MINORITY REPORT Television Series Gets Pilot Order From Fox

MINORITY REPORT Television Series Gets Pilot Order From Fox

Described as one of the hottest scripts heading into pilot season, Minority Report, a television sequel to the hit 2002 film, has been officially greenlit by Fox.

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By RohanPatel - Jan 09, 2015 07:01 PM EST
Filed Under: FOX
Source: THR

Everybody runs.

Back in September, it was revealed that Fox was developing a sequel series to their hit film, Minority Report, and now The Hollywood Reporter is reporting that the series has been officially picked up to pilot by Fox. The sci-fi drama, which was described as one of the hottest scripts heading into pilot season, will pick up 10 years after John Anderton ended Precrime in Washington D.C., and will follow one of the three Precogs, presumably one of the twins, who is struggling to lead a "normal" human life as he remains haunted by visions of the future. He'll end up crossing paths with a female detective haunted by her past and who might just be the one person that can help him find a purpose to his gift.

Max Borenstein (Godzilla) wrote the pilot and will also serve as an executive producer alongside Steven Spielberg, Justin Falvey, and Darryl Frank. Fox has tapped Kevin Falls (The West Wing; Franklin & Bash) to be the series showrunner.

The original Academy Award nominated film, which was loosely based on a short story of the same name by Philip K. Dick, was directed by the acclaimed Steven Spielberg (Jurassic Park) and starred superstar Tom Cruise (Edge of Tomorrow) in the lead role with Max von Sydow (Star Wars: The Force Awakens), Colin Farrell (Total Recall), and Samantha Morton (John Carter) in supporting parts.

As an additional note, this will be the second Tom Cruise film that received a sequel in the form of a television series, the first being The Firm, which was adapted into a sequel series by NBC and was later cancelled after one season.

What do you guys think of the news? Excited? Sound off with your thoughts below! 


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Wannabe
Wannabe - 1/9/2015, 7:47 PM
Watch it be awesome and still get cancelled after a single season. Thanks, FOX!
JAC
JAC - 1/9/2015, 7:48 PM
Sounds promising, especially with Borenstein's possible involvement.
Desrow
Desrow - 1/9/2015, 7:50 PM
Loved the movie... doesn't need a series.
mgeoff88
mgeoff88 - 1/9/2015, 7:51 PM
Good movie.

No one asked for a TV show for a movie that was released twelve years ago though.
mctrinket
mctrinket - 1/9/2015, 7:53 PM
No thanks to this retread.
COREY6487
COREY6487 - 1/9/2015, 7:56 PM
its a great idea... but people are gonna get bored real fast. how much can they really do with this? the movie has the plot twist and thats really how this makes sense. they aint gonna do that every ep though are they...

we will know everything about the episode in the first 5 minutes.
mgeoff88
mgeoff88 - 1/9/2015, 7:57 PM
I remember they made a Minority Report video game:



It was crap from what I remember.
COREY6487
COREY6487 - 1/9/2015, 7:59 PM
mgeoff88

i had it and from what i remember i really liked it. never completed it though, never played many games either. back then i never completed games since i would get tired of them 1 hour in. not cause i hated them but cause my attention span was so small.
MrDonut
MrDonut - 1/9/2015, 7:59 PM
Film was awesome, hope this is too.
imkennypowers
imkennypowers - 1/9/2015, 8:01 PM
@McGee

Know what else got picked up and started filming this week??

Wet Hot American Summer!! Eight episodes on Netflix
Nutmeg
Nutmeg - 1/9/2015, 8:09 PM
If they're going to turn one of Dick's books into a series it should be "A Scanner Darkly." That book is amazing and the movie was damn good too.
3Traced
3Traced - 1/9/2015, 8:30 PM
I don't have a good feeling about this one...
SuperCat
SuperCat - 1/9/2015, 8:31 PM
Didn't care for the movie. Thought it was boring.
SigmaCenturion
SigmaCenturion - 1/9/2015, 9:26 PM
Not sure why either. Top Gun would probably make a better show.
DiggedyDave
DiggedyDave - 1/9/2015, 9:41 PM
People ask why.. It's simply because in 2015 you can easily recreate the effects from the 2002 movie on a 12 year olds basement pc.
UltimateHunt
UltimateHunt - 1/9/2015, 10:05 PM
Steven Spielberg in TV is not that good
Luminus
Luminus - 1/9/2015, 10:12 PM
Just put Kim Kardashian in it and it'll go for 9 seasons. No plot necessary, just like all those stupid reality tv shows.
ScionStorm
ScionStorm - 1/9/2015, 11:31 PM
Majority Retort
sKeemAn
sKeemAn - 1/10/2015, 1:23 AM
The movie was cool. Had some cool tech in it. A show could be real cool showing more of the future.
Fox will cancel though. They always cancel good shows.
pepe
pepe - 1/10/2015, 4:23 AM
Good flick... FOX, no thanx
Facade
Facade - 1/10/2015, 7:13 AM
Loved the movie...I'll give it a shot.
soberchimera
soberchimera - 1/10/2015, 7:56 AM
Yeah! Screw originality!
grif
grif - 1/10/2015, 8:58 AM
movie sucked. so will this
BigDaddyJinx
BigDaddyJinx - 1/10/2015, 4:46 PM
The movie wasn't terrible, but if they were to do a series based on the material - they'd be smarter to include the precrime and how it was formed, and how it established itself...all events leading up to Cruise's character's involvement.

Making a series about what happens AFTER he destroys precrime doesn't make a whole lot of sense. That was the whole point of the movie - how precrime works and the consequences around it. Stretching a weak plot about the after-effects of a life back in the "stone age" of crime (pre-precrime) just smacks of "THIS WILL FAIL ALL OVER THE PLACE".

A prequel type series would be one worth watching. A sequel series is just another crime show that are a dime a dozen, 'cept it will be in the future.

Yawn. Pass.
PapaSez
PapaSez - 1/11/2015, 8:56 AM
I'm looking forward to yet another go 'round on the 'Fox Sci-Fi Show Cavalcade of Ineptitude'! Not sure if it's the meandering directionless opening episodes (caused by Fox Execs running episodes out of order), the scripts over-reaching their budget or falling in love with it just in time for it to be cancelled that I'm most looking forward to! How about you give a show a legitimate chance (Almost Human, Firefly..) before running it into the dirt and buying up another cool concept to eff up. I think the real crime here is the stories they're robbing us of by not allowing another more interested network to develop these shows. Such a waste.
Donovan
Donovan - 1/11/2015, 6:39 PM
...I can dig this...TV series, after all...
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