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Sci-fi movie thriller Upgrade is returning as a TV sequel series
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Leigh Whannell’s 2018 Blumhouse film will pick up as a TV series a few years after the events of the movie. Blumhouse is producing Uprade along with UCP. Whannell co-created and will serve as showrunner with Tim Walsh on the series that, according to Deadline, "broadens the universe with an evolved version of STEM and a new host – imagining a world in which the government repurposes STEM to help curb criminal activity." Upgrade will be shopped to networks and streaming services.
TOPICS: Blumhouse, Upgrade, Leigh Whannell, Tim Walsh, In Development, UCP
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