Like the Walter Tevis novel on which it’s based, Nicolas Roeg’s 1976 film “The Man Who Fell to Earth,” in which ... from the original British film poster is used for the first episode ...

“We could not be more excited to bring The Man Who Fell to Earth to Showtime,” said Jana ... Studiocanal owns rights to Tevis’ novel and a 1976 movie starring David Bowie based on the ...

Discovery duo Alex Kurtzman and Jenny Lumet are reteaming to adapt an iconic sci-fi movie. The pair will write and executive produce an adaptation of The Man Who Fell to Earth, based on the Walter ...

Based on the Walter Tevis novel and a sequel to the chilling David Bowie movie of the same name, The Man Who Fell To Earth stars Chiwetel Ejiofor as Faraday, an alien who lands on Earth at a ...

However, the original The Man Who Fell to Earth isn’t exactly “viewer-friendly,” so what’s the need for a remake? If it’s faithful to the movie, will mainstream audiences find it a ...

“I was taken by all of the themes that Alex and Jenny had put into this story,” says Chiwetel Ejiofor of Showtime’s The Man Who Fell To Earth series from Jenny Lumet and Alex Kurtzman.

When actress Candy Clark talks about co-starring with David Bowie in Nicolas Roeg’s 1976 sci-fi masterpiece “The Man Who Fell To Earth,” the ... I was starring in a movie with David Bowie.” ...

CBS All Access has ordered a TV adaptation of “The Man Who Fell to Earth” from Alex Kurtzman ... Added Lumet: “Both the novel and the movie are very much a slice. They were a moment on ...