Netflix is endeavor the first-ever adaptation of a traditional piece of science fiction literature. The Future is Ours (El futuro es nuestro), primarily based on Philip Okay. Dick’s 1956 sci-fi novel The World Jones Made, will probably be an eight-episode restricted collection set in 2047, when an ecological disaster has resulted in “draconian measures to safeguard the surroundings and fight widespread starvation and violence.“
In opposition to this backdrop, a police officer tracks down a younger preacher who has been claiming to have the ability to see the long run on-line, however his arrest solely permits him to change into the figurehead of a revolutionary motion in opposition to FedSur, the coalition of South American international locations serving as the present regime. This Spanish-language adaptation of Dick’s novel has Mateo Gil (The Sea Inside) on board as showrunner.
Manufacturing has begun on Netflix Latin America’s The Future Is Ours, in line with Selection. “It is certainly one of our most formidable and sophisticated productions, on the identical degree of scale and complexity as One Hundred Years of Solitude or The Eternaut,” says Netflix’s VP of content material for Latin America Francisco Ramos in an announcement.
“The concept — the core goal of the collection — is for it to be a really Latin American present, not restricted to anybody geography or nationality,” Gil continues. The Future Is Ours’ solid is confirmed to incorporate Emiliano Zurita, Delfina Chaves, Marco Antonio Caponi, Alfredo Castro, Enzo Vogrincic, and Marleyda Soto. The collection administrators are Vicente Amorim, Jesús Braceras, and Daniel Rezende.
Gil co-wrote the collection with One Hundred Years of Solitude‘s Camila Brugés Gómez, in addition to Laura Santullo and Kyzza Terrazas. It’s being produced by Okay&S Movies and Electrical Shepherd Productions, with Isa Dick Hackett, Sarah Scougal, Matías Mosteirín, Diego Copello, Emiliano Torres, Micky Buye, and Analía Castro all as government producers.
Gil additionally revealed that they’ve minimize the alien plot factors from Dick’s unique novel, during which predictions about Earth’s future encounters with life past the planet play a key function, as a substitute specializing in environmental disaster being the driving drive of the battle. That is doubtless meant to make the story extra grounded, reflecting extra recognizable real-world points.
The manufacturing staff appears to see The Future Is Ours because the successor to Netflix’s One Hundred Years of Solitude, one other miniseries primarily based on traditional literature from Netflix Latin America, which was a vital and viewers hit. Nevertheless, this forthcoming collection might simply be far more beloved due to its sci-fi premise and extra distinctive strategy.