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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsTwo classic science fiction books coming to...uh oh.
The SyFy channel.
Two classic sci-fi novels are in the works at Syfy. The network is developing miniseries projects based on Larry Nivens Ringworld and Arthur C. Clarkes Childhoods End.
Michael Perry (The River, Paranormal Activity 2) is adapting Ringworld as a four-hour miniseries. The story follows a team of explorers that travel to the farthest reaches of space to investigate an alien artifact called Ringworld an artificial habitat the size of one million Earths. As they crash land on this enormous structure, they discover the remnants of ancient civilizations, technology beyond their wildest dreams, mysteries that shed light on the very origins of man and, most importantly, a possible salvation for a doomed Earth.
For Ringworld fans, this news might cause some deja vu. Syfy previously considered making a Ringworld miniseries under a different production team nine years ago.
Childhoods End will be executive produced by Michael DeLuca (The Social Network) and follows a peaceful alien invasion of Earth by the mysterious Overlords, whose arrival ends all war and turns the planet into a near-utopia.
http://insidetv.ew.com/2013/04/10/ringworld-syfy/
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(46,700 posts)OriginalGeek
(12,132 posts)their original movies are laughably horrible and they cancel any series that gets good
but like the good little geek that I am, I'll watch both these anyway.
olddots
(10,237 posts)even with all the technical magic Ringworld is huge