‘2012′ director interested in TV series based on movie
The aftermath of ‘2012′ may come to your television
Ronald Emmerich isn’t just satisfied detroying the planet on the big screen, he wants to bring it to television too.
The 2012 director is developing a TV series based on the film. Despite the mammoth fallout from the destruction in 2012 (some have refered to the film and those like it as “destruction porn”), Emmerich says that there is “plenty to do in a TV show.”
“The plan is that it is 2013 and it’s about what happens after the disaster. It is about the resettling of Earth. That is very, very fascinating.”
It sounds like most of the prime-time shows on network TV.
2012 producer producer Mark Gordon is expected to be on board the project as executive producer. He also works on Grey’s Anatomy. The 53-year-old has shopped the program around with networks. “[ABC] will have an opening in their disaster-related programming after Lost ends,” Gordon says.
“After the movie, there are some people who survive and the question is how will these survivors build a new world and what will it look like. That might make an interesting TV series,” Gordon added.
ABC declined comment on the new series.
2012 hits theaters on November 13th.
Source: Entertainment Weekly
The 2013 premise does sound a bit fascinating but im not sure if viewers will actually tune in to watch it because that's more of a 9pm 2 night move special, not a weekly television show synopsis.