Fox is working on a show called Terra Nova, a drama that will follow a family from 100 years in the future that travels back in time 150 million years to deal with the problems of prehistoric Earth. Variety reports that they’re looking to bring some huge names on the project as executive producers, namely Steven Spielberg and Peter Chernin, but nothing’s set in stone just yet.
Apparently the show will use such huge sets and costly effects work that they’re looking to greenlight it directly rather than shooting a pilot, because the shutting down of the production would cost too much money. Yes, that means that you’ll likely see plenty of dinosaurs and other prehistoric beings, something that they would clearly want Spielberg to be associated with.
The show was written by Craig Silverstein and Kelly Marcel from the latter’s idea. Silverstein is also involved with creating a pilot for the La Femme Nikita remake for the CW.
The quest for a showrunner continues, but if Spielberg gets on board with Terra Nova expect to hear much more about this project very soon.
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This is indeed a disturbing universe…
CANNOT WAIT to watch B-list actors fake run with green screens behind them. Now THAT'S entertainment.
Stephen doing dinosaurs on tv is strangely unexciting to me now that I've seen Stephen doing Aliens on tv. I don't even remember how Taken ended… only that I wished it had happened much sooner. One has to wonder how much input he has once his name is slapped on as a producer credit. Oh well… there's always Animaniacs!
I can already see the future of this show: cancelled after 13 episodes, or runing on so long that it becomes awful(er).
Earth 2…remember your failure at Earth 2…
What are "the problems of prehistoric earth" they have to deal? Animals trying to survive? Volcanic activity? Kill the future primates while rescuing an endangered species?
Another La Femme Nikita remake? Oy.
@# 6: The problem that it exists. The family is a fundamentalist christian family, a low ranking politician father, his wife the stay at home mom, and their 5 homeschooled children. Their main concern is attempting to convince the dinosaurs and cave men that they are merely fictitious creations of Satan.
Fun for the whole family! (rated TV MA)
Umm, didn't dinosaurs go extinct around 65 million years ago? not 50
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