Audio-visual science fiction owes everything to the groundbreaking film of its genre. At that time it was an event that only moviegoers remember now. Now, Apple TV+ wants to revive it in serial form.
Just in time for Fritz Lang’s film rights to expire in December, Apple is preparing to produce a new series inspired by the 1927 classic. The idea, of course, is to add it to the Apple TV+ catalog.
Apple has chosen Sam Ismail, creator of the Mr.Robot series, to write, direct, and produce this new Metropolis seriesas part of Esmail’s global deal with Universal Content Productions.
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News of the start of construction of a new metropolis first appeared in 2016when it was still not clear which network or streaming service might want to move forward with the adaptation.
In Lang’s original movie, Metropolis, adapted from the novel of the same name by Thea von Harbois a high-storied, futuristic megacity that becomes the center of a revolution when Freder, the son of a capitalist, discovers the shocking truth about what it takes to keep the city running.
Metropolis Approach to Exploiting the Poor and Working Classes who are forced to risk their lives to preserve the city’s technological infrastructure It was fitting when the movie was released in the 1920s, but 100 years later, it’s still a very topical topic.
What’s also easy to imagine is that Apple is one of those companies that could be hurt by Metropolis’ message, no matter how much they want to incorporate it into their catalog, so the same is a double-edged sword for Metropolis, a company with a very sensitive subject.
Despite the fact that it has been 100 years since Fritz Lang premiered in Metropolis, the truth is that our society has not stopped accelerating toward that future that the film denounced. We know where we’re going, but we can’t stop.
