Wasn't there some movie based on the Witches of Eastwick that just came and went in a flash?

Gattaca, huh? They're just so out of ideas, they reusing stuff that people didn't go for the first time.

Ishtar, the televison series will be next.

Typo. I meant tv series bast on Witches.

Could be cool. I mean Buffy was an okay movie that bombed then got turned into a really good tv show. Or it just turn to crap..crapper.
Thoe that would make a cool count down list, best/worest movies turned in to tv show.

There's something in this post that just isn't computing. I think it's the reference to the idea that Gattaca 'bombed'. Surely... surely we must be thinking of different movies, because the Gattaca I remember, and the Gattaca everyone that I know remembers, is a brilliant Sci-Fi flick that accurately depicts what the world will be like if we start being able to genotype our children.

You, sir, need to rewatch your movies.

Indeed. Gattaca is one of the best pure sci-fi movies that's been released in the last 20 years.

As for a TV series... well... If it retains the visual style of the movie but brings in a completely new cast of characters within that world... it COULD be good. The source material is definitely light years better than the original Buffy movie (and equivalent, in my opinion, to Witches of Eastwick). So, as long as this isn't a re-hash of the movie, color me intrigued.

Gunslinger
Gattaca did bomb. In the cinemas anyway. After its DVD\Video release it became a bit of a cult hit. Well in the UK anyway.

I09 been posting about this since news hit. It could be good

You want sci-fi police procedural? Bring back Alien Nation!

I'm neutral on this one, but this is most likely the final heap of dirt over the grave of Hollywood originality.

I liked this movie, it was cool. A TV show? Not so sure. I dont think people will go for it

@Swinge
"Gattaca did bomb. At the cimemas anyway."

This statement, coupled by the fact that Saw VII is going to be released next year ( and that Transformers 2 did well in the box-office ), really only confirms the fact that the average movie-goer is a moron.

@Gunslinger

*cries because it is true*

Gunslinger that is the truth and it hurts like hell. I love Gattaca and this news makes me want to destroy my tv.

They replace Andrew Niccol (The Truman Show, The Terminal) with Gil Grant (NCISes and Army Wives). Sounds great.

Gattaca is definitely one of the best pure sci-fi films of all time. It's definitely one of my top 10 faves.

I was pretty ticked off that I didn't support it, supporting th' fact that it bombed, but I blame the marketing folks cos th' trailer for the film only played up the murder mystery angle which made it look like a generic thriller vs. the compelling existential-centric science fiction spectacle it truly was. Bastards!

As for this TV show tho'... I'd much prefer an intentionally finite season or mini-series ala some Brit shows and/or the upcoming 'Prisoner' remake mini-series.

Gattaca grossed just over $12MM in the US, total.
So yeah it bombed in theaters.
I liked the idea of the movie, but it was so slow and boring I just can't watch it. Maybe the show will be better.

I was going to say they should make "Training Day" series instead, but I realised Swaize already did. But umm... Gattaca? Why? There are better sci-fi movies to to ruin like Blade Runner. Or Avatar? Heck, they'd make a TV-show out of anything, won't they? I'm calling it now... 2 years from now someone would be making a Clone Wars rippoff called "Avatar:Space Furries"

Gunslinger, RobP.

You're assuming "bomb" is synonymous with "bad." Not the same thing at all. Many great movies bomb and many shitty ones do well at the Box Office (Gattaca vs Transformers 2 for instance)

Like Patracolas said, it made $12M. That is a definite Box Office Bomb. Gattaca is a cult hit, that didn't take off until video.

With all that said, does anyone remember a little bomb of a movie called "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" that was turned into a pretty good little TV series several years later. Just sayin'.

I think Buffy is THE example here. Horrible movies can be tweaked and have long, successful television lives.

This makes me really sad. As someone actually suffering from a life that's pretty much worthless at this point without some major medical breakthroughs.

Why? Because gattaca is the single biggest "Oh no, me play god!" movie among the nerd set. It's bad enough that the fundies want to make sure people like me never get our lives back. But this kind of thing tends to push nerds into that camp as well, or at least indicate that there's a heavy thread of the naturalistic fallacy running in it as well.

I thought we were using skywalking now, as in "It makes no skywalking sense..."

I've started using this on a regular basis and going back to the old ways is going to hurt me.

Some fanboys really need to get over this perception that a new version of something will somehow destroy the original. What you loved and remembered is still there and you can enjoy it anytime you wish. It hasn't been erased from existence.

Meanwhile, the concepts behind "Gattaca" are such that a good TV series could easily be made. There are so many social, political, religious issues that we face that the series could explore. And they can do it with a fun, escapist twist a la "Battlestar Galactica."

They COULD do a terrible job, sure, but based upon the excellent source material, I would keep an open mind about the final product.

Wasn't there some similar TV shows like this already? Total Recal (On Showtime I think), and there was a lawyer show that took place near-future dealing with genetic crimes (I cannot remember the name).

Total Recall wasn't bad, just got limited airtime. And the other, don't think it lasted more than a season.

Gattaca may be slow but as said above was a freaking good (semi?)hard sci-fi flick. Sort of like Primer, though Primer is on a whole different level of awesome.

I really disliked the overrated Gattaca. It was trying to say that genetic engineering would be the new racism but subverted its own goals. The parallel didn't work, because unlike racism, the gengineered people were arbitrarily treated better. They were objectively better from a genetic standpoint. It didn't even make the argument that it would be a utopia just for fascists. The gengineered people weren't treating the regularly people horribly; they were just getting the good jobs because they were better qualified. It was absurd that the company would waste so much time on checking people's DNA after they've passed the initial job screening. The hero spends the entire film engaging in identity theft so that he can be an astronaut. He couldn't be an astronaut otherwise because of his heart defect. Um, I'm pretty sure NASA screens out people for that now. That's not unfair discrimination since you're required to be in peak shape to go into space. So the hero breaks the law just so he can go on a rocketship (dressed in boring business attire since they didn't ahave a budget for neat spacesuits)and have his heart give out instantaneously.He wasn't heroic, he embezzeled resources from the space program because of his petty sense of entitlement. If anything, it's a pro gengineering movie, which I totally respect, since it shows that humanity will keep trucking along pretty much the same as it's always been even with widespread use of "scary" science.

I haven't seen the movie in quite some time, but as I recall the protagonist's condition was that he would die comparatively "early" from his heart condition, not that it was immediately dangerous if he went into space. Basically he was being held out because of the possibility that at some point in the future he *might* have a sudden cardiac event. So it would be like a present day company refusing to hire smokers because they would be more likely to develop lung cancer than non-smoking workers, and be a larger liability to the company. Or like an insurance company denying coverage based on pre-existing conditions...wait that does happen IRL...

Why are so many people obsessed with the box-office success (or lack thereof) of the film? It has nothing to do with the quality of the film.

Loved Gattaca. But I hate the idea of a cheapo tv cop drama using it's name.

Gattaca was awesome. It had like a ten-minute scene of a dude exfoliating.

Gattaca was a good movie, and had a great message that seems to become more relevant every day.

A TV series though? I don't see how this story can last that long.

I still miss the TV series of the movie "Logan's Run". LOL :)~

Gattaca was a great film, but a TV series? Oh hell no!

By the way, this isn't one of the signs of the impending Mayan apocalypse. However, Rob Halford (Judas Priest) releasing a Christmas album totally is.