Prolific producer and screenwriter Akiva Goldsman (I, Robot, I Am Legend, Star Trek: Discovery) is reimagining three classic Irwin Allen series, with adaptations of Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, Land of the Giants, and The Time Tunnel in the works, Deadline reports today.
Per Deadline, Goldsman and Legendary Television are hoping to create a new Universe of reimagined Allen works.
Jon Jashni (Pacific Rim, Godzilla vs. Kong, Lost in Space) is set to executive produce, with Derek Thielges co-producing.
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, based on the 1961 film of the same name which Allen directed, ran from 1964 – 1968 on ABC. The underwater sci-fi adventure centered on the nuclear submarine Seaview, and starred Richard Basehart as Admiral Harriman “Harry” Nelson.
The Time Tunnel, a time-travel adventure series, starred James Darren and Robert Colbert, and ran for one season of 30 episodes from 1966 to 1967.
Land of the Giants, Allen's fourth science-fiction TV series, saw a spacecraft piloted by Gary Conway's Captain Steve Burton crash land on to the titular planet. Land of the Giants premiered on ABC in the fall of 1968 and ran for two seasons.
Known as “the Master of Disaster”, Allen also created the Lost in Space series which aired between 1965 and 1968. Allen passed away in 1991.
Look out for more on the Irwin Allen Universe as we get it.
