FOX Picks Up Minority Report Series

FOX has given a series order to another high-concept science fiction series: Minority Report. The new show is set 50 years in the future, picking up a few years where the 2002 film by Steven Spielberg (starring Tom Cruise) left off.

The series follows one of the precogs, Dash (Stark Sands, NYC 22), who in the years following the abolition of the Precrime unit continues to see visions of horrible murders — but on his own he can never find the victims in time. And so he turns to Detective Lara Vega (Meagan Good, Deception) for help in stopping the murders before they happen.

Minority Report is based on a short story by author Philip K. Dick.

FOX will air the show on Monday nights following the second season of Gotham. (Fantasy series Sleepy Hollow will move to Thursdays, following Bones, when it returns this fall for its third season.)

Here’s the full series description from FOX:

The future is coming. Based on the international blockbuster film by executive producer Steven Spielberg and the first of his films to be adapted for television, MINORITY REPORT follows the unlikely partnership between a man haunted by the future and a cop haunted by her past, as they race to stop the worst crimes of the year 2065 before they happen.

Set in Washington, D.C., it is 10 years after the demise of Precrime, a law enforcement agency tasked with identifying and eliminating criminals…before their crimes were committed. To carry out this brand of justice, the agency used three precogs – “precognitives” Dash, Arthur and Agatha – who were able to see the future. Now, in 2065, crime-solving is different, and justice leans more on sophisticated and trusted technology than on the instincts of the precogs. Precog DASH (Stark Sands, “Inside Llewyn Davis”) – driven by his terrifying, but fragmented visions – now has returned in secret to help a brash, but shrewd police detective, LARA VEGA (Meagan Good, “Think Like A Man” franchise, “Californication”), attempt to stop the murders that he predicts.

As they navigate this future America, they will search for Dash’s missing twin brother, ARTHUR, and elude others who will stop at nothing to exploit their precog abilities. Also complicating matters is Dash and Arthur’s ingenious, but reclusive, foster sister, AGATHA (Laura Regan, “Mad Men,” “Unbreakable”), who just wants Dash to return home. A drama of crime and conspiracy, this is a timeless story of connection: two lost souls, Dash and Vega, who find friendship, purpose and redemption in each other.

Max Borenstein serves as writer and executive producer. Kevin Falls, Steven Spielberg, Darryl Frank, Justin Falvey and Mark Mylod also are executive producers. Mylod is director. Minority Report is produced by 20th Century Fox Television, Paramount Television and Amblin Television.

Take a look at the 3-minute trailer below, and stay tuned to SciFi Stream for much more on Minority Report in the months ahead!