EXCLUSIVE: Platige Image (The Witcher) and Mount Devil, along with The Wheel of Time’s govt producer Mike Weber, are within the works on a TV sequence based mostly on Otherland, the 4-book sequence by Tad Williams.
Otherland (the books and its TV adaptation) is described as “an epic cyberpunk-fantasy adventure.” The abstract reads, “The world as we all know it has an extra layer right here – hyper-realistic VR arenas which have turn out to be a brand new place for enjoyable, work, training but in addition debauchery, crime and abuse. The mysterious Otherland, supposedly one other layer of the community, turns into a mere place to begin for a multi-realm journey.
Its Inception-like mechanics include a sequence of realms, some uncannily resembling the world we all know, others weird clusters of acquainted creations and characters. Among them are intergalactic taverns, medieval fantasies, and battlegrounds of World War I, to call just a few.”
“I believe Tad has written the definitive work on the conflict between the human experience and technological advancements,” mentioned Weber in an unique assertion to Deadline. “He depicts a not-so-distant future where the choice between living in the real or the virtual world becomes a choice between life or death. The prescient themes and fantastic characters give Otherland all the foundations of a next-level sci-fi drama series adaptation.”
Weber is credited with being the architect of The Wheel of Time sequence having first introduced the challenge to Sony Pictures TV and overseeing improvement and manufacturing after the challenge was offered to Amazon. Based in London, he continues to supervise Wheel which is at the moment filming Season 3 in addition to serving as an govt producer on Sony’s ongoing Jumanji movie franchise. He is repped by UTA.
Platige Image, the studio behind The Witcher and its collaboration on Love, Death and Robots, has a historical past spanning over 20 years. They’re finest recognized for his or her progressive methods within the realm of animation and VFX and with sport cinematic credit together with Metro Exodus, Cyberpunk 2077 and Call of Duty: Warzone.
The content material dealer and co-producer Mount Devil was based in 2020 to determine and purchase distinctive concepts, licenses, and tales to turn into sequence and/or movies.
The Otherland producing staff has obtained monetary help from Creative Europe Media and is within the strategy of interviewing writers/showrunners.
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