Syfy has
announced a partnership with Ridley Scott's Scott Free Production to adapt
Arthur C. Clarke's 1986 novel, 3001: The Final Odyssey into a miniseries.
3001 is Clarke's
final entry in the Odyssey novel series (001: A Space Odyssey, 2010: Odyssey
Two, 2061: Odyssey Three), and it starts "with the
discovery of Frank Poole’s frozen body, floating in space, 3001: The
Final Odyssey offers an extraordinary range of complex characters with
conflicting agendas, stunning visuals, and dark thematic meditations on the
final fate of all Humankind."
RIDLEY
SCOTT, SCOTT FREE TO EXECUTIVE PRODUCE; STUART BEATTIE TO WRITE AND EXECUTIVE
PRODUCE
NEW
YORK—November 3, 2014—Syfy announced today that it is working with Scott
Free Productions and Warner Horizon Television to adapt the Arthur C. Clarke
novel 3001: The Final Odyssey into a miniseries. Stuart
Beattie (Pirates of the Caribbean, Collateral) will write the adaptation
and serve as executive producer along with Scott Free’s Ridley Scott and David
W. Zucker. Clayton Krueger will serve as co-executive producer.
An epic
story of a man lost in time, Arthur C. Clarke’s final “Odyssey” book resolves
the tale that was begun in 2001: A Space Odyssey. Beginning with
the discovery of Frank Poole’s frozen body, floating in space, 3001:
The Final Odyssey offers an extraordinary range of complex characters
with conflicting agendas, stunning visuals, and dark thematic meditations on
the final fate of all Humankind.
Arthur C.
Clarke’s “Odyssey” series spanned over 30 years, with the initial publication
of “2001” in 1968, and the final “3001” 1997. The original film, directed
by Stanley Kubrick, is an Academy Award winning classic, and “2010” was the
only other of the novels to be filmed. The estates of both Kubrick and
Clarke have offered their full support for “3001: The Final Odyssey.”
“I have
always been a fan of Clarke’s extraordinary ‘Odyssey’ series, and certainly
Kubrick’s adaptation of 2001. I am thrilled to be part of bringing that
legacy to audiences and continuing the great cinematic tradition that this
story and its creators deserve,” said Ridley Scott.
“Arthur
C. Clarke is the father of modern science fiction,” said Syfy President
Dave Howe. “We couldn’t be more excited to be working with Scott Free and
Warner Horizon Television to bring to the screen, for the very first time, the
final chapter of this extraordinary masterpiece.”
The
announcement comes on the heels of Syfy announcing the greenlight of
another Arthur C. Classic novel, Childhood’s End, which begins
production later this year.
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