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[06/05/09 - 06:24 PM]
Development Update: Friday, June 5
Updates include: Zoe Green to pen Sci Fi's "Diamond Age"; FOX to marry a "Stranger"; and Rachel Melvin to guest on NBC's "Heroes."

[01/12/07 - 12:17 PM]
Sci Fi's 2007 Scripted Development Slate Delivers Bold Mix of Action Thrillers, Fantasy Fare and Dramedys
George Clooney, Darren Star and Mark Burnett are all executive producing potential projects at the cable channel.







DIAMOND AGE, THE (SYFY)
DEVELOPMENT HISTORY:
1/12/07 - 6/5/09
STATUS:
previously in development
DESCRIPTION:
(from Sci Fi's press release) Based on Neal Stephenson's best-selling novel The Diamond Age: Or a Young Lady's Illustrated Primer, this six-hour miniseries is executive produced by George Clooney and Grant Heslov of Smokehouse Productions. A prominent member of a conservative futuristic society grows concerned that the culture stifles creativity, and commissions a controversial interactive book for his daughter, which serves as her guide through a surreal alternate world. When the primer's provocative technology, which adapts to the reader's responses, falls into the hands of a young innocent, the girl's life is accidentally reprogrammed with dangerous results. Neal Stephenson will adapt his own novel for this project, the first time the Hugo and Nebula winning author has written for the small screen.
CREW INFORMATION:
· George Clooney as EP
· Grant Heslov as EP
· Neal Stephenson as BOOK
· Zoe Green as WRTR
GENRE(S):
· based on a book
· mini-series
STUDIO INFORMATION:
· Smokehouse Productions