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Metropolis isn’t headed to Apple TV+ in any case. The streaming service has dropped its plans for the collection based mostly on the basic movie and ebook of the identical title. Sam Esmail is behind the variation of the 1927 movie by Fritz Lang. He had been engaged on the undertaking for the final seven years, and Apple TV+ ordered the series in March 2022.
The delay in manufacturing attributable to the present Author’s Strike is the reason for the cancellation of the high-profile undertaking, per Deadline. Not all of the scripts for Metropolis had been completed earlier than the strike, and solely two solid members had been set at the moment.
A rep for UCP, the corporate behind the collection, mentioned, “Push prices and uncertainty associated to the continued strike led to this tough determination.”
The next was revealed in regards to the plot of the basic movie:
“Directed by Lang and written by Thea Von Harbou based mostly on the latter’s 1925 novel, the unique movie was set in a futuristic city dystopia and follows the makes an attempt of Freder, the rich son of the town grasp, and Maria, a saintly determine to the employees, to beat the huge gulf separating the courses of their metropolis and produce the employees along with Joh Fredersen, the town grasp.”
It isn’t identified if the undertaking may land at one other outlet at a later date.
What do you think? Had been you planning to see Metropolis? Are you unhappy that the undertaking isn’t shifting ahead at Apple TV+?
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