Deadline is reporting that HBO has placed "one of its biggest commitments ever" ordering a pilot from Warner Bros. TV for a series based around Michael Crichton's classic sci-fi thriller
Westworld, which is to be produced by Jonathan Nolan (
Person of Interest) and Jerry Weintraub (
Ocean's Eleven), along with J.J. Abrams' (
Star Trek Into Darkness) Bad Robot. The script for the pilot has been written by Nolan and Lisa Joy (
Burn Notice), while Nolan will also handle directing duties.
Released in 1973,
Westworld starred Richard Benjamin and James Brolin as two guests visiting a futuristic Western themed amusement park, only to find themselves stalked by Yul Brynner's android gunslinger after a computer malfunction. A big screen remake has been on the cards for several years now, with Arnold Schwarzenegger (
The Last Stand) linked to the Brynner role and Tarsem Singh (
Mirror Mirror) previously attached to direct.
