The TV adaptation of Wild Cards, the superhero anthology series edited by George R.R. Martin, is officially moving to Peacock.
Formerly in development at Hulu, NBCUniversal's streaming service Peacock will now bring the popular series to life, according to Variety. Writer and executive producer Andrew Miller (The Secret Circle) is no longer involved and a replacement showrunner has not yet been found. Martin will produce the show alongside his manager, Vince Gerardis, who he's worked with previously on Game of Thrones. They'll be joined by Melinda M. Snodgrass, a writer and assistant editor for the Wild Cards book series.
The eponymous first anthology, edited by Martin, was released in 1987. It features a story and interludes by Martin and a story by Snodgrass. Since then, the pair have continued to contribute writing to the series, and recent years have seen Snodgrass assist Martin with the editing. Along with the collections, multiple short stories and standalone books have been released in the Wild Cards universe.
In the stories, an alien pathogen called the Wild Card virus descends on humanity in the '40s. It mutates much of the population, creating the afflicted Jokers and the superpowered Aces. 2019's Knaves Over Queens marked the 27th book in the series, and the next, Joker Moon, is scheduled to release this summer.
In 2018, the TV adaptation was first announced at Hulu. It would have seen Miller head a writers room for two or three interconnected shows set within the Wild Cards universe. Years earlier, Syfy also tried adapting the series to television.
Wild Cards is the latest in an ever-growing set of adaptations of Martin's work following the end of Game of Thrones on HBO. It was recently announced that Pirates of the Caribbean director Gore Verbinski would turn Martin's Sandkings book into a movie for Netflix.
Meanwhile, Martin will continue to help expand his A Song of Ice and Fire universe with HBO. House of the Dragon will be the first to air, while an animated Game of Thrones spinoff and an adaptation of the prequel series Tales of Dunk and Egg are both in the works with Martin producing. Martin will also help to bring Roger Zelazny's sci-fi/fantasy series Roadmarks to HBO alongside Fear the Walking Dead co-executive producer Kalinda Vazquez.
Source: Variety