Amazing Stories , the 1980s Steven Spielberg-produced anthology television show, is getting a revival.

Bryan Fuller.

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According to EW , Bryan Fuller (Hannibal, Pushing Daisies) is developing the show with NBC, where the original series ran. Fuller will executive produce and write the show's pilot. Under the Dome and Extant's Justin Falvey and Darryl Frank will serve as co-executive producers. Steven Spielberg will not be involved in the new series, per EW.Amazing Stories was an hour-long anthology series that focused on science fiction, horror, and fantasy vignettes. The show ran from 1985 to 1987, and in its brief run was nominated for 12 Emmy awards and won 5. However, the show was not a ratings success, and after it was not renewed when the 2-season contract was up.Many notable directors, including Brad Bird, Clint Eastwood, Joe Dante, Robert Zemeckis, Martin Scorsese and Spielberg himself helmed individual episodes of the original series. There has been a recent rise in anthology series, such as American Horror Story, True Detective and Fargo, that have new storylines and characters each season, but the new Amazing Stories would use a more traditional TV anthology format, with completely self-contained stories each week, also currently employed by the UK series Black Mirror.Fuller's Hannibal, which ran on NBC, ended this year. The Hannibal finale aired August 29 . This summer, NBC's Robert Greenblatt, commenting on the decision to cancel Hannibal , remarked, "We love Bryan Fuller and we’re eager to get back in business with him" and clearly that was indeed the case.

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