Transporter: The Series

Joe Mallozzi, writer/producer of the Stargate television programs, is involved (update: was involved) with a new program based on “The Transporter” movies aptly named “Transporter: The Series”. He has been posting production updates via his blog.

“Transporter: The Series” will not be “Transporter: The Series” without these critical components that were present in the original movies:

• Opening an episode (or the pilot) with Frank Martin sitting in his car, his watch beeping, starting the car, classical music starts, and he sets out to transport.
• Good and bad guys both going after Frank.
• Frank going pseudo-Jackie Chan with found objects (oil fights, bicycle pedals, etc.) and at creative locations (i.e., in a bus).
• 3-stage fights: 1. Frank vs a group; 2. Frank vs the big guy (or another group); and finally, 3. Frank vs the boss.
• Frank getting all parkour, or perhaps l’Art du Déplacement, on the baddies.
• A BMW car cameo.
• Totally cliché, yet still completely cool, one-liners and poses.
• The occasional jumping the shark for pure entertainment purposes.
• Flying cars.
• Action sequences involving cars, trucks, trains, boats, and planes.
• Body-blowback concussion-inducing explosions.
• Evil trigger-happy women from Europe.
• International damsels in distress.
• A girl for Frank that would be a perfect match if not for some inevitable conflict keeping the two apart.
• Good food and drink.
• Inspector Tarconi.
• Fishing.
• Other transporters never being quite as good as Frank or, worse, getting killed off from jobs he handed off to them.
• Each new job becomes deadlier than the last.
• Frank’s 3 rules: 1. The deal is the deal; 2. No names; 3. Never open the package.
• Frank having to break his rules.
• Ending an episode (or the pilot) with Frank getting into his car, getting a phone call. Person on the phone, “I’m looking for a transporter.” Frank’s response, “I’m listening.”

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