The man who brought us the spectacular dinosaur film Jurassic Park might be returning to the dinosaur business.
Steven Spielberg is negotiating alongside Peter Chernin to take on a series called Terra Nova, which Variety describes as the story of a family from 100 years in the future who travel back in time 150 million years to the past. The show would be a 20th Century FOX TV project.
It is said that the visual effects and sets would be so elaborate that there is talk about going directly to series production to save on costs.
The Terra Nova pilot is written by Craig Silverstein and Kelly Marcel, who would serve as executive producers along with Spielberg and Chernin, should they sign on. Silverstein’s involvement may vary depending on the fate of his Nikita project for The CW, for which he wrote the pilot script.
Source: Variety
UPDATE: Here’s an interesting article… TV MoJoe (aka Josef Adalian) has written a column on why the Spielberg touch doesn’t necessarily equal TV success… What do you think? Comment away!
