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Amazon is dramatically ramping up its production for next year, moving forward with three new high-concept series, Variety has learned. These new efforts represent a significant production investment from the studio, which is currently in preproduction, production or post on 67 TV series and 20 movies around the world.
The streaming service is developing the following:
• “Lazarus,” based on a comic book by Greg Rucka (“Marvel’s Jessica Jones”), is set in an alternative near future, where the world has been divided among 16 rival families, who run their territories in a feudal system. Each family has allies and enemies among the other families. To crush uprisings and fight wars, most families have a Lazarus: a one-person kill squad.
Rucka serves as writer and executive producer on “Lazarus,” along with Michael Lark (“Captain America: The Winter Soldier”) and Angela Cheng Caplan.
• “Snow Crash,” which is based on Neal Stephenson’s cult novel, is a one-hour science fiction drama set in futuristic America. In reality, Hiro Protagonist delivers pizza for Uncle Enzo’s CosoNostra Pizza Inc., but in the Metaverse he’s a warrior prince. Plunging headlong into the enigma of a new computer virus that’s striking down hackers everywhere, he races along the neon-lit streets on a search-and-destroy mission for the shadowy virtual villain.
A co-production with Paramount Television, “Snow Crash” is executive produced by Joe Cornish (“Ant-Man”) and Frank Marshall (“Back to the Future”).
• “Ringworld,” a co-production with MGM, is based on Larry Niven’s sci-fi book series from the 70’s. It tells the story of Louis Gridley Wu, a bored man celebrating his 200th birthday in a technologically-advanced, future Earth. Upon being offered one of the open positions on a voyage, Louis joins a young woman and two aliens to explore Ringworld, the remote artificial ring beyond “Known Space.”
Not bad, but maybe we're all better off going outside to play.
(Score: 3, Informative) by takyon on Sunday October 01 2017, @04:40PM (3 children)
From the trailer I watched it didn't look as good as the short-lived 2001 series [wikipedia.org].
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday October 01 2017, @06:34PM
And at least the pilot had what's his name (the original tick) involved as a producer or executive producer or something. Might even have done some narrative work (I forget)
Regardless, while it is a new and different cast, I've found the new one just as comedic although more as a comedic superhero drama, rather than a superhero sitcom. So it really qualifies more as an alternative to the animated tick series than the original live action tick series.
I do hope they bring back batmanuel and company though. Some of those other superheroes were just CRAZY, especially batmanuels car.
(Score: 3, Informative) by RamiK on Sunday October 01 2017, @09:40PM
The new series is scripted better. Arthur's charterer is especially well developed and gives the whole show actual dramatic tension for the jokes to crack and for the plot to develop from. And when the protagonists and villains get actual depth, the humor gets darker, more surreal and absurd in a satisfying way.
Well, I won't spoil it or review it anymore than this based only on the 6 episodes we got so far, but I really suggest you ignore the trailers and watch the first two episodes at least to form a more informed opinion. I'd personally avoid comparing it to the previous series at least until the first season is complete.
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(Score: 3, Informative) by Taibhsear on Monday October 02 2017, @04:19PM
I actually liked the new one. I was sad that I burned through it so quickly so I went back and rewatched the 2001 series. The new one is definitely better. It has way better production value, plotlines, and character development, and a bit less campy. The jokes don't feel as forced as the 2001 series.