"Aquaman" Pilot To Be Released On iTunes.

[Ananas]

'Aquaman' Pilot Hits iTunes

Scrapped show among several Warner Bros. offerings

Zap2It.com

July 25 2006

It's not coming to your TV screen this fall, but the pilot for "Aquaman" is now available for your viewing pleasure.

The show, which The CW rejected for its inaugural schedule, joined the roster of TV offerings on Apple's iTunes service Tuesday. The pilot is among several shows from Warner Bros. TV making their debut on the service; users can also download the first season of "Friends," "Babylon 5," "The Flintstones" and "The Jetsons."

"Making our television content available to iTunes consumers is an important step in our digital distribution strategy," says Simon Kenny, president of Warner Bros. Digital Distribution. "This deal fits perfectly with our philosophy of providing consumers with access to our world-class entertainment properties across the widest selection of platforms and devices available."

As with most iTunes video offerings, episodes of the shows will cost you $1.99 apiece. Viewers can also download the full first season of "Friends" for $27.99.

The "Aquaman" pilot, which was created by "Smallville's" Al Gough and Miles Millar, stars Justin Hartley ("Passions") as the prince of Atlantis, who lives on land in Florida and is starting to discover his legacy. Ving Rhames ("Kojak," "Mission: Impossible III") and Denise Quinones ("Freddie") also star.

It's also the first show offered on iTunes that has never aired on a network, and the second pilot to get a new lease on life in the past week thanks to the Internet. NBC announced a few days ago it was redeveloping the comedy "Nobody's Watching" based on its popularity on YouTube.

[Laice07]

Thats good to here as I was actually looking forward to the show, wondering how they could pull off a show about one of the most worthless superheroes ever. I did hear it was a good pilot though so I might check it out.

[Numbahs]

I hope it's Aquaman crying for 60 minutes straight about how he much he sucks.

Edited July 27, 2006 by Numbahs

[ROC]

I hope it's 59 minutes of crying and then 1 minute where Vinny Chase appears and talks about the Aquaman movie. >_>

[Ananas]

For those who haven't seen the trailer, here it is. I think the show looks promising, especially for a show about a superhero as lame as Aquaman.

[CKN]

I hope it's 59 minutes of crying and then 1 minute where Vinny Chase appears and talks about the Aquaman movie. >_>

[Skummy]

Aquaman's, like, the second gayest superhero in the world. Why does this exist?

[thuganomic]

Aquaman's, like, the second gayest superhero in the world. Why does this exist?

[Fitzy]

I hope it's 59 minutes of crying and then 1 minute where Vinny Chase appears and talks about the Aquaman movie. >_>

[EndOfAnEra]

Aquaman's, like, the second gayest superhero in the world. Why does this exist?

Edited July 28, 2006 by EndOfAnEra

[CKN]

Aquaman's, like, the second gayest superhero in the world. Why does this exist?

Sub-Mariner has to get #1 by default then.

[Skummy]

Aquaman's, like, the second gayest superhero in the world. Why does this exist?

Sub-Mariner has to get #1 by default then.

Shit, I forgot about him...

Captain Planet's still number one, though.

[Benji]

'Aquaman' Pilot Hits iTunes

Scrapped show among several Warner Bros. offerings

Zap2It.com

July 25 2006

It's not coming to your TV screen this fall, but the pilot for "Aquaman" is now available for your viewing pleasure.

The show, which The CW rejected for its inaugural schedule, joined the roster of TV offerings on Apple's iTunes service Tuesday. The pilot is among several shows from Warner Bros. TV making their debut on the service; users can also download the first season of "Friends," "Babylon 5," "The Flintstones" and "The Jetsons."

"Making our television content available to iTunes consumers is an important step in our digital distribution strategy," says Simon Kenny, president of Warner Bros. Digital Distribution. "This deal fits perfectly with our philosophy of providing consumers with access to our world-class entertainment properties across the widest selection of platforms and devices available."

As with most iTunes video offerings, episodes of the shows will cost you $1.99 apiece. Viewers can also download the full first season of "Friends" for $27.99.

The "Aquaman" pilot, which was created by "Smallville's" Al Gough and Miles Millar, stars Justin Hartley ("Passions") as the prince of Atlantis, who lives on land in Florida and is starting to discover his legacy. Ving Rhames ("Kojak," "Mission: Impossible III") and Denise Quinones ("Freddie") also star.

It's also the first show offered on iTunes that has never aired on a network, and the second pilot to get a new lease on life in the past week thanks to the Internet. NBC announced a few days ago it was redeveloping the comedy "Nobody's Watching" based on its popularity on YouTube.

Source - Zap2It

So for all the people pissed off that Aquaman didn't get picked up to the CW schedule, credit cards at this point will speak louder than words. And from The CW's perspective, if it doesn't generate enough interest to warrant an episode order, at least they'll make some cash selling the pilot online. TV networks are definitely starting to figure out how to effectively use the internet though, and that's gotta be encouraging.

Fuck Aquaman, that's the big news

[Corizzle]

And the pilot is officially available for download as an XVID for those who are cheap and don't want to pay $2 for it