Sci-Fi Film and Television Developments

Atlantis Rising
12/11/08 - Writer/director Joby Harold is negotiating to write the adaptation of the comic book Atlantis Rising for DreamWorks Pictures, according to The Hollywood Reporter; Underworld's Len Wiseman is attached to direct the apocalyptic science fiction project.

12/5/08 - Len Wiseman has signed on to direct a big-screen adaptation of the apocalyptic SF comic book Atlantis Rising for DreamWorks, Variety reported.  Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci, who brought the project to DreamWorks back when the company was within the Paramount fold, are producing.  Created by Scott Mitchell Rosenberg, Atlantis Rising is a five-part miniseries published by Platinum Studios. The story kicks off when seismic disturbances at sea force world militaries to investigate the deepest part of the ocean, where an underground civilization emerges to engage in war with planet Earth.

04/16/08 - DreamWorks has optioned the rights to Platinum Studios' comic book Atlantis Rising for a live-action feature adaptation to be produced by Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci.  Scott Mitchell Rosenberg will produce.  Created by Rosenberg, Atlantis is a five-part miniseries first published by Platinum Studios Comics in November. The fifth and final installment in the series, written by Scott O. Brown and drawn by Tim Irwin and Andy Elder, is due on comic-book shelves in late April 2008.  In Atlantis, seismic disturbances at sea force world militaries to investigate the deepest part of the world's ocean, where an underground civilization emerges to wage war with planet Earth.

AlienAlmanac.com    2008