Above, behold the trailer to the new show from NBC entitled “The Cape.” In the wake of the death of Heroes, we now get our first look at NBC’s replacement (or rather, one of three plus Chuck), which will be the television studios next foray into the super hero genre. The show is about “an honest cop on a corrupt police force, who finds himself framed for a series of murders and presumed dead” and goes on to become the Cape, emulating an in-show comic book character that his son adores.
Already, sites like Newsarama and IO9 are mentioning that this could – in all reality – be quite awesome, gaining comparison to Batman Begins. Myself? Not entirely sold on it. This could honestly be either really good or really awesome. It’d be quite easy to screw this up and turn it comical, actually. The description of the show alone sounds pretty cheesy, but you never know. The costume kind of borders on awesome and ridiculous at the same time. But hey, Heroes turned out great for a season, and this could easily follow it.
For the full description of the show, as per NBC.com, click behind the cut.
“The Cape” is a one-hour drama series starring David Lyons (“ER”) as Vince Faraday, an honest cop on a corrupt police force, who finds himself framed for a series of murders and presumed dead. He is forced into hiding, leaving behind his wife, Dana (Jennifer Ferrin, “Life on Mars”) and son, Trip (Ryan Wynott, “Flash Forward”). Fueled by a desire to reunite with his family and to battle the criminal forces that have overtaken Palm City, Faraday becomes “The Cape” his son’s favorite comic book superhero — and takes the law into his own hands. Rounding out the cast are James Frain (“The Tudors”) as billionaire Peter Fleming – The Cape’s nemesis – who moonlights as the twisted killer: Chess; Keith David (“Death at a Funeral”) as Max Malini, the ringleader of a circus gang of bank robbers who mentors Vince Faraday and trains him to be The Cape; Summer Glau (“Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles”) as Orwell, an investigative blogger who wages war on crime and corruption in Palm City; and Dorian Missick (“Six Degrees”) as Marty Voyt, a former police detective and friend to Faraday.
“The Cape” is a Universal Media Studios and BermanBraun production from executive producer/creator Thomas Wheeler (“Empire”), executive producer/director Simon West (“Con Air”), the executive producing team of Gail Berman and Lloyd Braun (“Mercy”) and executive producer Gene Stein (“Accidentally on Purpose”).
