After his Southern Reach Trilogy, which kicked off with Annihilation (the basis for Alex Garland’s same-titled film), author Jeff VanderMeer published the novel Borne in 2017, launching a storytelling universe set in a postapocalyptic world overrun by biotechnology.
That initial novel spawned the shorter tales The Strange Bird and Dead Astronauts, and Deadline reports today that AMC Studios has acquired the TV rights to the Borne universe.
The plan is to turn the stores into a television series, naturally, and the site also notes that “VanderMeer will serve as an executive producer and creative consultant on the project.”
“Borne tells the story of Rachel who, surviving as a scavenger in a ruined city of the future destroyed by an evil company, discovers a mysterious creature she longs to keep despite her companion’s warnings and her own reservations.”
“The Borne Universe is a totally unique piece of IP and Jeff has created a vivid postapocalyptic world with enormous opportunity for a visual medium like television,” said Ben Davis, executive vice president of programming for AMC Studios.
