes-playstation-series\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Powers&#8221; Comic Becomes PlayStation Series"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If Microsoft can do it, so can Sony.<\/p>\n<p>Sony Pictures Television is developing an hour-long TV series adaptation of Avon Oeming&#8217;s comic book series &#8220;Powers&#8221;. Said series would then exclusively premiere via streaming on the PlayStation Network, the first of several planned series for the service.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"module-article thumb-right\" style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\" alt=\"&quot;Powers&quot; Comic Becomes PlayStation Series\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.darkhorizons.com\/assets\/0023\/8641\/powers_article.jpg?w=678\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Brian Michael Bendis and Michael Avon Oeming penned the comic which follows two detectives as they investigate superhero-related homicides. Lucy Punch and Jason Patric starred in an ultimately rejected pilot for a TV version several years ago.<\/p>\n<p>This is separate from a planned online pay-TV service for the console, which would offer traditional TV channels available through cable, satellite or phone companies over the Internet.<\/p>\n<p><em>At this point, there has been so much heartbreak over whether or not this series will see any sort of braodcast, that I won&#8217;t hold my breath until I see it on my tv.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.darkhorizons.com\/news\/31319\/-powers-comic-becomes-playstation-series\">&#8220;Powers&#8221; Comic Becomes PlayStation Series | News | Dark Horizons<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If Microsoft can do it, so can Sony. Sony Pictures Television is developing an hour-long TV series adaptation of Avon Oeming&#8217;s comic book series &#8220;Powers&#8221;. Said series would then exclusively premiere via streaming on the PlayStation Network, the first of several planned series for the service. Brian Michael Bendis and Michael Avon Oeming penned the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7751","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1opIU-211","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":12932,"url":"http:\/\/forbiddenpanel.com\/PanelCast\/marvel-comic-scarlet-in-development-as-tv-series-at-cinemax-atx-tv-festival\/","url_meta":{"origin":7751,"position":0},"title":"Marvel Comic \u2018Scarlet\u2019 In Development As TV Series At Cinemax \u2013 ATX TV Festival","author":"Forbidden Panel","date":"June 11, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Marvel\/Icon title Scarlet is headed to television. 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