Hailed as one of the best films of 2002, 'Minority Report' was also considered to be one of the best depictions of a not-too-distant future that involved a myriad of technological devices that we are now actually seeing in today's world.
Based on a short story of the same name by legendary sci-fi author Philip K. Dick, the franchise is being reinvigorated for television audiences.
Announced this week, the new project from Steven Spielberg's Amblin Television and Godzilla writer Max Borenstein has landed a deal with Fox to develop a pilot for the popular storyline for around $1 million according to reports.
The Tom Cruise-starring film has earned an impressive $358 million worldwide to date against an overall budget of $142 million. The production also included an over-the-top advertising campaign. The $216 million net profit is surely a good indicator that there is interest surrounding the story and with television shows becoming just as popular as movies in recent years, the decision to bring the blockbuster to the small screen makes perfect sense.
If the pilot can wow the Fox executives, there's a good chance that the show will be put into a series and it will mark a great return to the sci-fi genre for the animation-heavy Fox.
The 2002 film was set in 2054 and centered around a Precrime police force that was able to detect and stop high-level crimes before they occurred that led the city to being murder-free since its inception.
The concealed identity and mind control-heavy theme of the movie centers primarily around the character John Anderton (played by Tom Cruise), a Washington D.C. police detective for the aforementioned Precrime unit. When Anderton discovers that he has been identified by the psychic precog-controlled Precrime unit as a future killer, he is forced to become a fugitive of his own force while trying to untangle the mystery of who his soon-to-be victim is.
The new show aims to be a sequel to the 2002 film set 10 years after the final conclusion of the film and will reportedly pair up a detective and a precog in a series of crime drama-related plots.
