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Rosemary's Baby (NBC) -- S: Saldana, Adams, Isaacs -- 4 hour miniseries (5/11, 5/15)





Based on the 1967 best-selling suspense novel by Ira Levin, this new adaptation of "Rosemary's Baby" centers on a young married couple who escapes New York and moves to Paris with hopes of leaving their sad past behind. After a series of unfortunate events, Rosemary and Guy Woodhouse are presented with an offer they can't refuse - an apartment at the most prestigious address in the city. Problem is, it comes with a haunted past and an immeasurable price.

Rosemary (Zoe Saldana, "Avatar," "Star Trek Into Darkness") and Guy (Patrick J. Adams, "Suits") are incredulous at their good fortune and find comfort in a strange city among their new friends and neighbors, the Castevets. This well-to-do successful older couple takes the newcomers under their wing and become very involved with the Woodhouses' lives. Things seem to be perfect as Rosemary becomes pregnant and Guy's career takes off. As their spirited best friend, Guy's co-worker Julie (Christina Cole), spends quality time with Rosemary in the city, she finds Rosemary's health worrying and cautions both of them that something isn't right. Soon there are other signs warning Rosemary to be careful.

Guy seems to be pulling away from Rosemary and spending a great deal of time hanging around with Roman Castevet (Jason Isaacs, "Harry Potter" franchise). Roman's wife, the whimsical Margaux Castevet (Carole Bouquet, "For Your Eyes Only"), assures Rosemary her herbs and holistic medicine will help with the pregnancy, but are they helping or hurting? Rosemary's quizzical nature leads her to investigate the building and its past residents. She uncovers a dark past and realizes who Roman Castevet truly is. But is it too late? Are the Castavets' perceived sinister motives legitimate or all in the pregnancy brain of Rosemary?

In this new four-hour, two-part psychological thriller written by Scott Abbott ("Queen of the Damned,") and James Wong ("Final Destination 3," "American Horror Story," "The X-Files") and directed by Agnieszka Holland ("Europa Europa," "The Wire," "Treme"), Rosemary quickly finds herself surrounded by peculiar people and startling occurrences. Isolated in her apartment in a city where she doesn't speak the language, she begins to fear the worst: Guy may have made a pact with their neighbors, promising their newborn as a human sacrifice in occult rituals in exchange for a writing career. To what lengths would someone be willing to go for success and fortune?

"Rosemary's Baby" is executive produced by Joshua D. Maurer, Alixandre Witlin and David Stern, and produced by City Entertainment, KippSter Entertainment and Lionsgate Television.


2 night miniseries. Airs Sunday and Thursday


Most of you know who Zoe Saldana is from Star Trek. Patrick J. Adams plays Mike on the USA series Suits.


First Look at the Miniseries with interviews.

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Re: Rosemary's Baby (NBC) -- S: Saldana, Adams, Isaacs -- 4 hour miniseries (5/11, 5/

I will let others be the guinea pig for watching this new remake.
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Re: Rosemary's Baby (NBC) -- S: Saldana, Adams, Isaacs -- 4 hour miniseries (5/11, 5/

Maybe I'll wait for it to air and watch it at once. Reviews are not great...
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Re: Rosemary's Baby (NBC) -- S: Saldana, Adams, Isaacs -- 4 hour miniseries (5/11, 5/

I had no idea this was even happening. I don't think the original film can be topped, especially done as a mini series on network television.
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Re: Rosemary's Baby (NBC) -- S: Saldana, Adams, Isaacs -- 4 hour miniseries (5/11, 5/

Five minutes in and I can already tell this will suck hard.
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Re: Rosemary's Baby (NBC) -- S: Saldana, Adams, Isaacs -- 4 hour miniseries (5/11, 5/

I'll record and watch depending on the reviews. If they aren't horrible, I'll watch.
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Re: Rosemary's Baby (NBC) -- S: Saldana, Adams, Isaacs -- 4 hour miniseries (5/11, 5/

Originally Posted by Gizmo
Maybe I'll wait for it to air and watch it at once. Reviews are not great...
Yeah I'm planning to do the same thing.
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Re: Rosemary's Baby (NBC) -- S: Saldana, Adams, Isaacs -- 4 hour miniseries (5/11, 5/

So, we've all recorded it and are waiting on reviews. Has anyone bit the bullet and watched it?
(I trust you guys more than critics.)
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Re: Rosemary's Baby (NBC) -- S: Saldana, Adams, Isaacs -- 4 hour miniseries (5/11, 5/

this was a complete abortion of a show.
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Re: Rosemary's Baby (NBC) -- S: Saldana, Adams, Isaacs -- 4 hour miniseries (5/11, 5/

Originally Posted by OldDude
So, we've all recorded it and are waiting on reviews. Has anyone bit the bullet and watched it?
Man, did you hit that on the head. I recorded it as well, and have been sitting back waiting for the comments to trickle in. I suspect I'll end up deleting it unwatched.

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this was a complete abortion[...]
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Re: Rosemary's Baby (NBC) -- S: Saldana, Adams, Isaacs -- 4 hour miniseries (5/11, 5/

So is it worth investing the 3 hours into?
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Re: Rosemary's Baby (NBC) -- S: Saldana, Adams, Isaacs -- 4 hour miniseries (5/11, 5/

Ok, I took one for the team, I watched the first episode and 35 minutes of the second, its a waste of time. I think it was a way for Zoe Saldana and her family to get to Paris, she and 2 family members are listed as producers. The original movie is one of my favorites, this remake is missing the humor that the first has, I don't care for any of the characters, they are not memorable at all. I decided that I would rather watch a rerun of CSI:Miami, Satan does have pretty eyes though.
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Re: Rosemary's Baby (NBC) -- S: Saldana, Adams, Isaacs -- 4 hour miniseries (5/11, 5/

I just started watching part 1, I love the original movie. The only thing keeping watching so far is Zoe, but she is no Mia Farrow.
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Re: Rosemary's Baby (NBC) -- S: Saldana, Adams, Isaacs -- 4 hour miniseries (5/11, 5/

I foresee this movie wallowing on my DVR unseen for a year or two, when it will have to be deleted unwatched for space.
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Re: Rosemary's Baby (NBC) -- S: Saldana, Adams, Isaacs -- 4 hour miniseries (5/11, 5/

Just delete it now. Complete waste of time.
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I tapped out and deleted it.
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Re: Rosemary's Baby (NBC) -- S: Saldana, Adams, Isaacs -- 4 hour miniseries (5/11, 5/

I usually don't succumb to peer pressure, but in this case I decided deleting it was the right thing to do. I'm sure in some bit of irony that I will be forced to review the Blu-ray edition.
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Re: Rosemary's Baby (NBC) -- S: Saldana, Adams, Isaacs -- 4 hour miniseries (5/11, 5/

I took the bullet for everyone. Seems like none of you really wanted to watch this anyways and were looking for an excuse to not watch it.

I watched both parts (all 3 hours without commercials)

Short and sweet= It was bad. I don't mind that the movie was updated for 2014. But, this didn't need to be a 4 hour miniseries. Too long with lots of filler and not really suspenseful either. Part 2 was slightly better than 1, but it ended on a complete thud. It certainly didn't help that the material on NBC was PG-13 at best. Zoe Saldana was not a good pick to play Rosemary. She's a very mediocre actress at best. Save your time and watch something else. You all probably still have many hours of better shows still sitting unwatched.
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About a third of the runtime was devoted to people menacingly reminding Rosemary to have some of her herbal drink.
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Was it a straight remake of the original movie?
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The worst-cast was Patrick J. Adams as Rosemary's husband. No charisma, whatsoever.
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Re: Rosemary's Baby (NBC) -- S: Saldana, Adams, Isaacs -- 4 hour miniseries (5/11, 5/

Tough crowd. I thought it was entertaining, and Zoe is very easy on the eyes.
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Re: Rosemary's Baby (NBC) -- S: Saldana, Adams, Isaacs -- 4 hour miniseries (5/11, 5/

Originally Posted by Matt925
Tough crowd. I thought it was entertaining, and Zoe is very easy on the eyes.
I'm only through with part 1, but I agree...it wasn't as bad as many are making it out to be. Now, it all could completely fall apart in part 2, but I've been fairly entertained thus far. I like how we just know something's sinister with Jason Isaacs' character because he keeps wearing gaudy earrings.
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Re: Rosemary's Baby (NBC) -- S: Saldana, Adams, Isaacs -- 4 hour miniseries (5/11, 5/

Not completely terrible, but not particularly good, either. Zoe is indeed very easy on the eyes. I think that made it more tolerable.

Carole Bouquet is quite attractive, too, but she's getting up there and I don't think she looked her best in this.

Overall, it really didn't seem necessary, IMHO.
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I have only watched part 1 and I hated the last ten minutes of it. I'll probably skim through part 2 tomorrow.

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