Irwin Allen’s space family Robinson is heading
back to the small screen. As revealed last October, Netflix is developing a new Lost in Space series. Today, the streaming service has
revealed that a ten episode first season will debut in 2018. Planned as a one
hour science fiction drama, the new Lost in Space hails from Legendary TV.
The new Lost and Space series is being reimagined by the feature
writing team of Matt Sazama and Burk Sharpless (Dracula Untold, Last Witch Hunter), with Zack Estrin (Prison Break) showrunning. The plan is for the new Lost in Space to take its cues from the original series.
As such, it will center around the Robinson family, who are forced to come
together in a time of crisis. Stranded light years from their intended
destination, they find themselves battling a strange new alien environment and
also their own personal demons. Equal parts family drama and sci-fi adventure,
the new Lost in Space is officially described as being “a survival story for the ages”.
“The original series so deftly captured both
drama and comedy, and that made it very appealing to a broad
audience,” says Cindy Holland, Netflix Vice President of Original Content.
“The current creative team’s reimagining of the series for Netflix is sure to
appeal to both fans who fondly remember the original and to create a new
generation of enthusiasts around the world.”
Created by Irwin Allen, the original Lost in Space premiered on CBS in 1965 and went on to last for
three seasons and 85 episodes. The series focused on the intergalactic
adventures of The Robinson family, who were originally sent into the stars
aboard the Jupiter 2 for colonization, but the vessel was sabotaged by the
backstabbing Dr. Zachary Smith, whose efforts to disrupt the trip result in the
clan being stranded in the cosmos.
Television reboots for Lost in Space have been attempted with both a 1970s
cartoon and a 2003 live-action version, directed by legendary filmmaker John
Woo, though neither were picked up to series. A feature film reboot of the
series was released in 1998 featuring the likes of Gary Oldman, William
Hurt, Matt LeBlanc, Mimi Rogers, Heather Graham, and Lacey
Chabert among its cast. The big screen treatment only had a moderate reception
at the box office but is notable for being the first film to dethrone Titanic from the #1 spot at the box office upon release.
Zack Estrin serves as executive producer on the
new Lost
in Space alongside Sazama and
Sharpless as well as Synthesis Entertainment’s Kevin Burns (The Curse of Oak Island, Ancient Aliens) and Jon Jashni (Godzilla, Pacific Rim) and Applebox’s Emmy-nominated director Neil Marshall (Game of Thrones, The Descent) and Marc Helwig. Marshall is also set to
direct several episodes of the series.
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