The trend of adapting classic movies for the small screen continues, with THR reporting that Showtime is currently developing a TV series based on Andrew Niccol's underrated 1997 dystopian sci-fi thriller, Gattaca.
The film focuses on a man named Vincent Freeman (Ethan Hawke) who has always fantasized about traveling into outer space, but is grounded by his status as a genetically inferior "in-valid." He decides to fight his fate by purchasing the genes of Jerome Morrow (Jude Law), a laboratory-engineered "valid."
Vincent assumes Jerome's DNA identity and joins the Gattaca space program, where he falls in love with Irene (Uma Thurman). An investigation into the death of a Gattaca officer (Gore Vidal) complicates his plans.
Details on this new take on the story are few and far between, but we do know that Howard Gordon and Alex Gansa (Homeland) will team with Craig Borten (Dallas Buyers Club) to produce the show.
Gattaca was not a box office success when it was released in '97, but it's always been thought of as an underappreciated genre gem.
The project has reportedly been in-development for over a month, so we may get some casting news fairly soon.
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