Event Horizon Series Based on Movie Being Planned at Amazon

Amazon is expanding its partnership with Paramount TV with a series based on the 1997 movie Event Horizon.

The news first reported by Variety also attaches Adam Wingard as director and executive producer of the project, which is in development. Paramount TV is producing. While the film was flop at the box office it has since gained a cult following.

The premise of the show is most likely following the film as

a blend of science fiction and horror, follows the crew of a spaceship called the Lewis and Clark, which in 2047 is sent on a rescue mission when another ship, the Event Horizon, suddenly appears in orbit around Neptune after disappearing seven years earlier. When the Lewis and Clark crew boards the ship, they find the Event Horizon crew massacred and start to experience disturbing visions tied to their own fears.


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