Sci-Fi Film and Television Developments

Hyperion
1/30/09 - Director Scott Derrickson is set to helm Hyperion Cantos for Warner Brothers and GK Films, based on Dan Simmons' SF novels, Variety reported.  The film will conflate two Simmons books—Hyperion and The Fall of Hyperion—into one film being written by Trevor Sands.  The story is set in the distant future as a space war threatens Hyperion, a planet known for the Time Tombs: large artifacts that can move through time and are guarded by a gruesome monster called the Shrike.

03/31/08 - Producer Graham King has set up Dan Simmons' award-winning science fiction book series Hyperion Cantos at Warner Brothers, with Trevor Sands on board to adapt the first two books as one feature.  Hyperion deals with a space war, with most of the action taking place on a planet named Hyperion, known not only for its electricity-spewing trees but also for the Time Tombs, large artifacts that can move through time. The tombs are guarded by a monster called the Shrike, which impales people on metal trees.

AlienAlmanac.com    2009