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[01/15/20 - 03:10 PM]
HBO Max Greenlights "The Uninhabitable Earth," Written and Directed by Oscar(R) and Emmy(R) Award Winner Adam McKay
The anthology series will be comprised of stand-alone fictional stories covering a wide range of genres and possible futures that could result from the rapid warming of our planet.







UNINHABITABLE EARTH, THE (HBO MAX)
DEVELOPMENT HISTORY:
1/15/20
STATUS:
previously in development (2020-2021 season)
DEVELOPMENT STAGE:
ordered to series
DESCRIPTION:
(from WarnerMedia's press release, January 2020) HBO Max announced from the stage at the WarnerMedia Television Critics Association (TCA) Day, a greenlight for Oscar(R) and Emmy(R) Award-winning writer Adam McKay's (Succession, The Big Short) The Uninhabitable Earth. This anthology series from wiip is inspired by David Wallace-Wells' global best-selling book and New York Magazine article of the same name and will be comprised of stand-alone fictional stories covering a wide range of genres and possible futures that could result from the rapid warming of our planet. McKay, who recently closed a five-year, overall television deal with HBO and HBO Max, is attached to write and direct the first episode. The plan is for the first season to enlist top directors and writers to join in creating a provocative and entertaining series that taps into our unease with just how delicately our planet is teetering on the precipice.
CREW INFORMATION:
· Adam McKay as EP
· Andrea Roa as EP
· David Kaplan as EP
· David Wallace-Wells as BOOK/CP
· Kevin Messick as EP
· Mark Roybal as EP
· Paul Lee as EP
GENRE(S):
· drama
STUDIO INFORMATION:
· Animal Kingdom
· Hyperobject Industries
· wiip