Hieroglyph: Discussion Thread

HIEROGLYPH - The world of ancient Egypt – a time of magic, Pharaohs, gods and thieves – lives again in HIEROGLYPH, an exciting action-adventure series from creator/executive producer Travis Beacham (“Pacific Rim,” “Clash of the Titans”). When a dangerous scroll, The Book of Thresholds, is stolen from Egypt’s most secure vault, master thief AMBROSE (Max Brown, “Beauty and the Beast,” “MI-5”) is plucked from prison to track down the perpetrator. Having spent the past five years in the darkest of pits, Ambrose quickly learns that his prison cell might be safer than the dangerous new world in which he finds himself: Atum, the empire’s capital. Ambrose must answer to Pharaoh SHAI KANAKHT (Reece Ritchie, “Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time”), a god in the flesh, a young ruler with a cool charm and a violent, frightening temper. The question for Ambrose is not whether he can trust his new boss, but whether he can trust anyone. Also stalking the halls of the palace is NEFERTARI KANAKHT (Condola Rashad, “Smash,” “Steel Magnolias”), half-sister to the Pharaoh, whose relationship with Shai’s closest advisor, MAGISTER BEK (guest star Hal Ozsan, “90210”), masks her own designs for power. Finding few leads in the palace, Ambrose’s investigation takes him to the doorstep of his long-lost love, PESHET (Caroline Ford, “Lake Placid: The Final Chapter”), a magic-wielding adoratrice, a type of homespun priestess who uses her femininity as a portal to the gods…for the right price. Peshet was the keystone in Ambrose’s merry band of thieves, an impressionable youth with great knowledge of magic, a woman who never saw a lock for which she didn’t have an unlocking charm. Five years later, Peshet has left her old life behind in a pious pursuit of divine contact. Ambrose’s journey also leads him to old friends, such as VOCIFER (John Rhys-Davies, “The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Rings,” “Raiders of the Lost Ark”), a peddler of mystical wares and Ambrose’s mentor. But he also comes face-to-face with foes both old and new, from RAWSER (Antony Bunsee, “EastEnders,” “Sex and the City 2”), the Pharoah’s captain of the guard, who imprisoned him five years ago; to LOTUS TENRY (Kelsey Chow, “One Tree Hill”), a palace concubine and spy for a rival kingdom. As Ambrose unravels the mystery of The Book of Thresholds, he begins to see the extent to which sorcery has seeped into the halls of power in ancient Egypt, and how close it is to causing this great civilization’s downfall.

HIEROGLYPH is produced by Chernin Entertainment in association with 20th Century Fox Television. The series is created and written by Travis Beacham. The series is executive-produced by Beacham, Peter Chernin (NEW GIRL, “Touch”), Katherine Pope (NEW GIRL, “Touch”) and Anna Fricke (“Being Human,” “Men in Trees”). Miguel Sapochnik (“Mind Games,” “Repo Men”) also serves as an executive producer and directed the pilot.

Definitely one of the shows that I am looking forward to.

Definitely one of the shows that I am looking forward to.

Haven't heard a thing about it. Tell me more.

T, when I get home, I will post the info, very limited, about the show.

T, here's some info on Hieroglyph.

http://www.deadline.com/2013/10/fox-gives-13-episode-series-order-to-ancient-egypt-drama-hieroglyph-from-travis-beacham-chernin-entertainment/

So in love with this cast photo... I hope it does well.

WHO | John Rhys-Davies (Lord of the Rings), Max Brown (Beauty and the Beast), Reece Ritchie, Kelsey Chow, Condola Rashad, Caroline Ford, Antony Bunsee

WHAT | A notorious thief is plucked from prison to serve the Pharoah, navigating palace intrigue, seductive concubines, criminal underbellies and even a few divine sorcerers.

http://youtu.be/JC2Nn0lPmfc

Really liked this one, but I wonder if it will attract an audience. Feels very much like an HBO show, not a broadcast one.

Edited May 13, 201411 yr by wingwalker

I think if the show is played as somewhat supernatural, which I wasn't expecting but looking at the trailor, it might get a large audience.

I have been looking forward to this show since I saw the synopsis. And then the casting of all these POC just makes it all the better. This and empire are at the top of my must see list.

Edited May 15, 201411 yr by ajsp35801

Done.

http://insidetv.ew.com/2014/06/30/fox-cancels-hieroglyph/

Dang, Fox usually gives shows at least 2 episodes before canceling them

Why do networks even bother to green-light shows if they are going to cancel them quickly anyway. And they wonder why people turn to Netflix and Hulu....

This is likely a casualty of FOX parting ways with Kevin Reilly. He did the straight to series stuff which they are phasing out in some areas.

Gutted since I actually wanted to check this out... Poor people who were cast.

I think if the show is played as somewhat supernatural, which I wasn't expecting but looking at the trailor, it might get a large audience.

I have been looking forward to this show since I saw the synopsis. And then the casting of all these POC just makes it all the better. This and empire are at the top of my must see list.

All these POC? That cast was entirely too pale for Ancient Eygpt and then there's the British accents. That trailer looked terrible and I remember one of the early drafts for the script being awful. Good thing they canceled it before airing yet another show flashy show with no plot.

Kevin Reilly leaves Fox and one of his direct-to-series shows are dumped?

Could be that they're just unhappy with the scripts like implied but perhaps this is a start of a culling or at least reduced episode orders for some shows. (*cough* Glee *cough*)