“X-Men: First Class” writer Ashley Edward Miller has signed on to write and produce the TV series adaptation of the classic 1993 video game “Myst” for Village Roadshow Entertainment Group.
Miller has had plenty of experience in genre series, writing and producing genre shows like “Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles,” “Black Sails” and “Lore” – all of which have scored very good critical reviews.
Miller will write the pilot and showrun the adaptation which original game co-creator Rand Miller will produce alongside Ryan Miller, Isaac Testerman and Yale Rice.
The plan is to rely on and expand upon the game’s existing mythology to develop a multi-platform universe that includes film, scripted and unscripted television content.
The “Myst” canon has over 10,000 years of history, but ties mainly to a world-shaping set of events when the D’ni civilization is discovered in a cavern deep below the New Mexico desert, the D’ni having the unique ability to write books that can link to other worlds.
“Myst” was the best-selling PC game of all time until 2002 and has sold over 15 million copies along with spawning multiple sequels.
Roadshow is also currently developing TV adaptations of “The Athena Protocol” and Hemingway’s memoir “A Moveable Feast” and a reboot of “Hogan’s Heroes”.
Source: Deadline
