Douglas Coupland Goes Sci-Fi

Acclaimed gay Canadian author Douglas Coupland (Generation X, JPod) has gotten lots of interest in adapting his novels, but so far not one of his books has made the leap to film or TV. So it's no surprise that Coupland has decided to write directly for other media.

As Romeo has reported, a film has been made of Coupland's first screenplay, Everything's Gone Green, and now he's creating Extinction Event, a science-fiction TV show.

No word yet about the subject matter, but the title - and Coupland's love for disaster movies and apocalyptic scenarios - gives you a good idea.

The Canadian production companies behind Everything's Gone Green have signed on for Extinction, but no TV networks on either side of the 49th parallel have committed yet. Stay tuned for updates.