It’s been a long road for Powers at FX. Based on Brian Michael Bendis’ acclaimed comic book – about homicide detectives covering superhero-related crimes – a pilot was shot last year, which FX did not pick up to series.

However, that hasn’t been the end for Powers. FX, initially saying they expected to do substantial reshoots on the pilot were it to move forward, has continued to develop the project and today at the TCA (television Critics Association) press tour, FX president John Landgraf acknowledged the rather notable work being done for a series still not officially picked up.I noted to Landgraf that earlier this week, Bendis himself had tweeted that he’d read up through the script for episode three of the potential series, and Landgraf replied, “Yeah. Brian has the benefit of reading scripts that I haven’t read! But what we ended up doing is hiring Chic Eglee, who had done the work on the pilot we shot. Not only to rewrite the pilot that we had shot, but to do three more episodes and put together a writing staff. So I think Brian has now read those scripts. I haven’t seen them yet. So we are going to end up having four scripts for Powers. And if we elect to move forward, yeah, I think we will just go back and reshoot the pilot from scratch, with a new cast in all probability.”The Powers pilot shot last year starred Jason Patric and Lucy Punch as Christian Walker and Deena Pilgrim. Punch has since moved on to become a series regular on FOX’s new comedy, Ben and Kate, but Landgraf did reveal, “I think there’s a possibility that some of the original cast members might return. Jason Patric certainly wants to look at the material and wants to render an opinion about whether he still wants to be involved in the project. But it’s just as likely, I think, that we’d just start from scratch and reshoot it.”The fact that FX has commissioned the four scripts is certainly an encouraging sign - and seems to hint that if Powers does get the greenlight, the cable channel want to be ready to go quickly on subsequent episodes.