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Mr. Robot creator Sam Esmail is adding yet another project to his résumé. The writer-director is readying miniseries Metropolis based on Fritz Lang's classic 1927 sci-fi film, The Hollywood Reporter has learned. The project is being developed at Universal Cable Productions, where Esmail has a seven-figure overall deal. UCP declined comment.
Insiders add that the studio isn't aiming to launch the miniseries for another two to three years.
Like the original film, the small-screen adaptation will take place in a future society where wealthy industrialists rule the vast city from high-rise tower complexes, while a lower class of underground-dwelling workers toil constantly to operate the machines that provide its power. Risking everything they know, two star crossed lovers from opposite sides of the divide must find a way to bring down the whole system.
Sources say UCP is preparing to spend a hefty $10 million per episode, and that while the studio normally prioritizes its portfolio of networks (USA Network, Syfy, Bravo, E!, etc.), there is no mandate to go to the NBCUniversal-owned nets first.
Insiders add that the studio isn't aiming to launch the miniseries for another two to three years.
Like the original film, the small-screen adaptation will take place in a future society where wealthy industrialists rule the vast city from high-rise tower complexes, while a lower class of underground-dwelling workers toil constantly to operate the machines that provide its power. Risking everything they know, two star crossed lovers from opposite sides of the divide must find a way to bring down the whole system.
Sources say UCP is preparing to spend a hefty $10 million per episode, and that while the studio normally prioritizes its portfolio of networks (USA Network, Syfy, Bravo, E!, etc.), there is no mandate to go to the NBCUniversal-owned nets first.
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EXCLUSIVE: In a very competitive situation, with multiple film and TV studios and producers pursuing, we hear that Universal Cable Prods. has landed the rights to Gimlet Media’s breakout new fictional podcast, Homecoming, for Mr. Robot creator/executive producer Sam Esmail to develop as a TV series via his overall deal at the studio. Anonymous Content, which produces Mr. Robot with UCP, also is coming on board to produce.
We hear major A-list actors, including some who have not yet done television before, are already circling the hot project, which is being packaged for sale to premium cable and SVOD buyers and is expected to be taken out to market early in 2017.
Presented in a collage of telephone calls, therapy sessions, and overheard conversations, the Homecoming podcast, whose star cast is led by Catherine Keener and also includes Oscar Isaac, David Schwimmer, Amy Sedaris, and David Cross, is a political thriller that centers on a caseworker (Keener) at a secret government facility, her ambitious supervisor (Schwimmer), and a soldier desperate to rejoin civilian life (Isaacs).
We hear major A-list actors, including some who have not yet done television before, are already circling the hot project, which is being packaged for sale to premium cable and SVOD buyers and is expected to be taken out to market early in 2017.
Presented in a collage of telephone calls, therapy sessions, and overheard conversations, the Homecoming podcast, whose star cast is led by Catherine Keener and also includes Oscar Isaac, David Schwimmer, Amy Sedaris, and David Cross, is a political thriller that centers on a caseworker (Keener) at a secret government facility, her ambitious supervisor (Schwimmer), and a soldier desperate to rejoin civilian life (Isaacs).
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