{"id":21813,"date":"2024-11-21T09:23:46","date_gmt":"2024-11-21T14:23:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/the-expanse-creators-launch-sci-fi-focused-content-company\/"},"modified":"2024-11-21T09:37:32","modified_gmt":"2024-11-21T14:37:32","slug":"the-expanse-creators-launch-sci-fi-focused-content-company","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/the-expanse-creators-launch-sci-fi-focused-content-company\/","title":{"rendered":"The Expanse Creators Launch Sci-Fi-Focused Content Company"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The team behind the hit Prime Video series <em>The Expanse<\/em> has set up a new multiplatform content company, Expanding Universe, with a development deal in place at Amazon MGM Studios.<\/p>\n<p>Expanding Universe is led by Emmy-nominated showrunner Naren Shankar, director Breck Eisner and best-selling novelists and screenwriters Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck (who publish under the pen name James S.A. Corey). The first project, and the Amazon MGM Studios deal in development, is <em>The Captive\u2019s War<\/em>, an adaptation of the new sci-fi trilogy by Corey that launched in August with the <em>New York Times<\/em> best-selling novel <em>The Mercy of Gods<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Captive\u2019s War<\/em> is set in a distant future of galactic empires and alien civilizations. It is inspired by the biblical Book of Daniel and follows a group of prisoners who rise from the ashes of catastrophe to destroy their conqueror\u2019s society from within. It is an epic tale about the transformative power of individuality in a totalitarian world.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Captive\u2019s War<\/em> is executive produced by Shankar, who also serves as writer and showrunner; Abraham and Franck, who will also write; and Eisner, who will also direct. The series is produced by Amazon MGM Studios.<\/p>\n<p>Eisner said, \u201cExpanding 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. <em>The Captive\u2019s War<\/em> is a perfect launchpad for our model.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Shankar said, \u201cOn <em>The Expanse<\/em>, we built a deep, immersive universe filled with great characters and intense, emotional stories\u2014on a budget that wasn\u2019t insane. And now we\u2019re bringing that expertise to new storytelling universes and platforms.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Franck said, \u201c<em>The Expanse<\/em> 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.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Abraham said, \u201cOur track record has already attracted some exciting material: original features, adaptations by other novelists\u2019 work, and even legacy IPs, which would be a blast to reimagine in a modern context. In success, we have the opportunity to bring a new generation of science fiction to the screen.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The team behind the hit Prime Video series The Expanse has set up a new multiplatform content company, Expanding Universe, with a development deal in place at Amazon MGM Studios.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":350,"featured_media":21816,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[8094,9967,9968,9965,9966,9970,2512,9969],"class_list":["post-21813","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-amazon-mgm-studios","tag-breck-eisner","tag-daniel-abraham","tag-expanding-universe","tag-naren-shankar","tag-the-captives-war","tag-the-expanse","tag-ty-franck","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The Expanse Creators Launch Sci-Fi-Focused Content Company - 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