HBO Prepping Two New Sci-Fi Series
Cover art from two editions of 'The World Inside'
HBO, the power house behind True Blood, is getting set to bring two new sci-fi series to its lineup.
The first is Humanitas, described as being set in a time when major advances in medicine have created dilemmas for doctors and fanned fears that a devastating pandemic is imminent. The theme of the show will be about the cutting edge of medicine and the ethical and moral dilemmas raised by science’s ever-advancing ability to manipulate genetics.
The second is The World Inside, an adaptation of Robert Silverberg’s famed 1971 sci-fi novel. The story takes place in the year 2381 at a time when the world is grossly overpopulated with 75 billion people that live in isolated 1000 story buildings, with the exception of those who grow the food. Society is an open culture of free sex and unrestricted population growth. The story follows a restless computer engineer who begins to think unblessworthy thoughts of making a trip outside which risks the severest of punishment.
X-Files executive producer/writer Frank Spotnitz has been tapped to develop both series. He has reportedly already turned in the first draft script for Humanitas.
“You don’t have to invent much for this topic to be terrifying,” he said. “Viruses can mutate so quickly,” he said. “This is a war without end.”
Spotnitz is co-writing the The World Inside script with the creative consultant of The L Word, Adam Rapp.
“I’m not usually attracted to dystopian stories,” Spotnitz says, “but the more I read this novel the more I saw its relevance to our world today.”
No release or production dates have been announced.
Source: Variety
August 19th, 2009 at 11:30 am
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