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''Tower Prep'' is a Canadian/American television series. It debuted on October 16, 2010, after the world premiere of ''Scooby-Doo! Curse of the Lake Monster''. The series is created by Paul Dini, a former producer and writer of ''Batman: The Animated Series'', ''Superman: The Animated Series'' and other DC animated universe series.〔(Cartoon Network Picks Up First Two Live-Action Series ) - Turner Newsroom Release Date: 11/6/2009〕〔(Cartoon Network holds 2010 upfront ) - Radio Business Report/Television Business Report 21 April 2010 04:49:00〕 It is Cartoon Network's second one-hour live-action series, after ''Unnatural History''. The last two episodes of the first season aired on December 28, 2010. On March 23, 2011, Cartoon Network announced their new and returning programs for the remainder of 2011 and ''Tower Prep'' was not mentioned as one of the returning series. On December 2011, over a year after the series premiered, Dini announced on his Twitter account that the series will not be returning for a second season, ending the series on a cliffhanger.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Over :( )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Nope. Sorry. )〕 When asked if he will reveal the ending to the series, Dini replied that he is "sworn to secrecy."〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Sorry. I'm sworn to secrecy. )〕 On May 2012, Dini also revealed that there were talks of foreign financing for a second season, but the deal fell through because Cartoon Network decided not to air the show regardless.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=There was talk of foreign financing for season 2, but CN decided not to air it again in the US regardless, so the deal fell thru. )〕 ==Production== Paul Dini wrote the first episode of ''Tower Prep'', and Cartoon Network picked up the series as part of their initiative to develop live action programming for a family audience. The pilot was shot in 2009, and full production of the first season began in 2010 in British Columbia. Former ''X-Files'' writer Glen Morgan was hired as executive producer and showrunner, joined by a writing team including Dini, Glen's brother Darin Morgan, Riley Stearns, Aury Wallington, Jeff Eckerle and Marilyn Osborn.〔 Discussing his influences in creating the show, Dini states, "I thought about incidents when I was a kid. I went to a prep school, and I leaned back on my feelings of what it was like at the time – the strangeness and the alienation."〔 From the start, the writers' goals were to create a story that did not talk down to kids, and to write natural dialogue, avoiding unrealistic slang and catch phrases. Many of the characters shift between being perceived as heroes or villains, because, Dini explains, "(high school ), your allegiances are switched and relationships change.... To a degree, Tower Prep is a real high school. It's just that the elements are blown out of proportion and into caricature."〔 The promotion for the series began with a fictional storyline, in which Cartoon Network discovered vlogs from the four main characters. Prior to the series premiere, a sneak peek of the show was released for free download on the iTunes Store featuring half of the first episode. To promote the premiere, the network announced a giveaway of 1,000 iPod Touch devices that would take place during the show. The iPod Touch strongly resembled the PDA devices from the series. The song "Unstoppable" by Foxy Shazam was used in network promos and in the episode "Trust". The last two episodes of the first season aired on December 28, 2010. In October 2011, Cartoon network removed all ''Tower Prep'' content from its website. In December 2011, Paul Dini announced that the series would not return for a second season.〔〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Tower Prep」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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