‘Myst’ TV Series In The Works From ‘X-Men: First Class’ Writer Ashley Edward Miller
A new video game adaptation is emerging from the mist. The iconic video gameMystis being adapted into a TV series by Village Roadshow, which has tappedThorandX-Men: First ClasswriterAshley Edward Millerto pen the pilot and serve as showrunner.
Deadline reports that Village Roadshow is developing aMystTV series based on the first-person graphic adventure game following a young geologist who stumbles upon the ancient D’ni civilization in a cavern deep below the New Mexico desert. Her discovery soon triggers series of world-changing events, du to the D’ni’s ability to write books that can link to other worlds.
Created by brothersRandandRobyn Millerand their company Cyan, the game was first released in 1993 and went on to enjoy worldwide popularity.Mystwas the best-selling PC game of all time until 2002, and has sold over 15 million copies worldwide. Rand Miller and his youngest brother,Ryan Miller, as well asIsaac TestermanandYale Riceat Delve Media are producing the TV series, which Village Roadshow hopes will be the launching point of a multi-platform universe across film and unscripted and scripted TV shows.
Village Roadshow has great ambitions for this IP, and has apparently been developing projects aroundMystfor the past year, after Legendary TV previously attempted to turn it into a Hulu live-action series. But I wonder if it’s coming too late forMyst,which has fallen out of popularity in the past two decades and feels very much like a remnant of ’90s adventure games. But Ashley Edward Miller is a solid writer who managed to help revive the waningX-Menseries withFirst Classand delivered a worthy origin story withThor. He also has experience in TV writing and production, with credits forTerminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, Black SailsandLore. Miller is currently writing a planned remake ofBig Trouble in Little Chinafor Dwayne Johnson.
