Wednesday, 10 September 2014

Steven Spielberg's science-fiction hit Minority Report will get a TV reboot


The follow-up to the 2002 release will be set 10 years on from the events of the film and the show will have a female lead. Minority Report was loosely based on a Philip K Dick short story set in Washington DC in 2054. It starred Tom Cruise as a Precrime detective working with Precogs who can see the future to help him stop crimes before they are committed.

According to The Hollywood Reporter a pilot for the new show is being developed by 20th Century Fox Television in partnership with Paramount and Spielberg's Amblin Television. Godzilla writer Max Borenstein has been hired to write a story that begins after the Precrime project is axed.

Plot details reveals that the film is one of the three Precogs struggles to lead a 'normal' human life, but remains haunted by visions of the future. He meets a detective haunted by her past who just may help him find a purpose to his gift."

Paramount Television is reported to also be planning a new small-screen take on the Terminator franchise and Jim Carrey film The Truman Show. Minority Report also starred Colin Farrell and Samantha Morton.

watch trailer here...

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