HBO And 'Noah' Director Darren Aronofsky Working On New Sci-Fi Series Based On Margaret Atwood’s 'MaddAddam' Novel Trilogy

Darren Aronofsky, director of Noah and Black Swan (to name a few), has signed on to helm the adaptation of Margaret Atwood's MaddAddam books into a sci-fi series for HBO. This novel trilogy includes Oryx and Crake (2003), Year Of The Flood (2009), and MaddAddam (2013).

This book series is described as a "speculative fiction" set in the mid-21^st century where corporations take over for governments "and the genetic modification of organisms is perversely ubiquitous." It looks like Aronofsky will have some fun with this one!

Deadline reports:

It centers on the events before and after a Waterless Flood that wipes out almost all of the world's population and follows an extensive cast of characters, including those responsible for the apocalypse and those struggling to survive it. Producer Brandi-Ann Milbradt, who is engaged to Aronofsky, brought the project to Protozoa and will serve as executive producer alongside Aronofsky and his longtime collaborator, Protozoa Pictures president Ari Handel. Atwood serves as consulting producer. Aronofsky and his team are currently meeting with writers.

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