3001: The Final Odyssey is a novel written by Arthur C. Clarke. This is the fourth and last book in the book series. There are talks about the novel taken as a basis for a television series. Ridley Scott David W. Zucker and Stuart Beattie will be the executive producer of 3001: The Final Odyssey. There has already been a movie of the first novel 2001: A Space Odyssey directed by Stanley Kubrick. This is a story set in space where an astronaut gets abandoned to die by a rogue computer HAL. Another crew of scientist find his frozen body and revive him and they take him back to their place which is set in the year 3001. The astronaut sees the advanced technology of the century and tries hard to settle in it.
When will it Release?
Stay- tuned to know the release date of the SyFy TV series. But because of the on-going situation now it may Postpone so we have to wait and see.
The Storyline of The Series
The series will show brief events about the creation of black monoliths. Then the Final Odyssey shows the frozen astronaut Frank Poole who gets killed by the evil computer HAL in 2001: A Space Odyssey. One millennium later, Poole gets rescued from space and brought to earth and he finds that he is in the year 3001.
In this year there are many new inventions that impress Poole such as BrainCap, engineered dinosaurs, massive space elevators constructed on all the equators. The humans have visited the four giant moons such as Jovian, Callisto, and Ganymede. The Black Monolith found in the year 1999 brought to the earth in 2006 and set in front of the United Nations building.
Then because of the Monoliths, the advanced world is at stake. The human race thought of as a failure race because of the 20th-century wars and the monoliths have already sent a message to the creators. Now Poole has to join forces with the Europa organization to save the world.
The Cast Details
- Frank Poole
He is the lost astronaut who becomes the protagonist of the final novel the 3001: The Final Odyssey. He plays an important role in saving mankind in the future of 3001. The people of the future see Poole as a smart ancient man from the ancient days but he takes it all in stride. He helps in creating a star Lucifer from Jupiter.
- Dr. Indra Wallace
She is the specialist in all things 21 century. She acts as a guide to Poole. Then they get attracted to each other and marry. They also have children but separate with no ill feelings.
- Halman
This is a merged entity of Dave Bowman and computer Hal. This creature talks with Poole and warns him of the impending negative judgments of the monoliths. He talks with Poole throughout the novel.
Conclusion
As Clarke estates have offered their full support to the creation of the miniseries of the book it will be a stunning adaptation of the book. We can expect some great portrayal of future events in the miniseries by SyFy.
