“CW Prepping Charles Darwin Drama,” perfect opportunity for a Darwin facepalm

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From The Hollywood Reporter:

CW Prepping Charles Darwin Drama, CBS Readying Gothic Horror Show

Hot writer Adam Karp is prepping two big-swing dramas for The CW and CBS. First, Karp — who won the 2012 Humanitas Prize’s New Voices Award — is readying Unnatural Selection, a drama set to explore Charles Darwin and Captain Robert FitzRoy’s journey through the Amazon.

The CW has handed out a script commitment for the drama that focuses on a 21-year-old Darwin, and his childhood friend Capt. Fitzroy’s journey through the Amazon to return the woman they both love to her native home. During the journey, they encounter a land ripe with political conflict, mysterious creatures, mythical cities and dangerous foes beyond their wildest imagination. The drama is based on Darwin and FitzRoy’s five-year voyage on the HMS Beagle, which established the former ahead of his Origin of the Species.

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2 thoughts on ““CW Prepping Charles Darwin Drama,” perfect opportunity for a Darwin facepalm”

  1. “childhood friend Capt. Fitzroy” Oh really ?
    “…former ahead of his Origin of the Species.” Anyone who misnames this book deserves a facepalm that’s for sure….

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