Legendary TV To Adapt ‘Seveneves’ Sci-Fi Novel For Small Screen; Allison Friedman To Executive Produce
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: Legendary Television has acquired the television rights to adaptSeveneves by Hugo Award winner Neal Stephenson.
FormerColor Force executive Allison Friedman (The Mortuary Collection) will executive produce. Seveneves follows how the best scientific minds come to the same conclusion after a meteor shatters the moon into seven pieces: in two years’ time, all humans on Earth will be destroyed by a “hard rain” that will make the planet uninhabitable.
In a feverish race against the inevitable, nations around the globe band together to devise a plan to ensure survival for humanity, initiating a new chapter for mankind.
Seveneves was published in 2015 by William Morrow. It won the Prometheus Award for Best Novel and was picked by President Obama for his Summer Reading List.
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