{"id":11964,"date":"2015-06-10T15:49:46","date_gmt":"2015-06-10T19:49:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/?p=11964"},"modified":"2015-06-10T15:49:46","modified_gmt":"2015-06-10T19:49:46","slug":"transmissions-syfy-teams-with-bradley-cooper-graham-king-and-todd-phillips-to-bring-hyperion-to-tv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/?p=11964","title":{"rendered":"Transmissions: Syfy Teams with Bradley Cooper, Graham King and Todd Phillips to Bring Hyperion to TV"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Syfy announced today it is teaming with Oscar-nominated producer B<span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Syfy_logo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-8897\" style=\"width: 267px;\" alt=\"Syfy_logo\" src=\"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Syfy_logo.jpg\" width=\"456\" height=\"293\" \/><\/a><\/span>radley Cooper (American Sniper), Oscar-winning producer Graham King (The Departed, Argo) and Todd Phillips (The Hangover, Old School) to develop Dan Simmons\u2019 Hugo Award-winning best-selling novel Hyperion as an event series. <!--more--><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Cooper will executive produce along with King and Phillips. Itamar Moses (Boardwalk Empire) will write the screenplay and serve as co-executive producer. Universal Cable Productions will serve as the studio. Hyperion will be a production of Graham King&#8217;s GK Films and Bradley Cooper and Todd Phillips\u2019 22nd and Green.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Set on the eve of Armageddon with the entire galaxy at war, Hyperion is the story of seven pilgrims who set forth on a voyage to seek the answers to the unsolved riddles of their lives. Each carries a desperate hope and a terrible secret &#8212; while one may hold the fate of humanity in his hands.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201cIt is an absolute honor to enter into the world created by Dan Simmons that is arguably one of the greatest works of science fiction, and help realize it for television audiences,\u201d said executive producer Cooper.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Said Dave Howe, President, Syfy &amp; Chiller: \u201cAs Syfy continues to forge important partnerships with award-winning talent on and off screen, this powerhouse team led by Bradley Cooper, Graham King and Todd Phillips brings an extraordinary track record in producing entertainment of the highest creative ambition. Epitomizing the gold standard of science fiction story-telling, Hyperion tackles smart and provocative themes that help define Syfy&#8217;s development vision.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201cHyperion is a science fiction masterpiece. Dan Simmons\u2019 universe is unique and darkly compelling, and the creative team assembled here is simply as good as it gets,\u201d said Jeff Wachtel, President &amp; Chief Content Officer, NBCUniversal Cable Entertainment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Cooper is represented by CAA. Moses is represented by UTA, and Phillips is represented by CAA and attorney Warren Dern at Sloane, Offer, Weber, &amp; Dern.<span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\">\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Hyperion is the latest high profile scripted project to be announced by Syfy; others include the recently-announced series pickup of The Magicians, based on Lev Grossman\u2019s best-selling books; the 10-part series The Expanse, airing December 2015 and starring Thomas Jane; Arthur C. Clarke\u2019s epic mini-series Childhood\u2019s End, also set to premiere this December; Aldous Huxley\u2019s classic novel Brave New World with Amblin Television; Gale Anne Hurd\u2019s 13-episode thriller Hunters; David Goyer\u2019s Superman prequel, Krypton; and Incorporated, a futuristic espionage drama from Matt Damon and Ben Affleck.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Syfy announced today it is teaming with Oscar-nominated producer Bradley Cooper (American Sniper), Oscar-winning producer Graham King (The Departed, Argo) and Todd Phillips (The Hangover, Old School) to develop Dan Simmons\u2019 Hugo Award-winning best-selling novel Hyperion as an event series.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11964","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11964","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11964"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11964\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11965,"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11964\/revisions\/11965"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11964"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11964"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11964"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}