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Project Hail Mary author apologizes to Star Trek boss after brutally insulting modern spin-offs

Project Hail Mary author apologizes to Star Trek boss after brutally insulting modern spin-offs

Get the latest entertainment news, reviews and star-studded interviews with our Independent Culture email Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Project Hail Mary author Andy Weir has apologized to Star Trek boss Alex Kurtzman in an open letter after he slammed the franchise’s modern series in a recent podcast appearance. The 53-year-old novelist, who shot to fame when his book The Martian was adapted to a movie by Ridley Scott with Matt Damon in 2015, faced criticism after saying the current roster of Star Trek spin-offs “are s***.” In an open letter addressed to Kurtzman, shared Monday on Facebook, Weir wrote: “I’m posting to apologize about stuff I said on the Critical Drinker’s podcast. “I feel like my quotes were taken out of context as salacious sound bytes [sic]. I hope you saw the other parts where I said how much I like you as a person and what a nice guy you are. Also how I like [Strange New Worlds] …

Will there be more Dune spin-offs? HBO boss speaks on franchise future

Will there be more Dune spin-offs? HBO boss speaks on franchise future

HBO boss Casey Bloys has addressed the future of the Dune TV universe, suggesting that while more spin-offs are possible, the network is taking a careful, quality-first approach. Dune: Prophecy, a prequel to the Denis Villeneuve films Dune and Dune: Part Two, premiered on HBO in November 2024, with a second season now in the works. Fans have already begun speculating about what other stories from the franchise could make it to screen, but Bloys (chairman and CEO of HBO and Max Content) made clear that nothing is being rushed into production. “I think with all of these properties, you could see… I mean, putting aside that there are various constraints about what you can and can’t do, show-by-show… but I think with any show, you can imagine various prequels, sequels, whatever,” he told Radio Times. “But even with that, I go back to… I look at it script-by-script. You know, just because something is big IP in terms of viewership or fan base, nothing guarantees that people are going to tune in… well, maybe …

‘Tell Me Lies’ Creator Says She’s Open to Spinoffs After Finale

‘Tell Me Lies’ Creator Says She’s Open to Spinoffs After Finale

Crafting all the twists, turns and bomb drops in Tell Me Lies would probably give the average person a migraine. But that wasn’t the case for the creative mind behind the toxic Hulu drama. Though Meaghan Oppenheimer, the show’s creator, shrugs off the compliment, there aren’t many shows that have pulled off such a satisfying three-season story. Not only was she and her writing team juggling two timelines (starting in 2008 in college and ending in 2015 at a wedding) with an ensemble cast, but she was also tasked with finding ways to keep a savvy audience on their toes while keeping each character’s storyline fresh. Meaghan Oppenheimer Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images “My brain just works in a really twisty, worst-case-scenario way. I’m not well. I’m just not well,” Oppenheimer quips to The Hollywood Reporter. “And so coming up with the crazy storylines is not the hard part for me. The hard part is doing it in a way where the audience doesn’t predict everything, because we have a very smart audience.” She continues, “Sometimes, though, …