So, uh… Waterworld! The 1995 Kevin Costner action film that audiences… loved? Is now being developed as a TV series. I’m not sure who is asking for this as the best thing to come out of that movie was the Waterworld: A Live Sea War Spectacular stunt show at Universal Studios. But, producer John Davis has revealed that 10 Cloverfield Lane and Predator director Dan Trachtenberg is developing the show and is attached to direct.
Davis explains to Collider that the project is being developed as a streaming service series and it will be a continuation of the story that the first movie started. That first film was set in a world where the melting polar ice caps leave most of the world underwater. Costner played the Mariner, who adapted to the ocean by developing gills. He reluctantly befriends a woman named Helen and her young companion, Enola, as they escape from a hostile artificial island. Soon the sinister Smokers are pursuing them in the belief that Enola holds the key to finding the mythical Dryland.
According to the report, the series is expected to follow the characters from the original 1995 movie, and it will take place “20 years later. All those people, 20 years later.” They aren’t sure exactly how they are to approach the show, but it’s currently in the early stages of development at Universal Television.
I have absolutely no desire to watch this. I didn’t like the movie when I saw it as a teenager and I still don’t like it and I don’t care to see the story of any of those characters continue. I’ve never met anyone that has liked the original movie. Is there actually a market out there for more Waterworld? It just seems like a waste of time and money to me. They should put all that time, energy, and money into something original.