Showtime has revived The Man Who Fell To Earth but is the new TV series a revival, reboot, or a sequel? Based upon Walter Tevis’ 1963 novel of the same name, Showtime’s The Man Who Fell To Earth is the latest adaptation, following the 1976 cult classic film starring David Bowie and directed by Nicholas Roeg. The book was also adapted into a TV movie in 1987. Showtime’s 10-episode The Man Who Fell To Earth series stars Chiwetel Ejiofor and Naomie Harris, and it’s written and produced by Clarice‘s Jenny Lumet and Alex Kurtzman, who also directs.
The version of The Man Who Fell To Earth that audiences are most familiar with is the David Bowie movie. The beloved rock star, who died in 2016, played Thomas Jerome Newton, an alien who came to Earth to save his home planet, Anthea, from a…
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