We have another novel-to-film adaptation to anticipate:
AMC plans Mars mission
Hensleigh aboard for series based on sci-fi novel
By Kimberly Nordyke
Oct 3, 2008, 01:00 AM ETThere might be a green light in the red planet’s future.
Cable network AMC is looking to outer space as it beefs up its programing slate, developing a series project with writer/executive producer Jonathan Hensleigh (“Armageddon”) based on the sci-fi novel “Red Mars.”
“Mars,” a 1992 novel by Kim Stanley Robinson, chronicles the inhabitants of the first human colony on the planet.
“This fits in with our bigger vision of wanting series that feel like cinematic one-hour movies,” said Christina Wayne, senior vice president original series and miniseries at AMC. “We’re always looking for big genres but to do them in slightly different ways so they feel fresh and new,” she added, noting as examples the network’s Western mini “Broken Trail” and crime-themed series “Breaking Bad.”
Jeremy Elice, vice president original programing series, added that the project will be character-driven. “It’s not the spectacle of sci-fi that you typically see,” he said.
If they don’t do that book justice, I’m gonna ask Krazy Joe to loan me his junk punching powers.