Am I the only one who found the early Children of Men trailers to be just awful? I was genuinely surprised when positive reviews came out, indicating that the stilted dialogue and pretentiously epic feel of the trailer was evidently a red herring intended to scare off people like me. The movie was lauded as heartwarming and inspiring, and the world in which it existed was hailed as a chilling yet fascinating vision of our possible future.

The people who loved Children of Men really loved it. And they wanted more.

Leave it to veteran executive producer David Eick, who has been in the producing business since the mid-nineties and has titles in his resume such as “Hercules: The Legendary Journeys,” “Battlestar Galactica,” and, of course, “Darkman III: Die, Darkman Die.” His latest effort was the almost spectacularly bad redo of “Bionic Woman,” for which all filmgoers were forced to watch endless promos that touted it as the greatest T.V. series since sliced bread. It got cancelled on account of the terrible dialogue, and now Eick is looking for a new project.

He found it in Children of Men.

I can’t remember the last successful T.V. series that was based on a film - at least, not when someone completely uninvolved in the film just takes the premise and runs with it. But Eick has already put pen to paper and begun working a series adaptation of the film. He says that “it’s about how, when you don’t have a responsibility to the next generation and you’re free to do whatever you want, where do you draw the line?”

It’s certainly an interesting premise, and will, no doubt, have Children of Men fans wetting their pants. Once they’ve cleaned up, though, they always head over to play some Children of Men trivia to bide the time.

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