Masters of Science Fiction To Air on ABC
Posted by gundampilotspaz on June 9, 2007
Beginning August 4, 2007 (Saturday, 10PM ET/PT) and running for four straight weeks on the ABC Television Network, the same producers behind the Showtime runner “Masters of Horror” will bring “Masters of Science Fiction” to the small screen.
Each hour-long story will come from such well known SF writers as Harlan Ellison, Ray Bradbury or Robert A. Heinlein, in performances by such Academy Award nominated actors as Hellboy’s John Hurt, “Heroes” star Malcom McDowell, the very talented Judy Davis and the great Sam Waterston, just to name a few.
Finally an excuse to fanboy over Robert Heinlein!
Well, really this is exciting news for any science fiction fan. We’re going to see some of the most revered Science Fiction’s authors work adopted for television. This is a rare an exciting chance to spread this content to a whole new generation of Science Fiction Fans. I know I’m going to watch; and I’m praying it’ll be in HD so I have an excuse to watch it when it airs on TV.
But what Heinlein story will they do… I pray it’s not a novel but one of his many classic pieces of short fiction. Perhaps “The Roads must Roll”… that’ll be a good one.
I’ll go on to speculating and everyone set your Tivo’s for August 4th. Expect updates before and reviews after.
Source: SliceofScifi
