George R.R. Martin’s Wild Cards Anthologies Picked Up By Universal Cable Productions

A song of Ice and Fire author George R.R. Martin has announced that his Wild Cards series has been picked up by Universal Cable Productions for development. George believes that his Wild Cards universe can stand head to head with Marvel and DC. The first volume in the series was published back in 1986.

According to the author’s LiveJournal, “The shared world of the Wild Cards diverged from our own on September 15, 1946 when an alien virus was released in the skies over Manhattan, and spread across an unsuspecting Earth”. It further reads, “Of those infected, 90 percent died horribly, drawing the black queen, 9 percent were twisted and deformed into jokers, while a lucky 1 percent became blessed with extraordinary and unpredictable powers and became aces. The world was never the same”.

He also shared that there are thousands of stories to be told in the Wild Cards world. He added that it is as vast and diverse as the shared universe of Marvel and DC. George feels that the Wild Cards saga is more realistic and more consistent.

Source: fancueva.com