Fables Comic Pilot in Production at ABC

ABC has committed to creating a pilot for the award-winning Bill Willingham fantasy comic series Fables. Stu Zicherman and Raven Metzner (Six Degrees creators/exec-producers) are writing the script and David Semel will direct the pilot for Warner Bros TV.

Fables tells the story of characters from fairy tales and every world mythology as they eek out a living in modern day New York after fleeing the invasion of their other-dimensional homeworlds. Familiar names such as Snow White, Prince Charming, the Big Bad Wolf, and Gepetto play a big part in the ongoing series available through DC Vertigo comics.

I imagine they’ll have to clean up the story for television, as these fairy tale characters are far from kid-friendly. It’s one of my favorite creator-owned projects and I am dying to see it translated to the small screen.

You can read more about it at The Hollywood Reporter.