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Frederik Pohl’s ‘Gateway’ novel to be developed as a Syfy channel drama series

Frederik Pohl's 'Gateway' novel to be developed as a Syfy channel drama series | iNFOnews.ca
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BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. – The Syfy channel is developing a drama series based on Frederik Pohl’s novel “Gateway.”

In “Gateway,” the discovery of an asteroid containing an alien race’s abandoned spaceship prompts a gold rush for the advanced technology, Syfy said Wednesday.

The hour-long series will be produced by David Eick (“Battlestar Galactica”) and Josh Pate (“Falling Skies”), the channel told a TV critics’ meeting.

“Gateway” raises “profound questions about mankind’s possible relationship with alien life,” Syfy executive Bill McGoldrick said in a statement.

Pohl’s 1977 award-winning novel about the alien Heechee race was followed by sequels and was the basis of a video game.

The show’s debut date and cast were not announced.

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