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AMC Developing Sci-Fi Series Based On The Novel RED MARS!!

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Screenwriter Jonathan Hensleigh ("Die Hard With A Vengeance," "Jumanji," "The Saint," "Armageddon," "The Punisher," "Next") is developing an AMC series based on Kim Stanley Robinson's 1992 sci-fi novel "Red Mars," about the first Earth colony on the solar system's fourth planet.

Publisher's Weekly describes the novel:

The first installment in Robinson's ( Blind Geometer ) new trilogy is an action-packed and thoughtful tale of the exploration and settlement of Mars--riven by both personal and ideological conflicts--in the early 21st century. The official leaders of the "first hundred" (initial party of settlers) are American Frank Chalmers and Russian Maya Katarina Toitova, but subgroups break out under the informal guidance of popular favorites like the ebullient Arkady Nikoleyevich Bogdanov, who sets up a base on one of Mars's moons, and the enigmatic Hiroko, who establishes the planet's farm. As the group struggles to secure a foothold on the frigid, barren landscape, friction develops both on Mars and on Earth between those who advocate terraforming, or immediately altering Mars's natural environment to make it more habitable, and those who favor more study of the planet before changes are introduced. The success of the pioneers' venture brings additional settlers to Mars. All too soon, the first hundred find themselves outnumbered by newcomers and caught up in political problems as complex as any found on Earth.

Find all of The Hollywood Reporter’s story on the matter here.





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Remember those couple of bad Mars movies a while back?
by Amy Chasing
Oct 3rd, 2008
12:26:05 AM
Wasn't Sci-Fi developing this ages ago?
by Paul T. Ryan
Oct 3rd, 2008
12:33:58 AM
Could be cool
by mmaddox3
Oct 3rd, 2008
12:42:56 AM
Awesome books; good chance at some Galactica grittyness.
by Stereotypical Evil Archer
Oct 3rd, 2008
01:09:21 AM
I never got through one of them
by TroutMaskReplicant
Oct 3rd, 2008
01:16:41 AM
Nice
by EvilElecBlanket
Oct 3rd, 2008
01:18:19 AM
They should have adapted Benford's The Martian Race instead
by successor
Oct 3rd, 2008
01:34:58 AM
just read that terminator is close to
by FamousEccles
Oct 3rd, 2008
01:35:16 AM
Frank Black
by Wolverine's Dad
Oct 3rd, 2008
02:01:20 AM
NOOOO FROM JAMES CAMERON TO JONATHAN HENSLEIGH...
by drturing
Oct 3rd, 2008
02:36:38 AM
Fantastic books
by Kovac
Oct 3rd, 2008
02:39:25 AM
Wow...
by TheRealMoriarty
Oct 3rd, 2008
02:50:14 AM
The season arc possiblities for this show are awesome
by dogstardude
Oct 3rd, 2008
03:00:17 AM
Excellent News!
by The Outlander
Oct 3rd, 2008
03:31:19 AM
Wow, they're going to do this on an AMC budget?
by geraldbeans
Oct 3rd, 2008
04:23:10 AM
My brother is
by emeraldboy
Oct 3rd, 2008
05:19:39 AM
AMC FTW!!!
by Cameron1
Oct 3rd, 2008
05:20:43 AM
This is exciting
by bellwether
Oct 3rd, 2008
05:31:36 AM
Like this!
by Gezoes
Oct 3rd, 2008
05:50:00 AM
YES!!
by the power of GREYSKULL
Oct 3rd, 2008
06:33:55 AM
So it will be about Mars?
by Dazzler69
Oct 3rd, 2008
07:20:56 AM
HELL YEAH! a scifi series that isnt
by palewook
Oct 3rd, 2008
07:39:30 AM
Oh crikey (and regarding AMC's name)
by chrth
Oct 3rd, 2008
08:17:21 AM
Nice.
by veritasses
Oct 3rd, 2008
08:47:38 AM
AMC just means AMC now?
by L.H.Puttgrass
Oct 3rd, 2008
09:02:10 AM
Couldn't be happier to hear this
by teegee420
Oct 3rd, 2008
09:14:07 AM
Obligatory RIP on Sci Fi channel
by snowpuff
Oct 3rd, 2008
09:27:33 AM
COOL.
by HoboCode
Oct 3rd, 2008
10:18:30 AM
New Promo Tagline: "AMC: More sci-fi than Sci Fi"
by SpyGuy
Oct 3rd, 2008
10:39:32 AM
Howz about a series or miniseries...
by Kid Z
Oct 3rd, 2008
12:21:46 PM
Re:Mission To Mars
by skimn
Oct 3rd, 2008
01:43:56 PM
Best hard science fiction of the last 25 years
by Bunger!
Oct 3rd, 2008
04:14:30 PM
whirling dervishes on Mars
by troutpencil
Oct 3rd, 2008
04:28:14 PM
Very interesting...
by br1947
Oct 3rd, 2008
05:15:08 PM
I'm sceptical, why adapt?
by Mike Connor
Oct 3rd, 2008
06:32:22 PM
Acronym Alert!
by zinc_chameleon
Oct 3rd, 2008
07:45:59 PM
Will they have the balls to change to...
by NEUR0M4NCER
Oct 3rd, 2008
08:43:45 PM
NEUR0M4NCER
by Mike Connor
Oct 3rd, 2008
09:15:47 PM
Trilogy was both good and bad
by KnightBorn
Oct 3rd, 2008
11:17:44 PM
Back in the day, kids...
by SkiffyPup
Oct 4th, 2008
12:21:16 AM
AMC =
by Stunt Vocalist 709
Oct 4th, 2008
12:24:32 AM
BTW ...
by emvan
Oct 4th, 2008
01:56:50 AM
There's only one Mars movie: Mars Attacks!
by MattInTheHat
Oct 4th, 2008
03:32:03 AM
It's really fucking annoying that AMC isn't a...
by Powers Boothe
Oct 4th, 2008
08:53:36 AM
AMC
by ACE NY
Oct 4th, 2008
10:54:07 AM
Amy Chasing
by ACE NY
Oct 4th, 2008
10:55:50 AM
ACE NY...
by filmfanatic1
Oct 4th, 2008
02:40:28 PM
Filmfanatic1
by ACE NY
Oct 4th, 2008
04:32:06 PM
Hensleigh's credits don't encourage me
by Drath
Oct 6th, 2008
09:39:52 AM
That book sucks
by JackDonkey
Oct 6th, 2008
06:54:57 PM

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