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Ramping Up A TV Series
Based On GATTACA!! And
Writer Gil Grant Talks About It...


Merrick here...


You know, I remember very little about GATTACA other than I saw it at a shitty theater with a hot date I desperately wanted to bang, but didn't.

Nonetheless, the movie developed quite a following subsequent to it's lackluster theatrical release - so the news that a TV series is being built around the world depicted in the film isn't terribly surprising (revealed HERE).

Gil Grant (a writer/producer on 24 and NCIS) is scripting the spinoff for Denis Leary's Apostle Films (who brought us RESCUE ME). He recently spoke with MTV about how he approached writer/director Andrew Niccol's source material.

"I came up with a world which is populated with Valids and Invalids, the same premise [as the movie], but taken into a police department where we’re… integrating, using the analogy of the ‘60s Civil Rights struggle," Grant explained. In the movie, those born through natural means filled the blue collar ranks while their genetically superior brothers and sisters enjoyed a wealth of opportunities.

"Even though it’s technically illegal to discriminate against Invalids, just like in the ‘60s people did," Grant continued. "So it’s come to pass that [the government has] ordered the police department to hire their first token Invalid into the detective department. What we’re doing is we’re taking an Invalid and teaming him up with a Valid, a seasoned officer. You know, it’s oil and water."

...Grant told MTV HERE.







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by tumtwat
Nov 13th, 2009
10:54:57 AM
Wow- Something that might be good!!
by daniel_larussos_gonna_fight
Nov 13th, 2009
10:57:17 AM
Could be interesting
by djbmike81
Nov 13th, 2009
10:59:06 AM
Love GATTACA
by GeorgieBoy
Nov 13th, 2009
11:00:39 AM
So its a combo of Gattaca
by skimn
Nov 13th, 2009
11:01:35 AM
Ya, Gattaca Underrated
by FreeBeer
Nov 13th, 2009
11:02:55 AM
TV Series Sounds Interesting
by FreeBeer
Nov 13th, 2009
11:03:35 AM
Funny thing about Gattaca
by skimn
Nov 13th, 2009
11:04:12 AM
Another show about civil rights.
by cookylamoo
Nov 13th, 2009
11:08:53 AM
Another show about civil rights.
by cookylamoo
Nov 13th, 2009
11:08:56 AM
In The Pilot Should Remark Upon..
by FreeBeer
Nov 13th, 2009
11:13:56 AM
I enjoyed the film
by tumtwat
Nov 13th, 2009
11:19:52 AM
Does it have to be about police?
by Jayemel
Nov 13th, 2009
11:30:51 AM
so it'll be like.... Invalid Nation
by Bouncy X
Nov 13th, 2009
11:38:36 AM
Considering you're a writer on a supposed movie website, I'd su
by SierraTangoFoxtrotUniform
Nov 13th, 2009
12:02:59 PM
If Gattaca couldn't get you laid, she was never going to put out
by JacksParasites
Nov 13th, 2009
12:07:00 PM
Yup...rookie cop and veteran
by skimn
Nov 13th, 2009
12:07:38 PM
JacksParasites
by Merrick
Nov 13th, 2009
12:10:23 PM
Remember when everything was adapted to TV like this?
by AsimovDiedOfAIDS
Nov 13th, 2009
12:31:19 PM
Colour me skeptical
by Jardinier
Nov 13th, 2009
12:35:18 PM
That should be
by Jardinier
Nov 13th, 2009
12:38:42 PM
This can actually work.
by AzulTool
Nov 13th, 2009
12:39:40 PM
Leary is dead in the water...
by cheyne_stoking_DMS
Nov 13th, 2009
12:39:42 PM
Talkin' about how I feel about 9/11/01...
by cheyne_stoking_DMS
Nov 13th, 2009
12:40:40 PM
So, reverse Space: Above and Beyond?
by DeCypher44
Nov 13th, 2009
12:48:33 PM
Way to take an interesting premise...
by blackmantis
Nov 13th, 2009
12:48:38 PM
I was interested when I read the headline...
by Mazzer
Nov 13th, 2009
01:19:16 PM
More like Alien Nation, Mazzer, but with GM people instead of al
by Margot_Tenenbaum
Nov 13th, 2009
01:46:47 PM
...iens. Aliens.
by Margot_Tenenbaum
Nov 13th, 2009
01:47:18 PM
Margot_Tenenbaum
by Merrick
Nov 13th, 2009
01:55:58 PM
Gattaca probably one of the best scifi films ever
by oisin5199
Nov 13th, 2009
01:59:45 PM
This will not stand
by Nabster
Nov 13th, 2009
01:59:58 PM
Will there be...
by jimmy rabbitte
Nov 13th, 2009
02:26:26 PM
huh!
by codymr
Nov 13th, 2009
03:07:41 PM
Looooove this movie. I don't want a TV series.
by MrFloppy
Nov 13th, 2009
03:11:24 PM
well, so he's an invalid and he's a cop,
by SylarTheCylon
Nov 13th, 2009
03:22:00 PM
Wonderful turn Gattaca into Lethal Weapon/Alien Nation
by Rubiks Doob
Nov 13th, 2009
03:26:29 PM
Coming Next: STAR WARS POLICE DEPARTMENT BLUE
by RICHARD_GERE_RAPED_MY_GERBIL
Nov 13th, 2009
04:05:08 PM
Right on the money, guys - it's Alien Nation
by JuanSanchez
Nov 13th, 2009
04:07:54 PM
Anyone remember the old Leary series "The Job"?
by Amy Chasing
Nov 13th, 2009
04:25:54 PM
moon wishes it was gattaca...
by JAMF
Nov 13th, 2009
04:46:30 PM
leary is not a douche
by Amy Chasing
Nov 13th, 2009
04:52:25 PM
Re: I mean who's FOR discrimination?
by jbs9200
Nov 13th, 2009
05:07:44 PM
Love the movie, could love the series
by Chewbacca_Khan
Nov 13th, 2009
06:33:28 PM
jbs9200, sounds like you're a fellow '1979 re-enactor'
by Margot_Tenenbaum
Nov 13th, 2009
06:45:19 PM
Gattacca Movie was su-fucking-perb. TV show depends where they t
by G100
Nov 13th, 2009
08:30:42 PM
Leary still draws breath
by Manatee
Nov 13th, 2009
09:38:14 PM
The Criminals In The Show Will Be Interesting
by FreeBeer
Nov 13th, 2009
09:38:52 PM
So it's Alien Nation?
by Furzee
Nov 13th, 2009
09:43:42 PM
This sounds interesting.
by GreatCzarsGhost
Nov 13th, 2009
09:43:51 PM
Also, Was Surprised Gattaca..
by FreeBeer
Nov 13th, 2009
09:49:16 PM
I think the aesthetic was one of the reasons it worked
by Chewbacca_Khan
Nov 13th, 2009
10:36:51 PM
Sleek & Beautiful Architecture..
by FreeBeer
Nov 13th, 2009
10:53:23 PM
re: a more futuristic aesthetic
by Chewbacca_Khan
Nov 13th, 2009
10:57:07 PM
I'm Not Saying Shoulda Looked Like..
by FreeBeer
Nov 13th, 2009
11:09:57 PM
Well, they did plug the car in, after all.
by Chewbacca_Khan
Nov 13th, 2009
11:20:38 PM
Wasn't Alan Arkin An Invalid Cop?
by FreeBeer
Nov 13th, 2009
11:30:04 PM
Alan Arkin/Jude Law
by FreeBeer
Nov 13th, 2009
11:34:53 PM
As the Bunk might say..
by G100
Nov 14th, 2009
12:38:35 AM
andrew nicol..
by emeraldboy
Nov 14th, 2009
02:40:51 AM
aesthetics according to wikipedia
by Amy Chasing
Nov 14th, 2009
02:49:47 AM
It won't work because
by catlettuce4
Nov 14th, 2009
03:01:17 AM
VALID
by Struggling Comedian 37
Nov 14th, 2009
04:00:02 AM
Jardinier
by David Cloverfield
Nov 14th, 2009
05:04:44 AM
SylarTheCylon
by David Cloverfield
Nov 14th, 2009
05:10:28 AM
This premise sucks balls
by Limey_scum
Nov 14th, 2009
06:06:57 AM
Freebeer
by Limey_scum
Nov 14th, 2009
06:09:06 AM
Never seen Gattaca
by liljuniorbrown
Nov 14th, 2009
07:02:23 AM
Gattaca is awesome
by Gungan Slayer
Nov 14th, 2009
09:20:44 AM
Glad For The Gattaca Love
by FreeBeer
Nov 14th, 2009
11:20:10 AM
David Cloverfield
by Jardinier
Nov 14th, 2009
11:42:10 AM
Could work
by Rogue Trooper
Nov 14th, 2009
11:58:53 AM
--Eureka
by jameskpolk
Nov 14th, 2009
02:47:18 PM
Alien Nation...
by JethroBodine
Nov 14th, 2009
04:20:05 PM
Vic Mackey should join the Gattaca police force
by crazybubba
Nov 14th, 2009
04:31:36 PM
They'd need to expand
by veritasses
Nov 14th, 2009
05:37:56 PM
Alien Nations sounds...er...I mean...Gattac for TV sounds...
by RetroActive
Nov 14th, 2009
07:09:07 PM
I just read skimn's comment
by RetroActive
Nov 14th, 2009
07:10:54 PM
Merrick doesn't like Gattaca. Water still wet.
by Tall_Boy66
Nov 15th, 2009
01:30:15 AM
i loved gattaca
by emeraldboy
Nov 15th, 2009
03:53:03 AM
cookie cutter approach
by demzer
Nov 15th, 2009
04:13:18 PM
Leary's dark tone will seperate this
by MacReady452
Nov 15th, 2009
06:08:52 PM
Like the idea of a Gattaca series, don't like the cop angle...
by Royston Lodge
Nov 16th, 2009
10:34:36 AM

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