Highlights
- The creators of The Expanse have a new series set at Amazon MGM Studios.
- The Captive’s War series will be an adaptation of the planned book trilogy of the same name.
- The Team also launched a new multi-platform media company, Expanding Universe.
The creators of The Expanse are developing a new series for Amazon MGM Studios, adapting their latest book series, The Captive’s War. This project is part of their new media company, Expanding Universe. Read on to find out what else we know.
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The Team Behind The Expanse Has Reunited
The team behind the hit series The Expanse is reuniting for what is hopefully the first of many projects. Their new media company, Expanding Universe, is founded by series showrunner Naren Shankar, director Breck Eisner and novelists and screenwriters Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck. Abraham and Franck published the original books under the pen name James S.A. Corey.
The Expanse TV series ran for six seasons. The first three were on Syfy, while Prime Video picked up the final three seasons. Throughout the series, the show starred Steven Strait, Dominique Tipper, Wes Chatham, Frankie Adams, Cara Gee, Shohreh Aghdashloo and Thomas Jane.
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The Captive’s War follows a group of prisoners who rise from the ashes of catastrophe to destroy their conqueror’s society from within. Book one, The Mercy of Gods, came out in August 2024, the first in a planned trilogy. The book follows an assistant scientist named Dafyd, who is also one of the prisoners. Swept up in events beyond his control, Dafyd will become humanity’s champion – and its betrayer.
An Expanding Universe of Media
As for the new production company, Eisner told Variety, “Expanding Universe is focused on developing sci-fi narratives with sweeping world-building and elevated storylines, geared toward multi-platform expressions in filmed entertainment, gaming, and publishing. The Captive’s War is a perfect launchpad for our model.” Franck added, “The Expanse was originally created to be a video game, then it became an RPG, then a novel, then a show, and then a couple of video games. In a way, it was a roadmap for how Expanding Universe is developing projects now.”
Let us know below how excited you are for this reunion of the minds behind The Expanse, and keep an eye out for more news as it comes.
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