AWaterworldTV Show Is in the Works

It may end up contain 30 days — but Waterworld could finally get the sequel it so desperately need . Colliderreports that a streaming TV show take on theinfamous 1995 Kevin Costner filmis now in the works , which would clean up the story in that film 20 years after its conclusion . 10 Cloverfield Lane and The Boysdirector Dan Trachtenbergis reportedly attach to mastermind .

“ We ’re not 100 % sure on the coming to the show . But in spades , we ’re in the building stage right now , ” said John Fox who , along with John Davis , is producing the series . Davis produced the original Kevin Reynolds - take aim film which splendidly be $ 180 million in 1995 — the most expensive movie ever at the time — but grossed only $ 80 million domestic .

The show is being coif up at Universal Television and is reportedly cheeseparing to having a streamer in spot , though Fox and Davis did n’t confirm which . No one else is seize besides Trachtenberg but things are in the works . “ Dan ’s impound , we ’re breaking the story now and we ’re spill to a few different writers . And we should have a author locked in , I would think , over the next couple of weeks , ” Fox pronounce .

A streaming series based on Waterworld is currently in the works.

A streaming series based on Waterworld is currently in the works.Photo: Universal

Waterworld differentiate the story of a future where the arctic icing caps have melted , covering all of Earth in water . The main character is “ the Mariner ” a half - fish , half - human ( played by Costner ) who begrudgingly team up up with a womanhood and a child ( Jeannie Tripplehorn and Tina Majorino ) because the child might have a map to dry land on her back — a map that everyone on the planet need . Though the moving picture was a turkey upon release , it ’s prevent a sure furor status , in small-scale part due to its foresightful presence at theUniversal Studios Hollywood theme green , and in big part to just how ambitious and beautiful the movie is , even if there are somehugely problematic component .

This adaptation of the chronicle would keep that picture show in canon and just piece up the story by and by . “ We ’re go to do the pour interpretation of that movie , the lengthiness of that movie , ” Davis said . “ Twenty geezerhood by and by . All those people , 20 yr later . ” Now , whether that means we see Costner again as the Mariner seems doubtful . The film ends with the Hero finding dry country and the Mariner go back off to the water supply . Nevertheless , a cameo could be nice . That is , if this show ever gets above ground .

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