Darren Aronofsky’s MaddAddam Sci-Fi Series Won’t Air on HBO

Darren Aronofsky will have to look elsewhere for a home for his post-apocalyptic sci-fi series MaddAddam.

Though he’s not as buzzworthy as he once was, Darren Aronofsky still has the reputation to have a lot of fans following his next move. At one point, it looked like that was going to be MaddAddam, a sci-fi series based on a trilogy of novels by Margaret Atwood, on HBO.

But that’s not happening, or at least the past part of it isn’t. According to The Playlist (with a h/t to Birth Movies Death), HBO is no longer interested in the series, which would have made a killer one-two punch with Westworld had it been developed at the same time.

Expect it to turn up somewhere, though. With 10 episodes already written by Eliza Clark (Joss Whedon’s sister-in-law), Aronofsky sounded hopeful when he spoke to Vulture:

"“We are working hard on it, and trying to figure it out.” He said, “We are still in play.”"

Aronofsky has already made his mark on sci-fi with Pi and The Fountain. He’s also explored the idea of a world-altering flood in Noah, though it should be noted that the flood in Atwood’s novels is figurative, not literal.

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It’s the concluding book in the trilogy that is actually called MaddAddam, but that’s a memorable enough name that it makes sense for the TV series. Fans seem hopeful it could end up on Netflix, and the compact season would make for a nice fit for that company.