Mr. Robot's Creator Is Rebooting the Sci-Fi Classic Metropolis

Mr. Robot creator Sam Esmail isn't done taking down the rich and powerful.

Esmail is somehow finding time in his incredibly busy schedule -- he wrote, directed and oversaw every episode of Mr. Robot's second season -- to add another project to his pile. He's currently adapting the classic science-fiction film Metropolis as a miniseries, according to The Hollywood Reporter. No network is attached yet, but it's being set up at Universal Cable Productions and isn't expected to air for two to three years.

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Metropolis, considered one of the first great science-fiction films, was released in 1927 and directed by Fritz Lang. The story follows a dystopian society where a poor working class toils away on subterranean machines that power the city that the rich and powerful live in above ground. The central plot involves the star-crossed love between the son of the city's wealthy ruler and a poor working woman. The miniseries is in the early stages of development, but is expected to follow the film's story.

THR also says that UCP is prepared to spend $10 million per episode (yowza!), and will shop the miniseries to all outlets, not just networks that are part of NBC Universal.

Season 3 of Mr. Robot is scheduled for 2017.