The large-scale series was reportedly finding its cast, with Briana Middleton set as the series' lead and Lindy Booth tapped for a major role. Last year, Apple TV+ handed a series order to Metropolis, with Esmail taking triple duty as the series' writer, director, and showrunner.
News surrounding Metropolis fell silent until 2021 when Esmail was said to be working on the pilot script for the drama. The miniseries has been years in the making as the project first entered development in late 2016, though the show was not set to premiere for two to three years.
Production was due to kick off this summer, but UCP decided to cancel the series after weighing up the risks associated with the writers' strike and how it might impact the shooting schedule, resulting in higher costs for "building and holding expansive stages, labor, and VFX work." At that point, development ground to a halt, delaying some major pre-production processes, such as budgeting. However, UCP confirmed to Deadline that the project would not be moving forward because of "push costs" and "uncertainty" related to the strike.Īccording to the report, Metropolis had been up in the air for several weeks as the show's script drafts were incomplete when the WGA strike began on May 2.
The adaptation of Fritz Lang's 1927 sci-fi classic was part of Esmail's overall deal with Universal Content Productions (UCP).
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