Childhood's End (Mini Series @ Syfy, December 2015)

Childhood’s End - Syfy Greenlights Arthur C. Clarke Mini-Series

SYFY GREENLIGHTS ARTHUR C. CLARKE’S CLASSIC SCIENCE FICTION NOVEL CHILDHOOD’S END AS SIX-HOUR MINISERIES FOR 2015 PREMIERE

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AKIVA GOLDSMAN (LONE SURVIVOR) AND MIKE DE LUCA (CAPTAIN PHILLIPS) WILL PRODUCE WITH MATTHEW GRAHAM (LIFE ON MARS) TO ADAPT

NICK HURRAN (SHERLOCK: HIS LAST VOW, DR. WHO) WILL DIRECT

NEW YORK – September 3, 2014 – Continuing to boldly expand its premium science fiction programming, Syfy today announced that it is greenlighting one of science fiction’s most beloved and influential novels, Arthur C. Clarke’s classic Childhood’s End, as a six-hour miniseries premiering in 2015.

In making the announcement, Dave Howe, President, Syfy, said: “As we aggressively develop scripted programming over a diverse creative landscape, we want our content to reflect the greatest sci-fi stories from the past and the present. The powerful themes of Childhood’s End, from the fearsome price of peace and prosperity, to the very question of what constitutes a human being, remain fascinating and timeless. This will be the most ambitious project for Syfy in many years.”

Akiva Goldsman (Lone Survivor, A Beautiful Mind, I Am Legend) and Mike De Luca (Captain Philips, Moneyball, The Social Network) are attached as executive producers. Childhood’s End will be adapted by Matthew Graham (creator of BBC's Life on Mars and Ashes to Ashes). Universal Cable Productions will be the studio.

The miniseries will be directed by Nick Hurran, who received a 2014 Emmy Award nomination for Sherlock: His Last Vow and a Hugo Award nomination for Dr. Who.

Additional behind the scene credits include Emmy Award winners Neville Kidd (Director of Photography) and Yan Miles (Editor). Both were just honored by the Academy for their work in Sherlock: His Last Vow.

Hailed as a revolutionary work of science fiction since its publishing in 1953, Childhood’s End follows the peaceful alien invasion of Earth by the mysterious “Overlords,” whose arrival begins decades of apparent utopia under indirect alien rule, at the cost of human identity and culture.

Source: Syfy

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Written by Arthur C. Clarke and hailed as a revolutionary work of science fiction since its publishing in 1953, Childhood’s End follows the peaceful alien invasion of Earth by the mysterious “Overlords,” whose arrival begins decades of apparent utopia under indirect alien rule, at the cost of human identity and culture.

Source: http://www.syfy.com/childhoodsend/cast/2015

Reminds me of "V", but other than "V" it probably will have closure, because it is planned as a mini series from the very beginning.

tscc1000 wrote:

Reminds me of "V", but other than "V" it probably will have closure, because it is planned as a mini series from the very beginning.

yeah as a mini, it should have a end, if the book did.
I never heard of the book though.

So the aliens conquer sort of like america does ?? lol give em what they want !
might be good. worth checking out.

what I think is funny........“As we aggressively develop scripted programming over a diverse creative landscape, we want our content to reflect the greatest sci-fi stories from the past and the present.

lol diverse creative landscape?? sounds like the skydance spokeswoman
and reflect or be , I would say be but that is just me.

Where do they get these ceo's lol

I'll save up the three eps and enjoy them as a whole maybe on next weekend.

well I got # 1, and watched part of it, and it was kinda boring.
The stupid thing is they show the end at the start of the show!!

O well will finish 1 and decide whether to see # 2 or not

Whispers was better than expanse or this show lol.

Ok I finished one and the devil stepped out, lol so I decided to do # 2.

Now being honest , I figured that  he was either real ugly, or a creature who looked
evil, so I  was close, but never figured on the devilish appearance.

# 2 was better,  still a simple but slow moving story .
Story telling is ok though.

I just finished 2  and I thought the baby might come out with hooves or horns lol.
but he programmed the baby I think.

I wonder if he is testing the prophet guy, he made him sick, then gave him the cure,
and maybe knew the girl would shoot him??
and see if he saved himself or him.

ok saw part 3 and was not a good ending lol
not something to rewatch.

not enough was explained.
The kids becoming super human and then jennifer was way over the top.

Then the black guy goes to the home world , then wants to go home lol
man he made a bad move there, and then another one at end.

This might have been good had someone reworked the story, and a new ending.

This was what galactus did to planets in FF comic, he destroyed worlds for the energy.
But he needed that to survive, and they never explain why they destroy the earth,
or who the big boss is.

Still haven't seen it, so I won't read your posts until then ... not to be spoiled too much ...

Well it was a ok miniseries to watch one time, just not a good ending , and many things
were just flat and ho hum.

The story had many flaws.

T5000 wrote:

ok saw  part 3 and was not a good ending lol
not something to rewatch.

not enough was explained.
The kids becoming super human and then jennifer was way over the top.

Then the black guy goes to the home world , then wants to go home lol
man he made a bad move there, and then another one at end.

This might have been good had someone reworked the story, and a new ending.

This was what galactus did to planets in FF comic, he destroyed worlds for the energy.
But he needed that to survive, and they never explain why they destroy the earth,
or who the big boss is.

Ok, plain and simply, the ending just ruined the whole thing for me. It's like Lost. The ending is that bad, that I probably never will have the wish to rewatch this. And it's not just the fact, that the ending is very depressing. No, the problem is, that all the explanations given in the end just feel like far-fetched nonsense, even for Sci-Fi. What a crap to introduce that "Overmind", who just needs to suck up the magically "enhanced" children, and worse, also needs a blown-up planet to succeed finally. I could go on, but it's already a lost cause, so I just drop it ...
Seriously, last year's Syfy mini series Ascension was way better and would have deserved a continuation instead of this wast of time Childhood's End ...

Well we agree then on this one !!

Showing the end at the start of the show made me think .....oh no !
and so you kinda know that the ending wont be a good one, but then you get to
the end, and it is even worse, but in a nonsensical way.

I did like the girl who liked the black guy, I think charlotte nicado.

I looked her up and she hasnt done much of interest, but did find one of her
movies.
It is called " The Subjects" I guess it would be science fiction category, and is a low
budget Austrailian movie.
I usually dont like movies made there, but this one was pretty good.

Sort of like "Saw" #1 in that the story is such it can be done very cheaply and in one
location.
It has good acting and they keep it interesting and have the tension going , and make you
wonder till the end.

Worth seeing though.