Re: Sci-Fi Classic "Earth Abides" Greenlit as TV Series Starring Alexander Ludwig

On 4/10/2024 3:23 PM, BTR1701 wrote:

In article <uv5ugd$topp$9@dont-email.me>,
  Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:
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George R. Stewart's classic sci-fi novel EARTH ABIDES has been officially
greenlit as a limited series for streaming channel MGM+.
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The story follows the aftermath of a global plague and is being adapted by
creator and showrunner Todd Komarnicki (Sully), and has signed Alexander
Ludwig (Vikings, The Covenant) to star. Previously announced as in
development, MGM+ plans six episodes to tell the 1949 book's tale.
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 From the official description: "Leading character Ish (Ludwig) is a brilliant
but solitary young geologist living a semi-isolated life who awakens from a
coma

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If he's living an isolated life, who was feeding him and caring for him
while he was in a coma?
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only to find that there is no one left alive but him.

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Again, how was he eating while comatose if he's the only one left alive?

 ust as he pulled himself up to the rock ledge, he heard a sudden rattle, and felt a prick of fangs. Automatically he jerked back his right hand; turning his head, he saw the snake, coiled and menacing. It was not a large one, he noted, even at the moment when he raised his hand to his