Mortal Kombat Movie Writer Penning System Shock TV Series
Mortal Kombat movie writer Greg Russo is officially writing, directing and executive producing a System Shock TV series adaptation for Binge. Originally developed by LookingGlass Technologies and published by Origin Systems, the first-person action game put players in the shoes of a nameless hacker as they make their way through a cyberpunk-inspired space station in the far future of 2072. The player is tasked with stopping the plans of rogue artificial intelligence SHODAN from unleashing a virus on Earth that turns humans into mutated cyborgs.
System Shock received rave reviews upon its release and paved the way for the cyberpunk subgenre in action-adventure video games, though was a financial underperformer, losing LookingGlass money. Despite this, LookingGlass would forge on ahead with a sequel five years later, co-developing the project with future Bioshock developer Irrational Games and publisher Electronic Arts. System Shock 3 has languished in development hell for over 6 years now, but while fans of the franchise are awaiting word on the next chapter of the video game franchise, they do have something else to look forward to in the near future.
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A few months after the series was first announced to be in the works, it has officially been announced that Mortal Kombat movie writer Greg Russo has been tapped to pen the System Shock TV adaptation. The show is currently set at future streaming platform Binge, with Russo attached to also executive produce and direct alongside Binge producer Allan Ungar and Nightdive Studios' Stephen Kick and Larry Kuperman. Russo wrote about the series in the following statement:
“I’m honored to have the opportunity to
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