Syfy Embarks on a ‘Childhood’s End’ Miniseries

Childhood's End Miniseries Coming to Syfy

Matthew Graham (Life on Mars) is set to adapt Arthur C. Clarke’s novel Childhood’s End as a six-hour miniseries on Syfy. The network’s tapped Nick Hurran (Sherlock: His Last Vow) to direct and Akiva Goldman and Mike De Luca are on board as executive producers.

The miniseries is aiming for a 2015 premiere.

“As we aggressively develop scripted programming over a diverse creative landscape, we want our content to reflect the greatest sci-fi stories from the past and the present. The powerful themes of Childhood’s End, from the fearsome price of peace and prosperity, to the very question of what constitutes a human being, remain fascinating and timeless. This will be the most ambitious project for Syfy in many years,” said Syfy President Dave Howe announcing the miniseries.

The Plot:

Hailed as a revolutionary work of science fiction since its publishing in 1953, Childhood’s End follows the peaceful alien invasion of Earth by the mysterious “Overlords,” whose arrival begins decades of apparent utopia under indirect alien rule, at the cost of human identity and culture.


-By Rebecca Murray

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