According to Variety, none other than Mr. Robot series creator Sam Esmail is preparing to produce a big-budget TV mini-series adaptation of Metropolis in an exclusive deal with Universal Cable Productions and Anonymous Content.
A prominent TV series creator is now looking to adapt Lang’s movie as a TV mini-series.
Originally released in 1927, the classic silent film Metropolis (as directed by German filmmaker Fritz Lang) has remained a landmark science fiction film.
In the time since then, the film has been restored multiple times and celebrated as the first genre film production of its kind.