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Real science fiction on TV at last?
I’m not sure where the story originated (I got it from a listserver post), but it sounds exciting:
ABC Orders Masters Of SF
ABC has given a green light to the SF anthology TV series Masters of Science Fiction, which will present works of well-known authors such as Ray Bradbury and Isaac Asimov, Variety reported.
IDT Entertainment and Industry Entertainment, which produced the 13-episode anthology Masters of Horror for Showtime, are behind the science fiction version as well. ABC has ordered four episodes, but IDT and Industry plan to go ahead and produce at least six episodes and as many as 13.
Writer Michael Tolkin (The Rapture) is already on board to adapt and direct an episode, while the producers are also in talks to produce works such as Harlan Ellison’s “The Discarded” and Asimov’s “The Last Question.” IDT and Industry also hope to sign Bradbury to adapt his “Dark They Were, and Golden-Eyed.”
Morris Berger, Steve Brown and John Hyde will executive-produce for IDT, as will Industry’s Keith Addis, Brad Mendelsohn and Andrew Deane.
IDT and Industry hope to start production on Masters of Science Fiction in Vancouver this May. The producers said they can start delivering the series to ABC by the middle of June, making a summer launch a possibility. The project is targeted to air in the 2006-07 TV season.
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