Is Primeval Coming to a Theater Near You?

According to a report in Variety, Warner Brothers has spent some serious coin to acquire the big screen rights to the UK series Primeval.

The series, which currently airs on SCI Fi Channel and BBC America, deals with the concept of a time rift which is allowing dinosaurs to come through into modern-day London. On the movie front, Primeval would look a lot like Jurassic Park except that it has the time travel element.

Akiva Goldsman and Kerry Foster will produce through Goldsman’s WB-based Weed Road banner. Word is the setting will be switched to the US and the action will be cranked up quite a bit.

I’m a huge fan of Primeval on TV, so I’m excited by the idea of a major motion picture even though it obviously won’t be featuring the current cast or characters.

Photo: BBC America