The forthcoming TV series based on 1993 adventure game Myst has hired X-Men: First Class writer Ashley Edward Miller.
Deadline reports that Miller, who also worked on 2011’s Thor and 2003’s Agent Cody Banks has joined the project, which is in production at Village Roadshow.
According to the report, Village Roadshow will “rely on and expand the game’s existing mythology to develop a multi-platform universe that includes film, scripted and unscripted television content.”
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A Myst TV show has been in development for several years now, with the adaptation originally revealed back in 2014 by Legendary Entertainment. In 2015, it was revealed that the show was set to land on streaming service Hulu with a companion game, but neither project materialised.
The rights have changed hands since and Village Roadshow picked up the rights to in 2019, with Myst co-creator Rand Miller and his brother Ryan Miller consulting and developing the show.
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If you’ve never heard of Myst, it’s a classic point-and-click adventure game franchise from the 90s. The player controls a character from the first-person perspective as they solve puzzles left by an ominous force known as The Stranger, travelling to several mysterious worlds in the process. It was the best selling game of all time from 1993 until 2002, when The Sims usurped its throne.
In other Myst news, check out our interview with Rand Miller from last year for insight about the development of Myst and its 2016 spiritual successor, Obduction.
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Jordan Oloman is a freelance writer for IGN who is excited about this not because he’s played Myst (he hasn’t) but because Agent Cody Banks is a perfect film. Follow him on Twitter.
Source: IGN.com Myst TV Series Adds X-Men: First Class Writer