Joseph Baxter Jan 15, 2018
Channel 4 will adapt Monsters, the 2010 sci-fi thriller from Star Wars: Rogue One director Gareth Edwards, as a TV series...
Director Gareth Edwards, who impressed skeptical audiences with his work on the 2016 mega-franchise’s inaugural spinoff film, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, hit the ground running back in 2010 with his feature debut, Monsters. Now, the sci-fi film, which delivered on its billing, will be brought to the forefront, with Channel 4 looking to adapt it as a television series.
The network, along with the film’s original production company, Vertigo Films, is reviving Edwards’s well-regarded sci-fi thriller for the small screen with global distribution ambitions, reports Deadline. Indeed, the endeavor, headed by Channel 4’s head of international drama, Simon Maxwell, has already spawned talks with U.S. streaming providers such as Netflix and Amazon to carry the series once its comes to fruition. Channel 4 successfully achieved...
Channel 4 will adapt Monsters, the 2010 sci-fi thriller from Star Wars: Rogue One director Gareth Edwards, as a TV series...
Director Gareth Edwards, who impressed skeptical audiences with his work on the 2016 mega-franchise’s inaugural spinoff film, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, hit the ground running back in 2010 with his feature debut, Monsters. Now, the sci-fi film, which delivered on its billing, will be brought to the forefront, with Channel 4 looking to adapt it as a television series.
The network, along with the film’s original production company, Vertigo Films, is reviving Edwards’s well-regarded sci-fi thriller for the small screen with global distribution ambitions, reports Deadline. Indeed, the endeavor, headed by Channel 4’s head of international drama, Simon Maxwell, has already spawned talks with U.S. streaming providers such as Netflix and Amazon to carry the series once its comes to fruition. Channel 4 successfully achieved...
- 1/12/2018
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