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March 29 - April 4, 2020 WHATS UP! T5 BY MICHELLE ROSE TV Media Bowen out gracefully: "Modern Family" takes its fi- nal bow next Wednesday, April 8, on ABC, and after 11 seasons of Halloween fun, overseas mayhem and dad jokes, it will be hard to say goodbye forever to the Pritch- ett-Dunphy-Tucker clan. Luckily, it's just "goodbye for now" for at least one cast member: actress Julie Bowen, aka Claire Dunphy, has already lined up a new TV project that takes her to CBS. The two-time Emmy winner will play the lead role in the comedy pilot "Raised by Wolves," which hails from "Will & Grace" creators David Kohan and Max Mutchnick. And if the pilot's title sounds familiar, you might be thinking of the identically titled British sitcom that ran from 2013 to 2016. ABC adapted it for American audiences in 2017, but it never made it past the pilot stage. Hopefully that won't be the case for the CBS pilot, which bears no relation to the British series. Bowen will star as Frankie Wolfe, a successful crisis man- ager whose world is thrown into chaos when she decides to adopt and raise an 11-year- old girl. Unlike her nervous sister, Frankie is a "put-togeth- er powerhouse." But behind her blunt-talking approach (shades of Claire Dunphy, per- haps?) lies some still-unre- solved issues with parents Barbara and Arnie Wolfe, two of the "Wolves" mentioned in the series title. "Raised by Wolves" isn't the only new addition to Bowen's lengthy showbiz resume. She reunited with "Happy Gilm- ore" (1996) co-star Adam Sandler in his sixth Netflix film, "Hubie Halloween." De- scribed as a Halloween who- dunit set in Salem, Massachu- setts, the film should be avail- able to stream later this year. A new Dracula: It looks like the cast of ABC's sexy new vampire soap opera (yes, you read that right) is quickly coming together. "The Brides" is the latest project from "Riverdale" and "Chilling Adventures of Sabri- na" executive producer Rober- to Aguirre-Sacasa. It's a rei- magining of Dracula as a fami- ly drama with strong horror elements, and it centers on three immortal women — the Brides of Dracula — who will do anything to protect their legacy, wealth and undead family. Earlier this month, it was announced that Gina Torres of "Pearson" and "Suits" fame had signed on to star as the queenly Cleo, the leader of the Brides of Dracula and a New York City real estate maven. Katherine Reis ("Rise") land- ed the role of the youngest bride, aspiring singer Lily Ste- vens, whose relationship threatens the family dynamic. Chris Mason ("Broadchurch") and Sophia Tatum ("I'm Not Okay With This") have also been cast. But what about Dracula himself ? Fret not. The King of the Night will be played by former "ER" doctor Goran Visnjic. In this version, Dracu- la is down but not out: he was left for dead after his Carpath- ian castle was destroyed. His wives fled and the new life they built together is the focus of this show, but there are a lot of hints in the casting an- nouncements that suggest Dracula is going to complicate things. TV pilots are never a sure bet, and "The Brides" is a proj- ect that's been in the works for a while. It was first put into development at NBC in 2015, but nothing came of it. Now that it's resurfaced at ABC, there are whispers that this version might have a better shot since the concept aligns with ABC's goal to boost fe- male viewership. Enter 'Pantheon': AMC is on a hiring, er, season pickup streak. A few months ago, the Courtney B. Vance ("American Crime Story") drama "61st Street" became the first series on AMC to receive a two-sea- son pickup right from the out- set — even "The Walking Dead" gets renewed one sea- son at a time. And it seems AMC is be- coming less commitment averse because it recently or- dered two seasons of a new animated series, another first for the largely drama-domi- nated network. From creator Craig Silver- stein ("TURN: Washington's Spies") comes "Pantheon," an hour-long animated drama based on short stories by Ken Liu. This one falls under the sci-fi genre since it's set in a world "where uploaded con- sciousness is a reality." The first season revolves around Maddie, a bullied teen who gets help from a mysteri- ous stranger online. It turns out that this person is her re- cently deceased father, David, or rather, his consciousness, which was uploaded to the Cloud in an experimental brain scan. This David is the first "Uploaded Intelligence" or UI, a new kind of being (but not the last). But don't expect a long, happy family reunion, because a global conspiracy will soon push the world to the precipice of war, and it will have big implications If you're curious about the animation style, former presi- dent of original programming David Madden was, too, when the concept was first pitched to AMC. Under the network's script- to-series model, Madden gave the okay to open a writer's room in 2018 (and given the two-season pickup, the script- writing sessions must have been highly productive). Mad- den also requested a five-min- ute presentation to make sense of the visuals, which are described as a different take on graphic realism done in tra- ditional 2D. Titmouse, the Em- my-winning studio behind "Bless the Harts" and "Big Mouth," is handling the ani- mation for this one. 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