Could Gattaca be coming to the small screen?

Gattaca is one of my favourite science fiction movies, so I found the rumour that it might be the basis of a new television series an interesting one.

You'll recall the movie dealt with the subject of eugenics and how future advances in genetic techology could lead to a society where the genetically superior rule over the rest of the population.

There's lots of room for conflict there so I could see it working as a show and the topic remains as relevant as ever.

What I didn't know, until I read the Wikipedia entry about the film, is that the title stems from the bases that make up DNA: guanine, adenine, thymine and cytosine. Clever!

In other new TV series news, David Tennant, the current Doctor Who, is moving on to film a pilot for a U.S. detective show where he will play the role of a Chicago laywer. I guess if British actor Hugh Laurie can fool most Americans to think he's one of them, then Tennant could do the same.

One TV pilot that never made it to the filming stage is a creation of Robert J. Sawyer. While he's since been successful at getting FlashForward turned into a TV show, before that he penned something called Earthfall. Rather than let it gather dust in a drawer, the script is being adapted for the stage and will be performed in Toronto later this month.

These days, pilots of long-ago series that never made it are showing up as DVDs for collectors. The latest release is a lost Irwin Allen classic called City Beneath the Sea.