Bill Willingham and The Hollywood Reporter are saying that ABC has green-lit a pilot for a fantasy series based off of Willingham’s comic book series, Fables. Wow. This could be the awesomest thing on television since Batman: The Animated Series. Or it could be terri-bad, but I’m going to focus on being optimistic!

The hour-long series is written by Stu Zicherman and Raven Metzner and directed by David Semel. Willingham himself has had no involvement with the project thus far (getting harder to stay optimistic!).

If you’re unfamiliar with the book (shame on you!), Fables focuses on characters from traditional fairy-tales and their lives in a secluded section of modern-day New York City. While the premise may sound childish, the book is anything but. I bought the first trade for my mom for Christmas last year. And she LIKED it. Or so she told me, she may have just been being nice…..

Cover of the 9th Fables collection, Sons of the Emplre, courtesy of DC Comics
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