Island of Doctor Moreau gender-flipped reboot series on the way!

Last Updated on July 30, 2021

So this is interesting. Gunpowder & Sky’s sci-fi label DUST has announced today that they are developing a new sci-fi TV series based on the classic novel THE ISLAND OF DR. MOREAU by H.G. Wells, simply titled: MOREAU. Zack Stentz (X-MEN: FIRST CLASS, THE SARAH CONNOR CHRONICLES) has been tapped to write the series.

Here's the official synopsis:

MOREAU focuses on world-renowned scientist Dr. Jessica Moreau, whose pioneering work in genetic engineering catches the eye of a billionaire backer willing to stop at nothing to reach the next step of human evolution.

And here's what Stentz had to say about the project:

The double helix wasn’t even a twinkle in Watson & Crick’s eye when H.G. Wells first wrote ‘The Island of Dr. Moreau’, but his 1896 novel proved astonishingly prescient about how unlocking the secrets of DNA would open the door to humanity playing God with the natural world in strange and frightening ways…And now, in the shadow of the CRISPR revolution, it felt like the perfect time to revisit Moreau and bring it into our own 21st Century world of transgenic animals, designer babies and other scientific advances Wells never could have dreamed of. I'm delighted to be working with Eric, Geoff & the Gunpowder & Sky team to welcome a whole new generation to the good doctor's terrifying island.

Eric Bromberg, SVP, Gunpowder & Sky, adds:

Zack took a time-honored classic and brought it into the 21st century…Together, we’re creating a story that’s scarily befitting of today’s world, filled with seemingly limitless, and oftentimes alarming, scientific advancements. Frankenstein and Doudna have nothing on Jessica Moreau.

Meanwhile, no official start or release date as of this time, but we'll keep you updated!

So what do you guys think? Fans of the novel or any of the film adaptations? If, so what do you think of the series? Either way, sound off below!