Sam Esmail, creator of ‘Mr. Robot’, had been working for some time on a television adaptation of ‘Metropolis’, the revolutionary science fiction film directed by fritz lang in 1927, which correctly foreshadowed a multitude of details that were arriving over the years. And I say wore because Apple TV + has mercilessly canceled it despite the fact that at the time it had given the green light to this miniseries.
Sam Esmail’s ruined dream
In fact, Esmail’s team was already preparing for the filming of the series to start in the near future in Australia, but the uncertainty suffered by Hollywood due to the writers’ strike it was causing pre-production costs to skyrocket and Apple has made the tough decision not to go through with it.
This has been a heavy blow especially for Esmail, as he has spent several years a miniseries that was to consist of eight episodes, all of them written and directed by him. He has been left with honey on his lips, because in this case it is not that the project has been paralyzed to be resumed later, as has happened with a multitude of titles during this writers’ strike. This means death for this adaptation of ‘Metropolis’.
briana middleton (‘The Tender Bar’) was going to be its lead and Esmail had also decided that Lindy Booth (‘Dawn of the Dead’) gave life to one of the main characters, but this new version of what is probably the most important dystopian film in cinema history will end up being part of that long list of very promising projects that never came. to be done.
Yes indeed, This does not mean that Apple ceases its commitment to science fictionWell, just a few days ago he renewed ‘Silo’, one of the few series of 2023 that critics and the public have agreed on how good it is.
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