Just one week after news broke that Ridley Scott was to produce a new AMC miniseries on rocket genius Jack Parsons, the veteran producer is back to make a series sequel of the Stanley Kubrick sci-fi classic, 2001: A Space Odyssey.

Named after the novel of the same name, 3001: The Final Odyssey will air on the Syfy Channel, and will be written by the same screenwriter behind Pirates of the Caribbean and Collateral. The book is Arthur C. Clarke's final installment in the Space Odyssey series.

The story takes place 1,000 years after Dave Bowman's partner Frank Poole is thrown into deep space by too-cool-for-Poole computer HAL-9000, and follows his reawakening in an unfamiliar Earth.

According to a press release, the adaptation has been fully blessed by the Kubrick and Clarke estates, and Scott, a longtime Space Odyssey fan, is very excited.

"I have always been a fan of Clarke's extraordinary Odyssey series, and certainly Kubrick's adaptation of 2001," he stated. "I am thrilled to be part of bringing that legacy to audiences and continuing the great cinematic tradition that this story and its creators deserve."

The news comes ahead of a digitally restored re-release of Kubrick's 2001 on November 28th as part of the British Film Institute's "Sci-Fi: Days of Fears and Wonder."

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