{"id":78581,"date":"2015-08-13T10:00:50","date_gmt":"2015-08-13T09:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/?p=78581"},"modified":"2015-08-13T10:00:50","modified_gmt":"2015-08-13T09:00:50","slug":"minority-report-tv-series-will-be-more-light-hearted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/news\/minority-report-tv-series-will-be-more-light-hearted\/","title":{"rendered":"Minority Report TV series “will be more light-hearted”"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Minority<\/a> T<\/span>he trend for<\/span> turning popular films into TV series shows no sign of ending, with Steven Spielberg\u2019s 2002 Philip K Dick adaptation Minority Report<\/strong> <\/em>up next. Set in the year 2065 \u2013 11 years after the events of the Tom Cruise-starring movie \u2013 Fox\u2019s TV series follows the lives of the film\u2019s precogs: Dash (Stark Sands), Arthur (Nick Zano) and Agatha (Laura Regan) as they attempt to find their place in the world.<\/span><\/p>\n

While Dash is still attempting to use his powers for the greater good, Agatha chooses instead to remain withdrawn from the world. \u201cWhat you see in the pilot is a more detached Agatha,\u201d says Regan. \u201cShe\u2019s so strong-willed, and has some very strong opinions, but she has something of a zen-like quality, where she\u2019s removed herself from this society that took advantage of her, really to protect herself.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

According to Regan, Dick’s trademark themes like identity, free will versus destiny and our relationship with technology\u00a0will\u00a0remain pronounced. \u201cFree will versus destiny is still very much a part of it. I\u2019m playing one version of it: I choose to remain away\u2026 There are moments where I say, \u2018Look Dash, I can see what you\u2019re going to do, don\u2019t you realise that?\u2019 And he\u2019ll say, \u2018But what about free will?\u2019 And he\u2019s always the one reminding me of [it]. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cOne other interesting theme is the element of privacy, which is so relevant in society right now. We tell our apps everything: our Instagram, Facebook \u2013 our computers seem to know everything about our lives, and that I think was something the original film foreshadowed. We saw that coming.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Equally, the TV series, created by Godzilla<\/strong><\/em> writer Max Borenstein, isn\u2019t afraid to deviate from aspects of the film, with Regan keen to emphasise the role played by humour in the series. \u201cI may be wrong, but I don\u2019t remember a lot of light-heartedness,\u201d recalls Regan.\"Minority <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt was a pretty heavy, serious sci-fi drama, and our series has a lot of funny moments that comes out of Dash\u2019s visions: little moments of levity. And that really comes out in the relationship between Dash and Meagan [Good, who plays Detective Lara Vega], as well. He\u2019s never functioned in society before, so that provides a lot of opportunity for funny moments.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Regan, who made her name starring in horror flicks like My Little Eye<\/strong><\/em>, Dead Silence<\/strong><\/em> and Them<\/strong><\/em> \u2013 as well as a recurring role in Mad Men<\/strong><\/em> \u2013 faced the unenviable task of taking on a role popularised by Samantha Morton in the original. Instead of mimicking her performance method-style, however, she instead chose to make the role her own. \u201cI had to bring my own take \u2013 I don\u2019t look tremendously like her! It\u2019s really a re-establishing of the character. She is so powerful in the film, it\u2019s hard to avoid certain images of her that are in my head, but I\u2019m not aiming to replicate anything.”<\/span><\/p>\n

As we\u2019ve previously mentioned, TV series based on films aren\u2019t exactly in short supply. Limitless<\/strong><\/em>, Scream<\/strong><\/em>, Damien<\/strong><\/em> and Ash Vs Evil Dead<\/strong><\/em> will all be hitting screens soon, so\u00a0Minority Report has a lot of company. Regan believes that the show is different enough to stand out, though. \u201cThere are so many crime procedurals on TV, but this has its own unique bent. I think it\u2019ll stand out because of that and the light-heartedness. I really think it could go for a long, long time.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Minority Report<\/em> will air on Fox in the US from 21 September 2015, with a UK air date to follow. For more on the biggest TV shows, pick up the latest issue of SciFiNow.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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