Expanse creators new show plan confirmed!

[@carltheyoda2155]

I wish we were getting more of The Expanse, but hey...I'll love this one! I just got the Mercy of The Gods audiobook and will check it out after I wrap up my 11th re-watch of The Expanse.

[@YvesDarbouze]

We don’t want a new show. We want them to finish the old show

[@kenkunkel5976]

Absolutely. Finish what you started.

[@MattNolanCustom]

not going to happen unless *masses* of *new* people want to watch it. The existing fan-base, however enthusiastic it is, is not enough. Streaming platforms need new subscribers, not just to retain their existing ones.

[@RechargeableLithium]

There's a 30 year gap in the story - gonna be a while. 😂

[@darth_dub_]

No doubt, prove you know how to finish one before you go trying to remake it.

[@darth_dub_]

​@MattNolanCustom that's why they're losing everyone.

[@quietprofessional]

The Expanse should have continued on to Persepolis Rising, Tiamat's Wrath, and Leviathan Falls. But I guess the actors needed to age a little more to be in line with the age of the characters. Maybe The Captives War trilogy beginning with Mercy of the Gods is something to get financing to properly conclude The Expanse. We'll see.

[@wildbill4496]

They Expanse Telltale game, while fairly short, was an interesting story in The Expanse universe. If you're unaware of it, then I recommend checking it out.

[@jacko_jaxon]

Absolutely love The Expanse, definitely in my top 5 sci-fi series, this is exciting news!

[@lrvogt1257]

I'd like to see the Expanse follow the exploits of Drummer, at least initially, as head of the Transport Union. Its a whole new organization with lot's to negotiate as the outer worlds expand trade, Mars finds a new role, and the protomolecule is evolving on an off world.

[@tommargarites2811]

I would have hoped for a return of the Rocinante and crew, ( can't get enough of Amos). But this colony you mentioned, will it have anything to do with that colony we saw in the last couple episodes of the Expanse, or a completely new location?

[@SteveSimpson]

I LOVED the TV series and I just started reading the 10 books (books 1 through 9 plus the "Memory's Legion" collection of The Expanse short stories).

[@cwstreeper]

Thanks for your reporting. I'm hopeful we'll get a series covering the Laconian trilogy contained in Persepolis Rising, Tiamat's Wrath, and Leviathan Falls. Until then, I'll just have to watch the Expanse through again for the tenth time.

[@christopherlegg5469]

Yes!! Will check the book out asap

[@SUPR3M3SYST3MLORD]

Thanks for the Info bro I wish they continued the expanse it was good and what I needed after stargate expanse was better then killjoy to me

[@DanA-nl5uo]

I heard rumors of this the other day and was waiting to see your take on it before getting to excited. I just ordered the book to read it this winter. Great news.

[@jonbradley4789]

Nice delivery!

[@suisinghoraceho2403]

I really love Mercy of Gods. It is actually more conducive to be turned into a TV series in the sense that they involve a smaller sets of characters in limited few locations. They certainly have enough material for one season but not much beyond that. I am not sure whether the IP getting serialised so early on is a good thing. Alas, not every writer would turn into a George RR Martin and Abraham had a much better track record of finishing books. One thing also in his favour is they are doing a deal with Amazon, which doesn’t mind a few years in between seasons.

[@thedatatreader]

Your description of Mercy of the Gods sounds remarkably like the plot for an episode of Stargate which to me is quite an amusing coincidence.

[@CMDR_Verm]

I wasn't aware of that book so thank you, I'll consider it a ''must read''. As for the rest, I hope you're right.

[@I_AM_G_FORCE]

You can waste many life times waiting for a sci-fi show to be continued.

[@radeksparowski7174]

have not read the expanse books, but as far I know from topic rehash where the tv series ended that time era ended too in books and continued with a huge time jump, the whole story takes place over some 3 centuries, so somebody /maybe ai text to video feature/ could flawlessly continue with the story someday....or you just read the books and use your imagination :-D

[@FlowNeffets]

...technically, with this setting, it could be considered a The Expanse spinoff set in a distant future.

[@trebleboost7]

Loosely. I think that is a bit implied, but it is a very small thread.

[@PhilipStaniland]

love the Expanse books and series, but I have to admit, I've had Leviathan falls on my kindle since it came out, and have yet to finish reading it.

[@theresachampney-willis4005]

Yes this makes me so happy.......I wanna know what was happening to those kids on that planet whatchacallit?? Bobbie Draper better be back as well....

[@kenhutch7727]

AMAZON announced it was starting a MASS AFFECT series they just hired 3 directors to write and produce.

[@scitrek]

Yep

[@Whatisthisstupidfinghandle]

Which means we are never ever ever getting an ME5 game

[@danielcopeland2758]

I'd be happy if it were done in animation... it's a less expensive way to do all the special effects and alien stuff from the books.

[@timmcgrath8742]

I was under the impression that the reason the Expanse series was cancelled, was because one of the main characters was charged with rape in real life. This gave the studio the problematic issue of either killing off the character contrary to the books, or replacing the character with another actor (which often goes down badly) or just cancelling further episodes. In the end, they decided to just kill the character, tie of some of the easier plot points, and kill the show. Edit: Actually, it's not too dissimilar a situation to Red Dwarf, except in RD's case, they waited till the furore died down and quietly re-started the show with the individual. Though a lot of women's groups were not happy happy about it (understandably so).

[@SUPR3M3SYST3MLORD]

If I was in expanse I'll be a beltah. I'm a rewatch the show I forgot all about it till you brought this up. They should keep it going it was a 🔥 series you should do a Gan rewatch bro

[@ahdvd]

Noooo! We need the resolution to the expanse! They setup threads in the last seasons on Amazon with the colony on the planet through the gate, they should try and take it to netflix in particular as they were interested back when amazon took it over, and if they could get a 2 or maybe 3 season deal with them, they could finish out the story properly! If netflix were interested back then, there’s no reason they shouldn’t be interested now too!

[@anthonysaunders345]

We don't need the last three Expanse books soon, as the characters in these books are a fair bit older than the actual actors at the moment. I'm patient when it comes to good scifi, so bring another project on in the meantime!

[@KimAlmighty1]

from little i have read summary that is holy crap sounds scary as hell.

[@bobhawkins7827]

This is ridiculous! Why are they talking about a new series when they left everybody cockblocked, hanging, and unsatisfied by not finishing the Expanse story as per the books!?!?!? It's like doing the first two LOTR films then saying, hah sorry, we're not going to do Return of the King, we're going to do the Hobbit! YAY aren't you excited? 😡 Why in the world do they think there is more audience for a brand new story instead of FINISHING the superb story they started and for which Corey has already written the books!

[@wildbill4496]

Someone has to actually finance doing more of The Expanse. So far no one has stepped up to the plate. I'm not sure why you're blaming the creators/showrunners, when it's not their decision. They don't have the funds to do it. Someone has to give them money to do it.

[@SteveSimpson]

Once they have this show under their belt as a production company they will have a better chance of getting funding for 3 more seasons of The Expanse.

[@bobhawkins7827]

​@@wildbill4496 Of course I'm not blaming the showrunners. I'm blaming the studio morons who provide financing. Some numbskull at some studio had to decide whether it was better to fund a season of a completely unknown new project versus a new season of an established successful series with 3 books beloved by scifi readers already existing and ready to be adopted. I am blaming whatever stupid bean counter made the decision. Probably the same idiot who decided to spend another 100 million dollars on rings of power season 2.

[@bobhawkins7827]

​​@@SteveSimpson Why is three seasons of a new unproven series a better risk than 3 seasons of a proven hit that costs the same or less per episode? They already have much of the designs, costumes, sets, props, and probably actors willing to return. They could tweak the continuity to shorten the in universe time gap between books 6 and 7 so that many of the same actors and designs could be used.

[@trebleboost7]

I kind of agree here. I read MOTG and did not mind it but did not find it as compelling or relatable as the Expanse and think the last three books of Expanse would be indeed expensive to pull off, but would rather see that. Some may have a different take on MOTG, but it is so over-the-top that I don't know how they pull it off. It's the kitchen sink of aliens and they will have to simplify the complexities of that angle to keep it relatable or even visually believable. Gobs of CGI. Cue up Zebra's 'Whos behind the door'....

[@arleneallen8809]

Its too bad this is so hard. Firefly blew it and the actors mostly died. Expanse still has a chance. It was the Lord of the Rings in the hard SF segment. An almost infinite number of story possibilities exist even without the ring gates. With the current production technology, it would be amazing. Sigh...

[@kirkdarling4120]

I'm not overjoyed about the idea of beginning a series on Mercy of God's at this point. The advantage The Expanse had was that it was already an essentially completed saga before it came to the screen. We don't want another Game of Thrones

[@nova9731]

And they didn't even finish it...

[@MattNolanCustom]

Unlike GRRM, Abrahams and Franck can, to paraphrase Sting, "shit a great novel". I wouldn't worry about them not finishing, or not finishing well.

[@loonyleny]

Wow awesome collection of mugs.................. ( not the footy ) lol

[@scitrek]

🤣

[@annoyed707]

Abraham Darby enters the chat.

[@garyfindlay5503]

The Expanse spinoff should be about the Belters struggle

[@julianfp1952]

So a prequel looking at their struggle to get to where they were by the time Expanse Series 1 started? I think there is huge opportunity for really compelling prequel material. My first thought was more towards the Martian struggle to assert its own identity vs Earth, building its military etc (maybe that's because I associate more with the Martians than the Belters) but you're absolutely right that the development of the Belter civilisation to get to where they were when we first saw them (Miller as a cop on Ceres etc) would also make for really compelling TV. A well structured prequel show - that would certainly be worthy of multiple series to tell the stories properly - could cover both and Earth too.

[@BlueJazzBoyNZ]

Yay....!

[@TheEvilJade]

I love The Expanse. Can I share a great series like it. Expedition Force 19 + books by Craig Alanson. One of the best audio book narration ever done by R.C Bay.

[@lexloose2112]

Great! I'm not the only monkey that loves that series. RC Bray is excellent. Bishop and Skippy are brilliant.

[@BillMooney-r5c]

I would love to see even a limited series on the development of the Epstein Drive.

[@MattNolanCustom]

Naren Shankar. Not Aaron.

[@scitrek]

I know. Think it’s just the way I said it

[@MattNolanCustom]

@@scitrek Nah-rain, with emphasis on the second syllable. It doesn't rhyme with Darren.

[@scitrek]

@ oh I see. I did not know that I will undoubtedly make that mistake again.

[@MattNolanCustom]

@scitrek think of the old song "singing in Naren" 😉

[@Rougepelt]

Mercy of gods is a great book, but completely different in tone from the Expanse. personally I’d far rather have more Expanse. Even if (SPOILERS)… … Mercy of Gods leaves enough ambiguity to still be set in the Expanse universe.

[@scitrek]

I felt the tone was very expanse. At least in terms of realistic tone

[@DanA-nl5uo]

There is a story on KZbin the Black Ship which would be perfect for this same production company. kzbin.info/www/bejne/j4ioeIicftWnrqssi=6I2nTqUySCHtB64f

[@iainmcevoy1762]

😊😊😉😉😉

[@spencesanders7879]

You said Amazon. OMG that is a disaster. They have butchered and destroyed classic fantasy series and now they are moving to the Expanse! Yes, I know that they bankrolled seasons 4 to 6, but those were the short seasons and done after the tone and cast was already established. The current stuff Amazon is churning out is pure "reimagining" garbage that only has the source material name slapped on top. I will definitely need to move the last three books up my reading order to get them done before I can be exposed to the amazon mind plague version of them. I used to really want to see my favorite books brought alive on a screen, but not after the last 5 years of live action hell.

[@scitrek]

They did the expanse

[@spencesanders7879]

@@scitrek Didn't read my response I see. Apparently reading is hard. Yes, they did season 4-6 of The Expanse AFTER the settings feel, the cast and the on screen characters were established in seasons 1-3 on the other network. This will be a completely new show set years after with a completely new cast and look. Probably more future'ry with "2x4 to the head" agenda sermons. Amazon has firmly established what they do will genre shows based on novels and staying faithful to the source is not in their process.

[@scitrek]

@@spencesanders7879 I did read it but I’m underlying the point that your argument is flawed by your own argument.

[@MattNolanCustom]

@@spencesanders7879 Amazon only bankrolled the last 3 seasons. The production remained firmly in the hands of Alcon for all 6 seasons. This new venture is being produced by Expanding Universe - the production company formed by Naren Shankar, Breck Eisner, Daniel Abrahams and Ty Franck.

[@spencesanders7879]

@@scitrek My argument is that that Amazon is purposely destroying IP's in order to push their agendas. They were unable to do that with the Expanse because it was too late to make all the gratuitous swaps and the character personalities were already established along the books. Amazon will not and does not do that. They completely transform characters into caricatures. I understand you have a vested interest in playing up the Hollywood types that are your sources. They may even be paying to say the correct things. But if Amazon had actually made The Expanse from the first episode I am sure the show would resemble the books as much as the movie Starship Troopers resembles the source book. Not at all. The only reason The Expanse seasons 4-6 were made like they were is because it was too late to change. The aborted messes of WoT and RoP are beacons of just how bad any genre show will fare under Amazon. At least it looks like they will be able to save 40k from destruction by killing that project.

[@bartlester591]

If it was any other company than Amazon, I would be happy, but they’re going to give it the woke treatment. They’re going to rinse it debit and they’re going to destroy it and make it untenable for anyone to watch because they can’t help it. They have to do it no hope for this series.

[@MattNolanCustom]

I guess you must have missed all the stealth woke woven into the entire fabric of (all 6 seasons of ) The Expanse 🤣

[@martienvandenberg5181]

What an interesting way of telling you that you didn't read the books or watch the series.