A TV series adaptation of the video game Myst is in the works. Deadline reports Village Roadshow Entertainment has hired writer Ashley Edward Miller (X-Men: First Class) to develop the series.
Myst follows “Atrus, a brilliant, if a bit naïve, grandson of Anna, a woman who triggers a world-shaping set of events when she discovers the D’ni civilization in a cavern deep below the New Mexico desert. The D’ni have a unique ability to write books that can link to other worlds. The discovery of their ability and the clash of cultures is the catalyst for the Myst novels and games.”
The franchise covers over 10,000 years of mythology in the Myst universe through the sequels and novels. Its popularity made Myst hold the record for best selling PC game until 2002.
Ashley Edward Miller will write the pilot for the series and showrun the series. Village Roadshow plans to develop the Myst franchise further than the TV adaptation as they develop a multi-platform project that expands “the game’s existing mythology to develop a multi-platform universe that includes film, scripted and unscripted television content.”
The game was first released in 1992 and created by Rand and Robyn Miller. Village Roadshow will produce the series alongside Rand Miller and his younger brother Ryan Miller along with Delve Media’s Isaac Testerman and Yale Rice.
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