Mr. Robot creator Sam Esmail is heading up a TV adaptation of Fritz Lang's Metropolis for Apple TV Plus as part of his overall deal with Universal Content Productions.
According to Deadline, the streamer has handed a series order to the long-in-development project, with Esmail taking the helm as showrunner. He will be in charge of writing and directing every single episode of the small screen adaptation, which he will also executive produce in tandem with his Esmail Corp production partner Chad Hamilton.
Plot details are being kept under wraps for now, though the 1927 film on which the series is based was widely lauded for its impressive visual design and effects, which helped to present the vision of a future society divided by class warfare, with the rich elite living in the towering skyscrapers of Metropolis, and the lowly workers toiling below.
The upcoming TV series has had quite a long gestation period as the project first went into development with Esmail at UCP in late 2016. The Metropolis miniseries made headlines shortly thereafter but then it fell silent for some time, up until last year when it was reported that Esmail had been busy working on the pilot script for the show.
The original Metropolis movie was directed by Lang and written by Thea Von Harbou from her 1925 novel of the same name. The silent science-fiction film continues to make an impact and has inspired countless other sci-fi projects both onscreen and off, prevailing as one of those rare features that truly does get better and more relevant with age.
Adele Ankers-Range is a freelance writer for IGN. Follow her on Twitter.
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According to Deadline, the streamer has handed a series order to the long-in-development project, with Esmail taking the helm as showrunner. He will be in charge of writing and directing every single episode of the small screen adaptation, which he will also executive produce in tandem with his Esmail Corp production partner Chad Hamilton.
Plot details are being kept under wraps for now, though the 1927 film on which the series is based was widely lauded for its impressive visual design and effects, which helped to present the vision of a future society divided by class warfare, with the rich elite living in the towering skyscrapers of Metropolis, and the lowly workers toiling below.
The upcoming TV series has had quite a long gestation period as the project first went into development with Esmail at UCP in late 2016. The Metropolis miniseries made headlines shortly thereafter but then it fell silent for some time, up until last year when it was reported that Esmail had been busy working on the pilot script for the show.
The original Metropolis movie was directed by Lang and written by Thea Von Harbou from her 1925 novel of the same name. The silent science-fiction film continues to make an impact and has inspired countless other sci-fi projects both onscreen and off, prevailing as one of those rare features that truly does get better and more relevant with age.
Adele Ankers-Range is a freelance writer for IGN. Follow her on Twitter.
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