This came out of nowhere: Fox has ordered a 13-episode documentary series that will follow up on Carl Sagan’s Cosmos. The producers will be Dr Sagan’s wife — the amazing Ann Druyan, who was a Cosmos co-writer — and Seth MacFarlane!
Yes, the creator of Family Guy is going to produce the sequel to Cosmos, which will be presented by astrophysicist and science educator Neil deGrasse Tyson. I love Neil, but taking over Carl’s heritage is going to be hard. Apparently, the idea came up after Druyan and MacFarlane — who is a space nerd — met. The other team member will be the other co-writer of the original Cosmos, the astrophysicist Steven Soter. [Deadline]
And you know what this makes us think of, right?
Ash
Saturday, August 6, 2011 at 11:48 AMKind of excited.
EckyThump
Saturday, August 6, 2011 at 4:00 PMSo long as Stewie gets a role, I’m good with it! I remember being enthralled by ‘Cosmos’ when it aired and the book was even better! #]
Steve
Saturday, August 6, 2011 at 5:22 PMCarl Sagan is one of the most respected and lauded physicists in modern history. Who gave atheism its modern face, without the platitudes and antagonism.
Seth McFarlane is the creator of one of the least funny (yet inexplicably popular) television shows on air. Is this Cosmos going to have cut-away gags with pop culture references with no punchlines?
Just as long as he funds the thing and gets a good team together, then I can live with it.
EckyThump
Sunday, August 7, 2011 at 9:07 AM“Is this Cosmos going to have cut-away gags with pop culture references with no punchlines?”
God I hope so! Even if it’s just to piss off ‘Family Guy’ haters… #p
M_Cheevy
Sunday, August 7, 2011 at 2:49 PMGiven Fox’s constant denial of climate change, and the way their news pundits constantly come out as anti-science, can we trust this network with a science show?
Spock
Monday, August 8, 2011 at 11:19 AMSo, the slack-jawed guy in charge of possibly the least funniest cartoon around today … hooking up with the widow of a really, really great guy who did more for bringing science to the masses than almost anyone in the past century??
Yeah, makes total sense.