

He, Shestack and Beattie executive produce. Search is underway for writers to pen the adaption, with Kwapis set to direct the opening episode. FX has teamed with veteran feature producer Jon Shestack (Dan In Real Life) and producer-director Ken Kwapis (Sisterhood Of The Traveling Pants) and his partner Alexandra Beattie to develop a limited series based on the book, which won the 2013 Hugo Award. Redshirts TV Series FXEXCLUSIVE: John Scalzi's 2012 comedic sci-fi novel Redshirts is headed to the small screen. Material from his blog, Whatever, has also earned him two other Hugo Awards. His debut bestsellers include The Last Colony, Fuzzy Nation,and Redshirts (which won the 2013 Hugo Award for Best Novel), and 2020's The Last Emperox. It's the sort of thing that science fiction is especially good at, and the sort of thing for which Scalzi is justifiably loved." JOHN SCALZI is one of the most popular SF authors of his generation. Here's my review of Redshirts: "Redshirts both realizes and transcends its premise, and is at once a tribute to, and a piss-take on, the best and worst that space opera has to offer. John Scalzi's Hugo-winning, existentialist comedy space opera novel Redshirts is being adapted into a TV series by FX - it's a natural! This is just wonderful news - intelligent, funny science fiction from a novelist who plays with the tropes of the field, it's just what TV needs.
