By Anthony D'Alessandro Editorial Director/Box Office Editor EXCLUSIVE: We hear that Amazon Studios and Hillman Grad are developing a series based on Neil Paik’s Six by Eight Press short story Reawakening, following a competitive situation for the property.
Paik is adapting his story for the screen and will serve as co-executive producer, with executive producers Lena Waithe and Rishi Rajani for Hillman Grad.
The project falls under Waithe’s overall deal with Amazon Studios. Reawakening follows a brother and sister who are torn apart by violence.
They find themselves on opposite sides of a large-scale conflict between refugees from Earth and the native inhabitants of an utopian planet.
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