Neil Gaiman Developing a New TV Series Based on a Skyscraper Moving Through Alternate Realities
Neil Gaiman has teamed up with Angry Films to develop a new sci-fi/fantasy TV series for Fox called The Building, and it sounds like a really cool and fascinating concept! The series is based on a digital film called Parallels that was written and directed by Chris Leone, and it centers on a multiverse skyscraper! Seriously, this series sounds awesome and different from anything that we’re seeing right now. Deadline offers up the following plot information:
The Building involves a large skyscraper that moves between alternate realities and a group of young urban explorers who are in the building and suddenly find themselves on an Earth wherein Reagan was not elected and Russia dropped the bomb. They then figure out they have a limited amount of time to figure out where they are and rescue members of their team before the building shifts again to another reality. They soon realize that this Earth is also different from where they started and getting back may be impossible.
According to the report, the series will explore the origin of the building, “who built it and why, what happens on each floor and how, if at all possible, do they get back to their original Earth.”
That’s a pretty exciting and ambitious concept for a series, and there so many fun and different elements that they could explore. With Gaiman’s imagination leading the charge on this project there’s no doubt that it has a good chance of turning out great. I’m definitely looking forward to seeing how this series comes together.
I included a trailer for the original digital film below: