Darren Aronofsky To Adapt ‘MaddAddam’ Book Trilogy For HBO
By Germain Lussier/June 4, 2014 3:15 pm EST
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The series is by Margaret Atwood and is called the MaddAddam trilogy. It centers on a futuristic world where corporations rule and a “waterless flood” wipes out most of humanity.
Deadline broke the news of the deal, which is the first of the first look deal Aronofsky’s company, Protozoa Pictures, signed with HBO in January. The director is signed on as an executive producer and might direct some of the episodes.
That sounds like the start of a big, sweeping, epic sci-fi story which would make for a great HBO series. Plus, unlike another HBO series based on novels, this trilogy is now complete.
Oryx and Crake is at once an unforgettable love story and a compelling vision of the future. Snowman, known as Jimmy before mankind was overwhelmed by a plague, is struggling to survive in a world where he may be the last human, and mourning the loss of his best friend, Crake, and the beautiful and elusive Oryx whom they both loved. In search of answers, Snowman embarks on a journey–with the help of the green-eyed Children of Crake–through the lush wilderness that was so recently a great city, until powerful corporations took mankind on an uncontrolled genetic engineering ride. Margaret Atwood projects us into a near future that is both all too familiar and beyond our imagining.
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