Kenneth Johnson

From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia Kenneth Johnson born 26 October 1942 is an American screenwriter producer and director best known as the creator of the V science fiction franchise and The Incredible Hulk TV series His creative efforts are almost entirely concentrated in the area of television science fiction A native of Pine Bluff Arkansas Johnson is a graduate of the Carnegie Institute of Technology His early TV work includes The Six Million Dollar Man The Bionic Woman and The Incredible Hulk Johnson created the character of Jaime Sommers and the Bionic Woman series In 1983 he wrote and directed the original miniseries V about an invasion of Earth by reptilian aliens The miniseries aired on NBC and a year later was followed by a sequel V The Final Battle which Johnson briefly worked on before leaving the project due to disagreements with the network Johnson was subsequently credited as a cowriter of the sequel miniseries under the pseudonym Lillian Weezer and was not involved at all in the weekly V television series that followed In 1989 he produced the television series Alien Nation based on the 1988 film of the same name In 1997 he wrote and directed the movie Steel based on the DC comic book character Steel It featured basketball player Shaquille ONeal as John Henry Irons the characters alterego In 2006 Johnson announced his completion of a four hour script for a new V mini series called V The Second Generation The storyline takes place 20 years after the original 1983 miniseries ignoring the second miniseries V The Final Battle and subsequent weekly television series However NBC told Johnson that they were more interested in a remake of the original V miniseries instead which if successful might lead to his proposed sequel Since then Johnson adapted his screenplay for V The Second Generation into a novel It was published by Tor Books and released on February 5 2008 However since his discussions with NBC Warner Bros who hold the television rights to the V franchise have opted to produce a remake of V written by Scott Peters for the ABC Network thus ending any prospect of Johnsons sequel being produced for television In April 2008 Johnson stated his intention to remake the original V miniseries and his new sequel V The Second Generation into feature films Johnson claimed to have been in discussions with producers interested in the project though was extremely vague since I own the motion picture rights to V were in the process to do a remake of the original miniseries first as a theatrical feature which Im so jazzed about because it will give me an opportunity to really realize it and execute it in a way that was impossible to do back then Then that will lead to the obvious sequel because it is a franchise and then well get into The Second Generation and Im hoping well be able to do two movies because theres certainly enough material in the novel to warrant two separate sequels Thats my goal at this point and thats what were in the process of doing I just literally came from a meeting 1520 minutes ago with a fellow in Beverly Hills who really says that were gonna do it However since this statement Johnsons potential film production has not been developed further whilst Warner Bros television remake for ABC premiered on November 3 2009 Description above from the Wikipedia article Kenneth Johnson producer licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia