According to sources speaking to Variety , Kim Stanley Robinson’s Red Mars has been green-lighted for a 10-episode TV adaptation on Spike TV. Each episode will be an hour long, and J. Michael Straczynski, creator and writer of Babylon 5 and co-creator of Sense8 will serve as Red Mars ’ writer, co-executive producer, and showrunner. Vince Gerardis, co-executive producer of Game of Thrones , will also serve as executive producer on Red Mars with Straczynski. Robinson will reportedly be an on-the-set consultant. The Red Mars project has been on Spike TV’s plate for some time , but the network only just decided to move full-speed ahead with it, according to Variety . The show will go into production this summer and premiere in January 2017. Read 2 remaining paragraphs | Comments
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Spike TV orders 10-episode series for Red Mars written by Babylon 5 creator
