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‘The Man Who Fell To Earth’ Moves To Showtime From Paramount+

posted 3 years ago by Satan2016 (25525)
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https://deadline.com/2021/03/the-man-who-fell-to-earth-moves-to-showtime-from-paramount-1234716517/

The Chiwetel Ejiofor-fronted drama, which is based on the Walter Tevis novel and the cult classic 1976 film starring David Bowie, is moving from Paramount+ to Showtime and comes after Deadline revealed that Halo made the reverse switch.

It is the third home for the project, which comes from Alex Kurtzman, Jenny Lumet and John Hlavin. The series was originally set up in development at Hulu, before seguing to CBS All Access, nee Paramount+, before its latest move to the premium cable network.

The series will launch in 2022 with production set to begin in London in April.

It follows a new alien character who arrives on Earth at a turning point in human evolution and must confront his own past to determine our future.

Kurtzman and Lumet are writing and executive producing the series and will serve as showrunners alongside John Hlavin.

[–] Satan2016 (25525) 3 years ago

See Chiwetel Ejiofor and Naomie Harris in new take on David Bowie cult classic The Man Who Fell to Earth
https://ew.com/tv/the-man-who-fell-to-earth-first-look-chiwetel-ejiofor-naomie-harris/

Luckily, the creators landed on a concept that would take them on a divergent path. To start with, Ejiofor plays "an entirely different character with an entirely different story," Kurtzman explains. "He is of the same alien species that Bowie was in the film, but he's not the same character — and he wasn't the first one here."

Once he lands on Earth, Ejiofor's otherworldly visitor sets out in search of a particular human scientist, played by Naomie Harris. "He arrives on our planet looking specifically for her," teases Kurtzman. "She has such extraordinary ability inside of her, but is afraid to engage with the part of herself that can make the world better."

Both Kurtzman and Lumet are vague about what happens from there, but will tease that it doesn't follow the dispiriting road of the book and movie. The writers began work on the series by pondering some timely questions ("How did we get to this moment?" "Why are we so fundamentally disconnected from each other?"), which they say led them to a more optimistic vision than that of the source material.