NEW PIRATE SHOWS: STARZ' "BLACK SAILS", FX'S "PORT ROYAL", NBC'S "REPUBLIC OF PIRATES"! "HULK" & "THE PUNISHER" TV SHOWS AT ABC? ABC ORDERS "668 PARK AVE" SHOW

 Ah, my little freaks, it seems we will be having a TV day today here at your trusted HOLLYWOOD SPY. We've had lots of exciting news on future epicTV projects, and here's another one: NBC is planning an epic ten hour series on pirates. Period drama REPUBLIC OF PIRATES could air as soon as March next year. Helmed by LUTHER creator and a HARRY POTTER producer, the series is, as "Deadline" writers,  based on the book "The Republic Of Pirates" by Colin Woodard. Set during the 10-year “Golden Age of Piracy” from 1715 to 1725, it follows some of the world’s most notorious pirates as they forge their own rogue nation, called New Providence, which became the first democracy in the Americas. This is highly interesting since Starz has already ordered a whole season of pirate show BLACK SAILS to be produced by Michael Bay. They're already preparing the 8 episode show set 20 years before the events in Robert Louis Stevenson’s "Treasure

Island" and chronicling the adventures of Captain Flint and his men. To make things even crazier, FX is planning to do PORT ROYAL pirate series, while Fox has opted not to do Tony and Ridley Scott's PYRATES show.

HOLLYWOOD SPY TV NEWS

OK, people, so here's the latest TV info: As you know CW has ordered BEAUTY AND THE BEAST for the whole season, but they have cancelled THE SECRET CIRCLE. They've also ordered ARROW to be made into a whole show. Stephen Amell stars as a billionaire

 who turns into Green Arrow vigilante who fights criminals and evil people of his city. Fox has, meanwhile, renewed Keifer Sutherland's TOUCH for the second run and cancelled ALCATRAZ while NBC did the same to Jason Isaac's AWAKE, and ABC has opted not to shoot the second season of THE RIVER Amazon mystery show. They did, as expected, ordered second season of ONCE UPON A TIME which has become the most successful debut show from this season earning worldwide fame. ABC has also decided to make a whole show out of their 666 PARK AVE pilot which, starring Vanessa Williams and Dave Annable, follows residents of a strange building which is under the embrace of supernatural forces.  CBS has on the other hand cancelled Patrick Wilson's A GIFTED MAN, but Wilson was relieved saying the show was not what he had signed for.

And the last TV news for today brings an interesting info from ABC: they are ready to shoot THE INCREDIBLE HULK TV series as soon as 2013! According

to "The Hollywood Reporter" Guillermo del Toro is attached to produce the show. This might mean that Mark Ruffalo  won't get a stand alone HULK film with him in the lead role after the success of THE AVENGERS. There are also rumours that ABC is preparing THE PUNISHER show as well! HOLLYWOOD SPY has mentioned a few years ago that there are also secret plans on shooting BATMAN TV show after the films are finished in cinemas, and that Karl Urban is being kept as the lead actor who will wear the bat cape on the small screens. Speaking of Marvel, director Edgar Wright has revealed today that he might start shooting ANT-MAN movie before the end of this year.