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posted by cmn32480 on Thursday June 18 2015, @08:33AM   Printer-friendly
from the books-to-mini-series dept.

Long regarded as a tentpole of modern science fiction, Hyperion starts out as a sci-fi take on The Canterbury Tales, featuring a main cast of seven characters brought together on a pilgrimage to the dwelling of an inscrutable killing machine called "The Shrike." The book is the first in a loose series, being followed by its direct sequel Fall of Hyperion, and then two other books set hundreds of years later, Endymion and Rise of Endymion. The series is collectively referred to as "The Hyperion Cantos."

"Set on the eve of Armageddon with the entire galaxy at war, Hyperion is the story of seven pilgrims who set forth on a voyage to seek the answers to the unsolved riddles of their lives," reads the press release. "Each carries a desperate hope and a terrible secret—while one may hold the fate of humanity in his hands."

The adaptation will be produced by American Sniper’s Bradley Cooper, who according to Screenrant cowrote a spec script for the project back in 2011. Joining Cooper as executive producers will be Graham King (Argo, The Departed) and Todd Phillips (The Hangover). Boardwalk Empire writer Itamar Moses will be penning the script.


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  • (Score: 1) by khallow on Thursday June 18 2015, @08:26PM

    by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Thursday June 18 2015, @08:26PM (#197963) Journal

    His quasi-religious stance in real life quite honestly put me off, and I haven't bought any of his work in a long time.

    I never understood that. One can't catch Mormon cooties just from reading his stuff. And there's plenty of sci fi/fantasy writers who'll abuse the reader to at least the same extent. I still remember "Mostly Harmless", which I gather was a Douglass Adams act of revenge on his publisher with the reader caught in the crossfire.