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George R.R Martin’s next series won’t be going to HBO it seems, with Hulu in talks with the famed author to bring his “Wild Cards” book series to the streamer.
The project, from Universal Cable Prods, is setting up a writers room for two new series that would create a ‘’Wild Cards’’ universe.
The two series will be written and executive produced by Andrew Miller, of “The Secret Garden” fame.
Set in the present, the series explores the aftermath of an alien virus, released over Manhattan in 1946 that killed 90% of those it infected. In the survivors, DNA was altered, creating grotesque physical deformities, except for a tiny percentage who develop super human powers instead. Called the Wild Card virus, it has passed down through generations, and can go undetected until suddenly activated by a traumatic event — at which point the carrier is either killed, mutated or granted god-like powers. Effects that are largely a manifestation of the victim’s emotional state, making them vulnerable to reverence or ridicule on a deeply personal level. Now, after decades of sociological turmoil, having been worshipped, oppressed, exploited and ignored… Victims of the virus want to define their own future.
Martin isn’t involved in writing the series because he’s got an exclusive deal with HBO where he’s spearheading the “Game of Thrones” spinoff projects, in addition to co-executive producing the parent series.
Via ‘Variety‘
