NBCUniversal’s Peacock has announced plans for a series adaptation of “Skywatch,” the dystopian sci-fi short film written and directed by ex-Pixar artist Colin Levy.
The ten-minute short film was six years in the making with some Kickstarter contributions and featured a brief appearance from Jude Law. It follows an outcast teen who hacks into a ubiquitous drone delivery system to pull a prank on his school bully.
The teen then accidentally crashes a dangerous prototype – and finds himself entangled in a life-and-death conspiracy. Levy and fellow Pixar colleague Mike Sundy co-wrote a feature script based on the short and so Peacock have commissioned the pair to adapt this for television.
Levy will direct and both will executive produce alongside Seth MacFarlane, Erica Huggins, Andre Danylevich, Jon Huddle and Russell Hollander.
Source: The Wrap
