H.G. Wells' THE ISLAND OF DR. MOREAU Will Now Be a TV Series
CBS is set to develop a series inspired by H.G. Wells' classic sci-fi novel The Island of Dr. Moreau. The story has been adapted as a feature film a few times already, and all of the versions have actually been pretty good. Those versions starred Bela Lugosi in 1932, Burt Lancaster in 1977, and Marlon Brando in 1996.
The series is being created by Phillip Iscove, who is the creator of NBC's Sleepy Hollow. The Island of Dr. Moreau was published in 1896 and centers on a man shipwrecked on an island where the title character resides. It's there on the island that he creates human/animal hybrid beings by using a controversial practice known as vivisection.
According to THR, the TV drama will center on the "fiercely intelligent and fearless Dr. Katherine Moreau as she expands the boundaries of medicine through bold and revolutionary scientific experimentation and treatments in her privately funded island hospital."
This is such a great story, and I loved Wells' novel. It's going to be interesting to see how the actually spin in into a TV series.