BSG Creator Takes On "Children Of Men"

Far be it from us to call David Eick a master of really depressing television, except wait, that's exactly what we're going to call him. The master himself is reportedly working on a pilot script for "Children of Men," an adaptation of the P.D. James novel about a world in which all of the women become suddenly infertile. There was a 2006 big screen adaptation of the story, staring an extremely stubbly Clive Owen, but Eick says his TV show will take more inspiration from the book than the movie.

"It's really taking root more in the origins of the novels in that it will focus on the cultural movement in which young people become the society's utter focus, much like our culture, whenever Lindsay Lohan does something [and] it becomes the headline of every news show, it's about how, when you don't have a responsibility to the next generation and you're free to do whatever you want, where do you draw the line?"

Sounds cheery, no? Despite the depress-o-fest, there's a lot of great material in P.D. James' novel, and Eick has shown us what he can do with a bleak future (and Katee Sackhoff) in "Battlestar Galactica." Unfortunately, he's also shown us what he can do with a bland present (and Katee Sackhoff) in the aptly canceled "Bionic Woman." So color us hopeful but cautious at this stage in the game. We're waiting to hear more.