It seems like NBC doesn't want to go back to the 1970s.
According to reports, "The Voice" mentor, Adam Levine, got his proposed 1970's-themed TV miniseries nixed by NBC, which was associated with 222 Productions and Sony Pictures Television.
Reports say that Levine's 1970s plans were created with the idea of being able to travel back to a decade where the executives and music artists created the most influential music in the era.
Sources revealed that Hayden Christensen and Kelsey Grammer were supposed to play the leads. The producers evenwent after NBC to convince the network to go straight to the project, instead looking over the pilot presentation.
The project was in progress when NBC apparently pulled out the offer and didn't want to take the risk. However, the producers are already working on proposing new ideas for another music project.
Prior to the news about Levine's project declined by NBC, the series was potentially eyed by the Boardwalk Entertainment which could be a 10-hour miniseries to feature contemporary artists re-recording the classic 1970s hits.
"What not everyone realizes about the '70s is just how much the culture was informed by the corporate world's drive to control, package and profit from it," Boardwalk co-founder said in a statement last August 2014. "It was the beginning of the end of the independent labels and the driving force of radio transitioning into the corporate takeover of the business and the demise of the mob influence."
Adam Levine, who is currently working for NBC's reality singing competition "The Voice", was put on board by the NBC chairman, Bob Greenblatt. He has also taken part of Levine's 1970s-themed project, including the song selection, casting of contemporary artists and re-recording of the classic songs.
While the Maroon 5 front man is busy building his team the ninth season of "The Voice", reports say that the producers of the 1970s miniseries are in plans to take the project into another network executives.
