The other scientists arrive safely at Habitat DH-8. Navy personnel, travel to a deep sea habitat at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean, where an enormous spacecraft has been discovered.ĭuring the descent Levine becomes claustrophobic and is returned to the surface. Plot summaryĪ group of scientists ( psychologist Norman Johnson mathematician Harry Adams zoologist Beth Halpern astrophysicist Ted Fielding and marine biologist Arthur Levine), along with U.S. The novel begins as a science fiction story but quickly transforms into a psychological thriller, developing into an exploration of the nature of the human imagination. The story follows Norman Johnson, a psychologist engaged by the United States Navy, who joins a team of scientists assembled to examine a spacecraft of unknown origin discovered on the bottom of the Pacific Ocean. It was adapted into the film Sphere in 1998. Of course, there's a lot of heady ideas in Westworld too, and giving that show more seasons just kind've turned it into a slog.Sphere is a 1987 novel by Michael Crichton, his sixth novel under his own name and his sixteenth overall.
There's a whole lot of heady ideas in the novel that don't lend themselves to a two-hour window, but giving them room to breathe across multiple episodes could definitely help. As someone who rented Sphere at least once from Blockbuster.yeah, it tracks.īut Sphere actually has a pretty solid chance as a series. It was.a pretty substantial bomb on every level, grossing $74 million worldwide on an $80 million and getting panned by critics. Jackson filled out the cast of scientists. Dustin Hoffman, Sharon Stone, and Samuel L. Sphere was adapted into a film in 1998 with Rain Man director Barry Levinson at the helm. The more they learn about the vessel, perfectly-preserved and apparently 300 years old, the more it becomes clear that it's tied to an intellect beyond human comprehension. To get a little more specific than that, Sphere follows a team of scientists tasked with studying a massive, mysterious spacecraft discovered beneath the Pacific Ocean. " Sphere plunges us one thousand feet into the ocean, where a group of scientists confronts the surreal, beautiful, and deadly mysteries of the universe, only to find the people closest to us may prove to be the most alien." Here's the official synopsis courtesy of EW, who broke the news: Westworld season 3 writer and producer Denise Thé will serve as showrunner on the series. It is Sphere, Crichton's 1987 sci-fi thriller novel that takes place miles beneath the ocean surface. Before you have a full-on panic attack, no, tragically, it is not Congo. With Westworld gearing up for a fourth season, HBO has set its eyes on yet another Michael Crichton series adaptation.
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