High Moon - Bryan Fuller's adaptation of "The Lotus Caves" on Syfy

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Deadline:

SyFy Pilots ‘The Lotus Caves’ Adaptation With Bryan Fuller & Robert Halmi Sr.
By NELLIE ANDREEVA

EXCLUSIVE: Syfy has handed out a pilot order to High Moon, an adaptation of John Christopher’s popular 1969 young-adult sci-fi novel The Lotus Caves. Veteran longform producer Robert Halmi Sr. and Pushing Daisies creator creator Bryan Fuller (Hannibal) executive produce the project, written/executive produced by Jim Danger Gray (Pushing Daisies). Canadian-based Reunion Pictures is producing the 90-minute pilot which is expected to begin production in Vancouver this fall. Reunion Pictures’ Matthew O’Connor, Lisa Richardson and Tom Rowe also exec produce.

High Moon, which had been in development at Syfy for two years, creates a future where the countries of Earth have established colonies to mine the Moon’s resources. When a new life form is discovered, chaos erupts as various factions race to uncover and exploit its powerful secrets. “This is a fresh and compelling vision of an exotic new world driven by character, intrigue and greed,” Syfy’s president original content Mark Stern said. Halmi Sr.’s The Halmi Co. will distribute the project worldwide outside of Canada. Halmi Sr. previously produced Syfy’s event productions Tin Man, Alice and Neverland.

That makes three for Fuller (is wanting all three to be successful too much to hope for? ) It'll be interesting to see a Fuller-written space-based series, since he got his start on Star Trek and has discussed how much he would like to bring Trek back to television with Bryan Singer.

 

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Chris Diamantopoulos and Jake Sandvig Cast

 

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Reading Fuller's twitter, it sounds like the pilot is going to be airing September 15th, even though it wasn't picked up. The pics he's been posting have an interesting look...