Instead of remaking the cult sci fi thriller 12 Monkeys as a feature film, Syfy is moving forward with a TV series based on the property.
Original producers of the 1995 cult hit Charles Roven and Richard Suckle brought the project to the network, with Terry Matalas and Travis Fickett serving as writers.
The original movie followed a convicted criminal in a post-apocalyptic future where the Earth's population is forced to live underground after a deadly virus. In a bid to earn a pardon, he uses an imperfect science of time travel to help collect information on the virus released by the Army of the Twelve Monkeys.
Jon Cassar will direct the 90-minute pilot, which will lead directly into a series if it is picked up. The pilot is already written, with the rest of the first season being mapped out.
No story details were released. The episode order will be short,...
Original producers of the 1995 cult hit Charles Roven and Richard Suckle brought the project to the network, with Terry Matalas and Travis Fickett serving as writers.
The original movie followed a convicted criminal in a post-apocalyptic future where the Earth's population is forced to live underground after a deadly virus. In a bid to earn a pardon, he uses an imperfect science of time travel to help collect information on the virus released by the Army of the Twelve Monkeys.
Jon Cassar will direct the 90-minute pilot, which will lead directly into a series if it is picked up. The pilot is already written, with the rest of the first season being mapped out.
No story details were released. The episode order will be short,...
- 7/22/2013
- by MovieWeb
- MovieWeb
Instead of remaking the cult sci fi thriller 12 Monkeys as a feature film, Syfy is moving forward with a TV series based on the property.
Original producers of the 1995 cult hit Charles Roven and Richard Suckle brought the project to the network, with Terry Matalas and Travis Fickett serving as writers.
The original movie followed a convicted criminal in a post-apocalyptic future where the Earth's population is forced to live underground after a deadly virus. In a bid to earn a pardon, he uses an imperfect science of time travel to help collect information on the virus released by the Army of the Twelve Monkeys.
Jon Cassar will direct the 90-minute pilot, which will lead directly into a series if it is picked up. The pilot is already written, with the rest of the first season being mapped out.
No story details were released. The episode order will be short,...
Original producers of the 1995 cult hit Charles Roven and Richard Suckle brought the project to the network, with Terry Matalas and Travis Fickett serving as writers.
The original movie followed a convicted criminal in a post-apocalyptic future where the Earth's population is forced to live underground after a deadly virus. In a bid to earn a pardon, he uses an imperfect science of time travel to help collect information on the virus released by the Army of the Twelve Monkeys.
Jon Cassar will direct the 90-minute pilot, which will lead directly into a series if it is picked up. The pilot is already written, with the rest of the first season being mapped out.
No story details were released. The episode order will be short,...
- 7/22/2013
- by MovieWeb
- MovieWeb
A visionary filmmaker, Gilliam has few competitors in terms of sheer inventiveness and visual imagination. In each of his films, he constructs a universe that overwhelms the senses with bravura production design, but in the process neglects dramatic logic and narrative coherence, basic principles that would make his stories more involving and meaningful. Gilliam’s work is long on sensibility, short on sense.
A dark and somber sci-fier in the mold of “Blade Runner,” Terry Gilliam’s “12 Monkeys” is a spectacular mess, an excessively complicated film that attempts to be timely by blending a “virus” thriller with a post-apocalyptic anti-science drama. Gilliam’s seventh feature is neither as visually compelling as “Brazil” nor as emotionally gripping as “The Fisher King.” A cast boasting two of Hollywood’s hottest stars, Bruce Willis and Brad Pitt, should elevate pic’s visibility in the crowded holiday season, but ambitious, big-budget effort will ultimately prove a B.
A dark and somber sci-fier in the mold of “Blade Runner,” Terry Gilliam’s “12 Monkeys” is a spectacular mess, an excessively complicated film that attempts to be timely by blending a “virus” thriller with a post-apocalyptic anti-science drama. Gilliam’s seventh feature is neither as visually compelling as “Brazil” nor as emotionally gripping as “The Fisher King.” A cast boasting two of Hollywood’s hottest stars, Bruce Willis and Brad Pitt, should elevate pic’s visibility in the crowded holiday season, but ambitious, big-budget effort will ultimately prove a B.
- 12/22/1995
- by Emanuel Levy
- Variety Film + TV
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