‘Brave New World’ Series Being Developed by Spielberg’s Amblin TV for Syfy

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The two companies are currently working in development on a series adaptation of Aldous Huxley’s famous dystopian novel, Brave New World. This will be the first time the two names have worked together since 2003’s Steven Spielberg Presents: Taken – which won the 2003 Emmy for Best Miniseries, as well as six nominations in other categories. Darryl Frank and Justin Falvey of Amblin TV will executive produce the series, with Les Bohem (Steven Spielberg Presents: Taken) writing the screenplay and executive producing.

For those out there who don’t know, Brave New World takes place in a future world without war, poverty, or disease – one where humans are provided with mind-altering drugs as free sex and egregious amounts of consumerism have become the daily lifestyle. Humans no longer reproduce and instead are genetically-engineered in “hatcheries.” Anyone who rebels are put into “reservations”, until one of the “savages” decides to rise up and try to take down the entire social order. The novel was published in 1932 and remains one of the most influential English-speaking novels of all time.

Dave Howe, President of Syfy and Chiller commented on the news as follows:

“‘Brave New World’ is one of the most influential genre classics of all time. Its provocative vision of a future gone awry remains as powerful and as timeless as ever. Promising to be a monumental television event, ‘Brave New World’ is precisely the groundbreaking programming that is becoming the hallmark of Syfy.”

http://screenrant.com/brave-new-world-tv-show-syfy-spielberg/

[shenmue]

1. Yes!

[TexasBushwhacker]

2. Great timing

considering that the GOP thinks they are Alphas and they yreat everyone else like Epsilons.

[FM451]

3. Brave New World has already been done twice...

In 1980, it was presented as a 3 hour TV Movie (cut from an originally planned 4 hour miniseries). It starred Keir Dullea, Julie Cobb, Bud Cort, and the late Marcia Strassman. Great lineup of 70s era TV and film actors! I got a bootleg copy on IOFFER, enjoyed it very much.


Another version came in the late nineties, with the late Leonard Nimoy.


Look forward to this new version.