Waterworld TV Show in the Works With Dan Trachtenberg Attached to Direct

More than 25 years after Waterworld hit theaters, producer John Davis is ready to return to the open seas, as he s developing a Waterworld streaming series that has Dan Trachtenberg attached to direct. We re going to do the streaming version of that movie, the continuation of that movie, said Davis. Waterworld starred Kevin Costner as The Mariner, an otherwise nameless drifter who sails the Earth, which has flooded after the polar ice cap completely melted, forcing the sea level to rise. The Mariner, whose body has mutated in order to adapt to its waterlogged surroundings, reluctantly agrees to help a woman (Jeanne Triplehorn) and a young girl (Tina Majorino) try to find dry land while they fight off starvation and outrun a group of outlaw smokers led by the late Dennis Hopper. The series is expected to follow the characters from the original 1995 movie, and though Davis didn t mention any specific actors. he acknowledged it would take place 20 years later. All those people, 20 years We re n