Hello World Posted February 21, 2018 Share Posted February 21, 2018 Amazon Studios to Adapt Consider Phlebas, First Novel of the Culture Series, for Television Quote SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 21, 2018-- (NASDAQ: AMZN)—Amazon Studios today announced it has acquired the global television rights to the Culture’s first novel Consider Phlebas. The famed space opera by Scottish writer Iain M. Banks features Banks’ fictional interstellar utopian society, the Culture. The series will be adapted by Dennis Kelly (Utopia, Matilda) with Plan B Entertainment (World War Z, 12 Years a Slave, The Big Short, Moonlight, Feud) slated to produce and the Estate of Iain Banks attached as Executive Producer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpaceChampion Posted February 21, 2018 Share Posted February 21, 2018 Wow. Still the only Culture novel I've read, I better read some more! From the maker of Utopia... seems like a good fit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hello World Posted February 21, 2018 Author Share Posted February 21, 2018 Yeah, I had forgotten about Utopia until you pointed it out. That show was awesome. Jeff Bezzos tweeted about this calling the series one of his favorites. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red snow Posted February 21, 2018 Share Posted February 21, 2018 It's about time someone listened to the forum's constant "why don't they adapt the culture novels". Having the creator of utopia and funding from Amazon can only be a good thing. Plenty of other books to adapt if successful. A season per book would make for an impressve anthology series with an overall continuity rather than completely reinventing itself. There seems to be some serious money going into SFF of late - shame they are all a couple of years down the line. It's good to see that the streaming networks aren't going for obvious "what's like GOT" but more "what other genre SFF have great sales and franchise potential". It's more risky upfront but the rewards if they take off are much stronger. I suspect there's only so much room for GOT style shows like LOTR, conan and Witcher. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Richard II Posted February 21, 2018 Share Posted February 21, 2018 Ugh, I can hear the idiots complaining about what a Halo rip off this is already. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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