‘Man Who Fell to Earth’ TV Adaptation Moves From Paramount+ to Showtime
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ViacomCBS is shifting its adaptation of Walter Tevis’ “The Man Who Fell to Earth” from Paramount+ to linear TV network Showtime.
Last month, ViacomCBS moved Showtime’s long-in-the-works “Halo” adaptation over to Paramount+. So we guess this amounts to a trade.
The series is based on Walter Tevis’ 1963 novel, which was adapted for a 1973 film that starred David Bowie. “The Man Who Fell to Earth” follows an alien who arrives on Earth at a turning point in human evolution and must confront his own past to determine our future.