The CW to Take Another Stab at Warren Ellis’ Global Frequency TV Show

I’ve read a lot of Warren Ellis’ comic book work, but I’ve never read his “Global Frequency”. Initially I thought this was the comic series “Planetary”, but apparently they are two separate works. In “Frequency”, a woman name Miranda Zero leads a covert unit made up of exactly 1,001 operatives around the world, and their mission is to stop world-threatening situations before the public knows about it. Ellis apparently fashioned the series as a series of single, stand-alone issues, much like a TV show. Warner Bros. tried to adapt the comic into a TV series back in 2005, when the channel was still called WB. Fast-forward to 2009, and the WB is now the CW, and they’re once again looking at a “Global Frequency” series.

Warren Ellis has all but confirmed the second attempt at a “Global Frequency” TV series, posting:

I haven’t been cleared to comment yet, so I can’t really add anything to this. I’ve spoken briefly to Scott Nimerfro — by which I mean I threatened to have him stabbed, and he thanked me and told me a funny story about how he’s had worse threats — and he is Okay.

Anyway. Yes. Shouldn’t say any more until I get the nod from the studio. But yes.

Back in 2005, the WB actually shot a pilot for the show, which then starred former “Star Trek” babe Michelle Forbes as the mysterious Miranda Zero, and Aimee Garcia as Aleph. The episode was eventually leaked online, but the show never moved forward beyond the initial, unaired pilot episode.

It’s no surprise that the CW might be considering a “Global Frequency” show at the moment. It’ll be a nice replacement for what they currently have. The network has essentially only two shows on their slate that don’t cater to screaming teenage girls — “Supernatural” and “Smallville”, and both are pretty long in the teeth. I can see “Supernatural” going on for another year or two, but word is that it’s winding down, with this year possibly being its last. “Smallville”, on the other hand, is just getting ridiculous. The last time I tried to watch an episode, I nearly gauged out my eyes at the awfulness of it all.

Fun times with old buds in an issue of Global Frequency.