![]() ![]() The City Watch, or The Watch, is a proposed 13-episode TV series based on the Discworld novels by Terry Pratchett, specifically those dealing with the Ankh-Morpork City Watch under the command of Sam Vimes. The majority of projects under option never reach the screen, but it's still an essential first step in that process.ĭiscworld: The City Watch by Terry Pratchettīased on Guards! Guards! (1989) and numerous sequels Options can be anything from fairly speculative to very serious, "this is going to happen" developments. These books have had an option taken out on them by a studio or production company, meaning that the company has put a hold on the project and given the author some money whilst they consider the project further with potential writers or directors. Straczynski previously developed a long, political subplot about Mars as part of Babylon 5, so is familiar with the Red Planet. Michael Straczynski ( Babylon 5, Crusade, Jeremiah, Sense8) to adapt the novel. ![]() Spike TV is an unusual choice for this project, but, excitingly, they have tapped American SF scriptwriter J. ![]() This leads to tensions and an attempted revolution that goes badly wrong. Spanning 200 years, the books chronicle the colonisation of Mars, its industrial exploitation and terraforming, and the dumping of millions of refugees in a futile attempt to relieve Earth's burgeoning overpopulation as the melting Antarctic ice cap threatens to swamp the planet. With The Martian finally proving that it is possible to make a successful, hit movie about the Red Planet, Spike TV has fast-tracked their TV adaptation of Kim Stanley Robinson's Mars Trilogy. It's unclear if this will be a totally new story with new characters, or will be a direct adaptation of one of the many bestselling novels in the setting (my vote would be for The Crystal Shard by R.A. Hasbro and Warner Brothers hope to develop the Dungeons and Dragons name into a Marvel-style multiverse where many different films can coexist, so there's rather a lot riding on the film. This new movie will be set in the Forgotten Realms campaign setting (the most detailed fantasy world ever created) and is apparently being fast-tracked for release in the next three years. Hasbro had been fighting a legal battle with Sweetpea Entertainment for the past three years over who owns the movie and TV rights to the Dungeons and Dragons roleplaying game until, rather unexpectedly, they made peace through the medium of money and, mutually and swiftly, joined forces with Warner Brothers to develop a new film. Based on the Dungeons and Dragons campaign setting (1987-present) ![]()
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