Amazon is turning old sci-fi paintings by Simon Stalenhag into a TV series
Over the past two years, Swedish artist Simon Stalenhag has garnered great acclaim Tales from the episode, a science fiction artbook that combines a sense of rural nostalgia against an alternate future past. Yesterday, Amazon ordered an adaptation of a series based on the book corps Author Nathaniel Halpern.
diverse reports announced that the project would be a co-production with Fox 21 Television Studios, which has been responsible for shows such as Sons of Anarchy And American Crime Story. Mark Romanek (Never leave me Go) will direct the show’s pilot and be an executive producer. In 2013, Stalinhag said the edge His art is inspired by his childhood in rural Sweden and his love for the science fiction movies he watched at the time. “The only difference in my artistic world and ours is that… since the early 20th century, attitudes and budgets have been much more in favor of science and technology.” Sharon Tal Yeguado, Head of Scripted Genre Programming at Amazon Studios, said that “Nathaniel is a talented storyteller who shares our passion for creating emotionally human stories that push the boundaries of genre programming, and we are thrilled to be working with him on this series.”
Another of Stålenhag’s books, Electric State, has also been selected for film
On Twitter, Stålenhag revealed some details, saying that the show would not be based on an RPGbut on the original art book, and that it would be based on both Tales from the episode And Tales from the Flood. More importantly, the series will not be set in Sweden: it will be shown in the United States, following a “personal American story”, rather than trying to imitate the “Swedishness of the book”.
This departure is significant, given how central the Swedish rural setting was to the world he created. However, these are not novels that feature a traditional story. They are art books that offer an impressionistic look at a world full of massive robots, weird science experiments, and even dinosaurs, all alongside Volvo station wagons and secluded homes in the middle of the wilderness. The world he created has been compared to that of Netflix Weird thingswhich was based on a nostalgic feel for Weird Science, was also to great acclaim.
