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Neal Stephenson's "Diamond Age" To Be Miniseries

Posted by kdawson on from the victorians-rejoice dept.

fmackay writes "Neal Stephenson's novel The Diamond Age is to be adapted for a Sci Fi Channel miniseries. George Clooney is producing and Stephenson will write the screenplay — the first time he has written for television."

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  1. Re:not on Fox (or ABC/CBS/NBC) ... by the+phantom · · Score: 3, Informative

    It is a miniseries. That means that the entire story will be told in some number of episodes, probably 6-10, and it will then be done. Generally speaking, mini-series are completely filmed, edited, and finished before the first episode is aired. Your concern doesn't make sense in this context.

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