Genesis II

Genesis II was a 1973 TV movie created and produced by Gene Roddenberry and starring Alex Cord and Mariette Hartley.

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1973 - TV movie - Gene Roddenberry - Alex Cord - Mariette Hartley

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Genesis II was the first of three attempts by Roddenberry to create a new science fiction television series following his then-partial success with Star Trek. Genesis II aired on CBS on March 23, 1973; although Roddenberry had scripts lined up for a 20-episode first season, CBS declined to pick it up, opting instead for the Planet of the Apes series.

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Science fiction - Television series - Star Trek - CBS - March 23 - 1973 - Planet of the Apes

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Roddenberry reworked the material into a second pilot, Planet Earth, which starred John Saxon in the role of Dylan Hunt. The plot and setting for Planet Earth were strongly influenced by Planet of the Apes. Though it aired on ABC in 1974, it was also declined. Warner Brothers, which owned the rights, reworked Roddenberry's material yet again for Strange New World, which aired in 1975.

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Planet Earth - John Saxon - ABC - 1974 - Warner Brothers - Strange New World - 1975

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Roddenberry kept the name for the Dylan Hunt character in the Andromeda television series that was produced posthumously, but there is no apparent continuity between them. The name Project Genesis also reappeared in the movie ', similarly evoking a paradise built in an underground cavern and conflict between military and scientific motives, although the script history suggests it was introduced independently.

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Dylan Hunt - Andromeda - Project Genesis

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