Radar Pictures has secured the television rights to American McGee’s “Alice,” the acclaimed third-person action-adventure game based on Lewis Carroll’s “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” and “Through the Looking-Glass” published by Electronic Artists (EA). The drama series will be developed as the first adaptation of American McGee’s Alice franchise, “Alice” and its 2011 sequel “Alice: Madness Returns.”
The project is a collaboration between Radar Pictures, Abandon Entertainment and writer-producer David Hayter (“X2,” “Watchmen,” Netflix’s “Warrior Nun”). Hayter will write and produce the series. Anthony Tringali, Maria Frisk and Michael Napoliello will produce for Radar. Karen Lauder and Marcus Ticotin will produce for Abandon.
McGee’s take on the classic Carroll stories tells of Alice’s life after she returns from the miraculous trip through the Looking-Glass. In it, Alice’s house burns down with her parents inside. Left as the sole survivor of the incident, Alice repeatedly attempts suicide and winds up locked inside a mental institution. As she begins to waste away, she is summoned to Wonderland again by the White Rabbit. But this time it’s a Wonderland gone seriously bad and gory. The only chance for Alice to restore her peace of mind and find out more about the death of her parents is to fight through Wonderland and free it from the evil powers.
“American McGee’s ‘Alice’ and ‘Alice: Madness Returns’ game series is a groundbreaking reimagining of the classic tale. It takes you into the heart of a corrupted Wonderland and throws light into shadowy corners the world has never seen,” said Hayter. “I am beyond excited to bring this world of madness and wonder to a global audience.”
The series will be executive produced by Radar’s Ted Field, whose 30 years in the film industry have led to worldwide box office grosses topping $8 billion. He has produced more than 60 films, including the Jumanji franchise, the Riddick franchise, “Amityville Horror” (2005), “The Last Samurai” (2003), and “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre” (2003). He is an executive producer on “The Wheel of Time”, the new Amazon Prime Video fantasy series based on Robert Jordan’s novels.
Speaking of the upcoming collaboration, Field shared, “David Hayter is a writer Radar has long admired who has a deep fanbase in the video game space. His take on American McGee’s Alice was so bold that we felt his vision is a series anyone would have to see.”
