Amazon Is Turning Hit Sci-Fi Podcast 'From Now' Into a TV Show

From Now is one of the most popular sci-fi podcasts on the market that is now being turned into a TV series, thanks to Amazon Studios. Engadget reports: From Now, which debuted in December, stars Richard Madden (Game of Thrones, Marvel's Eternals) and Brian Cox (Succession) as identical twins separated by time. Madden plays astronaut Edward Fitz, whose spacecraft unexpectedly shows up in Earth's orbit after disappearing 35 years previously. The story deals with the aftermath of the brothers' reunion, with Edward appearing to be the same age as when he left and his twin now an old man. From Now shot up to number two in the overall Apple Podcast charts.

From Now creators Rhys Wakefield and William Day Frank, are adapting the podcast for TV. It's unclear whether Madden and Cox will reprise their roles, but they'll act as executive producers. Madden is already working with Amazon. He's currently filming Citadel, an ambitious-sounding Prime Video spy series from the Russo brothers.

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[BAReFO0t]

"unproven"

Clearly somebody who has a clue how reality works, you are. ;))

Hint: Your existence is "unproven".

Hint 2: Nothing can ever be "proven". Best you can do, is a theory that makes predictions that always come true and is therefore *useful*, because that's the point, and the only point you will ever get.

And fun fact: This here *is* actually something that has been tested and verified.
You are free to show verifiable observation of it not being true. Because everyone since Einstied tried that, noob to fa

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[XXongo]

And fun fact: This here *is* actually something that has been tested and verified.

Not having the explanation of why a spaceship would "unexpectedly" return 35 years later, it's hard to say it's an "proven" theory. Sounds like they took the (proven) idea of time dilation at near-light travel speeds, discarded the part about near-light travel speeds, and said "cool idea, bro".

I wouldn't call it a "proven" theory-- sounds more like "completely made up physics".

Re: Garbage

[tmmagee]

Or maybe just call it science fiction

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[Koen Lefever]

You do not need near-light speed for time dilation: a commercial airplane is sufficient, as shown by the Hafele–Keating experiment [wikipedia.org] in 1971.

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[XXongo]

You do not need near-light speed for time dilation: a commercial airplane is sufficient,

not you want to not age at all while your twin ages 35 year.

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[sabbede]

Descartes showed otherwise and, no offense, I think I'm going to stick with him. And I'll know I am, because I'll be thinking it.

Trying to win the contest?

[BAReFO0t]

Of "Least imaginative and out there 'sci-fi' story of the decade"? ;)

Come on, literally everybody had this idea, and went "meh. too mundane.".

Desperate world of art we got nowadays. Thanks Content Mafia!

Why is this news?

[nospam007]

Movies and TV-series have been made from scripts on coasters, pulp stories, games, Disney rides, books or even from indigestion, in the case of Uwe Boll.

The Heinlein Juvenile

[Babel-17]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/... [wikipedia.org] Written for teens, but with just a whiff of incest at the end. :)

That would make a good show.

[sabbede]

Lots of adventure and exploration instead of what sounds like a lot of melodrama about people coping with family problems. Albeit unusual and science-fictiony family problems. But I'm not familiar with the podcast, so I am judging it unfairly from a 3rd party description.

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