The original Waterworld film was released by Universal Pictures in 1995. The concept is a compelling one—the ocean rising above land, with survivors compelled to live on rafts and battle for drinking water. John Davis, one of the original film’s producers, believes that too, as he has started talking with Universal Television about the advancement of a Waterworld TV series for streaming.
The original Waterworld happens numerous years after the melting of the polar ice cap. The film featured Kevin Costner (Clark Kent’s dad in Warner Bros’. Man of Steel) as The Drifter, a lone sailor trading dirt for supplies. He decides to secure a girl named Enola and her guardian Helen, who are both being sought after by The Smokers, a gang led by The Deacon, a villain who is played by the late Dennis Hopper. When The Drifter finds that Enola has a guide prompting dry land tattooed on her back, he commits himself to keeping the girl protected and away from The Deacon and his Smokers.
John Davis of Davis Productions will produce the Waterworld series alongside co-producer Larry Gordon and The Equalizer TV series producer John Fox. 10 Cloverfield Lane director Dan Trachtenberg, who is likewise joined to the Predator origin story, Skull, is ready as an episode director for the series, which is apparently in the beginning stages of development. Davis needs the series to be accessible on a streaming service, which would probably be Comcast’s Peacock given the association of Universal Television. Costner isn’t appended to the project right now.
Universal Television is liable for producing probably the most exciting TV series in recent memory, including Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist, Ted Lasso, and Peacock’s Saved by the Bell reboot. The organization likewise had the comedy musical series Schmigadoon! released on Apple TV Plus recently, while other Universal Television shows due for release later in 2021 incorporate Ordinary Joe, FBI: International, La Brea, and The Gilded Age.
The Mad Max-adjacent Waterworld might not have reached however many crowds as Universal would have needed back in 1995. Nonetheless, with another series accessible on streaming, the story of an overwhelmed Earth might get another opportunity to sparkle.
As recent triumphs, for example, Netflix’s adaptation of Sweet Tooth might be showing, a Waterworld reboot could possibly discover new audiences all things considered. In the case of nothing else, it might feel like an all the more convenient story thinking about the current environmental crisis.
