{"id":15697,"date":"2018-04-20T12:04:17","date_gmt":"2018-04-20T19:04:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/forbiddenpanel.com\/PanelCast\/?p=15697"},"modified":"2018-04-20T12:04:17","modified_gmt":"2018-04-20T19:04:17","slug":"amazon-developing-east-of-west-transhuman-genre-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forbiddenpanel.com\/PanelCast\/amazon-developing-east-of-west-transhuman-genre-series\/","title":{"rendered":"Amazon Developing \u2018East Of West\u2019 & \u2018Transhuman\u2019 Genre Series\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Amazon Studios has put in development two hourlong genre drama series, East of West and Transhuman, from comic book creator Jonathan Hickman based on his graphic novels. He is teaming on both projects with another comic book creator, The Walking Dead\u2018s Robert Kirkman who will executive produce via his company\u2019s Skybound Entertainment\u2019s first-look deal at Amazon Studios.<\/p>\n

Both projects will be created and executive produced by Hickman and Nick Dragotta and J.M. Ringuet, the artists on Hickman\u2019s\u00a0Image Comics books\u00a0East of West (Dragotta) and Transhuman (Ringuet).\u00a0East of West will be written by Hickman, I hear search is underway for a writer to pen the Transhuman adaptation.<\/p>\n

Also executive producing both shows are\u00a0Skybound\u2019s Kirkman, Alpert, Sean Furst and Bryan Furst (Dice). Additionally,\u00a0\u00a0Transhuman will be executive produced by Josh Adler (Stash House).<\/p>\n

East of West is set in a reimagined Western landscape where America is divided into seven nations. This iconic science fiction series follows \u201cDeath\u201d as he braves his fellow riders, monsters, and corrupt gunslingers in his quest to save his mortal family from the Apocalypse.<\/p>\n

Transhuman is a science fiction drama set in the near future. The show centers around a divorced couple, who ran rival major corporations, offering humans the ability to genetically and robotically enhance themselves.<\/p>\n

\u201cNick, J.M. and I couldn\u2019t be more excited to be working with Skybound and Amazon,\u201d said Hickman. \u201cWe feel very strongly about each project and couldn\u2019t be more appreciative of how far both companies have gone to make us feel welcome. We look forward to doing the work and hopefully doing it well.\u201dHickman is behind the award-winning East of West, Black Monday Murders and The Manhattan Projects comics series. He\u2019s also a New York Times bestselling author who wrote the Avengers, Secret Wars and the Fantastic Four for Marvel Comics.<\/p>\n

Hickman is repped by Verve, Circle of Confusion and Katz Golden Rosenman.East of West and Transhuman are part of Amazon\u2019s push in big-scope genre drama series as the streaming service is looking for a tentpole series in that arena.<\/p>\n

Source: Amazon Developing \u2018East Of West\u2019 & \u2018Transhuman\u2019 Genre Series | Deadline<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Amazon Studios has put in development two hourlong genre drama series, East of West and Transhuman, from comic book creator Jonathan Hickman based on his graphic novels. He is teaming on both projects with another comic book creator, The Walking Dead\u2018s Robert Kirkman who will executive produce via his company\u2019s Skybound Entertainment\u2019s first-look deal at […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15697","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1opIU-45b","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":15518,"url":"https:\/\/forbiddenpanel.com\/PanelCast\/despicable-me-writers-robert-kirkman-team-for-fantasy-birthright\/","url_meta":{"origin":15697,"position":0},"title":"‘Despicable Me’ Writers, Robert Kirkman Team for Fantasy ‘Birthright’","author":"Forbidden Panel","date":"January 29, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Joshua Williamson and Andrei Bressan created the Image comic, which is now in development at Universal. 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