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Michael Crichton’s ‘Sphere’ Became a 1998 Movie and Now It’s Getting an HBO Television Series
Michael Crichton‘s 1987 novel Sphere became the feature film Sphere back in 1998, and THR is reporting today that the book is now being turned into a TV series over at HBO.
Denise Thé (“Westworld”) has been set as the show-runner of the series, and she’l also be executive producing alongside Lisa Joy and Jonathan Nolan and Team Downey.
THR explains, “The potential series will plunge viewers 1,000 feet into the ocean, where a group of scientists confronts the surreal, beautiful, and deadly mysteries of the universe, only to find the people closest to us may prove to be the most alien.”
Barry Levinson directed the 1998 movie, which starred Samuel L. Jackson, Dustin Hoffman and Sharon Stone. It made less money at the box office than it cost to make, so Sphere isn’t exactly the hottest of properties for HBO to get their hands on. But they obviously see huge potential in the property, so we’re excited to see what they’re able to do with the tale.
Warner Bros. Television is behind this latest adaptation of the sci-fi/thriller novel.
Last week we learned that Steve Buscemi had joined the cast of “Wednesday” Season 2 at Netflix, and Variety lets us know that Thandiwe Newton (“Westworld”) has also signed on.
Jenna Ortega is back as Wednesday Addams in the upcoming second season of Netflix’s “Wednesday,” with Steve Buscemi playing the new principal of Nevermore Academy.
Jenna Ortega stars in the hit series as Wednesday Addams, with Luis Guzmán playing Gomez and Catherine Zeta-Jones playing Morticia in Tim Burton’s Netflix series. Christina Ricci also appears in the show, playing a brand new role, with Fred Armisen as Uncle Fester.
“Wednesday” is described as “a sleuthing, supernaturally infused mystery charting Wednesday Addams’ years as a student at Nevermore Academy.” The series follows…
“Wednesday’s attempts to master her emerging psychic ability, thwart a monstrous killing spree that has terrorized the local town, and solve the supernatural mystery that embroiled her parents 25 years ago — all while navigating her new and very tangled relationships.”
Alfred Gough and Miles Millar (“Smallville”) are the writers and showrunners, with Tim Burton executive producing and directing several episodes of the show’s debut season.
We don’t know much about “Wednesday” Season 2 at the moment but Jenna Ortega has promised that the new season will be “bolder” and darker than the first season of the series.
“We’ve decided we want to lean into the horror more,” Ortega said last year.
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