MTV goes ape for 'Teen Wolf,' Emma Roberts

By Hanh Nguyen

June 23, 2009 3:01 PM

MTV announced Tuesday its rather diverse development slate that reads like a menagerie: Jamie Foxx, "Teen Wolf," "Warren the Ape" and even a former Cheetah Girl.

MTV has also signed a first-look production deal with Emma Roberts, niece of Julia Roberts and star of "Nancy Drew" and "Hotel for Dogs," and her Bossy Boots company, along with manager/producing partner David Sweeney.

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Other familiar names include reality show executive producer Mark Burnett, who has a project with "The Hills'" Audrina Patridge as the star and "P.Diddy's Starmaker."

Check out the MTV series in development:

"Teen Wolf" - The '80s movie classic reinvented into a "Twilight"-esque series that focuses on the hairier of the supernatural beings. But yes, there will be romance as well.

"Warren the Ape" - A spoof on the celebrity comeback starring a D-list celebrity puppet who tries to get back into the limelight.

Jamie Foxx's "Untitled Sketch Comedy Show" (working title) - Executive produced by the Oscar winner, this will be the next generation of "In Living Color."

"The Awesomes" - From "Saturday Night Live" writer/Weekend Update anchor Seth Meyers, Lorne Michaels and Mike Shoemaker's company, this animated series centers on a bumbling superhero and his pals as they battle villains and the paparazzi (same difference, no?)

"Patito Feo" - This award-winning teen drama has traveled from Argentina to American shores and revolves around the adventures of a small town Mexican girl transplanted into Los Angeles.

"Hard Times" - Unpopular teen RJ Berger finds infamy overnight when his um, endowment, is made public.

"Adrienne Bailon Project" (working title) - The former Cheetah Girl tries to shake off the girl group image and prove herself in her hometown of New York City.

Your thoughts? Do any of these sound good to you?

(Emma Roberts picture courtesy of WireImage)

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8 Comments

Good for MTV Emma Roberts is young and cl***y, she makes great movies and is on her way to becoming the next Julia Roberts.

meow | June 23, 2009 3:08 PM

Turning Teen Wolf into a Twilight-esque series on Mtv...kill me now

WHAT | June 23, 2009 3:36 PM

Audrina patridge is awesome , WOW I will be watching , she kicks butt , finally we get some Audrina time.. Mark Burnett is the Man.... Unbelieviable new stuff coming out. I'm stoked.

LISA | June 23, 2009 9:06 PM

none of the shows looks horrible, yet none very appealing.

Drewigi | June 24, 2009 4:22 AM

What does the "M" in MTV stand for anymore? Certainly not Music. Maybe its needs to change the letter to T for terrible, H for Horrible or just keep it simple and us a B for plain old Bad. MTV needs to just go away.

Matt | June 24, 2009 7:18 AM

Interesting to note, the short-lived but very funny "Greg The Bunny" series that starred Seth Green had a puppet character named Warren the Ape. Gotta be the same one?

tom | June 24, 2009 9:27 AM

olaa si alguien konose a emma roberts diganle k la admiro y m e encanta

abel arevalo | June 24, 2009 7:22 PM

Waren The Ape rules ***! For some people who do not know Warren The Ape was on greg The Bunny a FOX TV show canceled in 2002. Also a part of the IFC Greg The Bunny show.

Warren The Ape is an awesome character.

John Beaulieu | June 24, 2009 9:00 PM