5 reasons why the Incarnations of Immortality books would make a great series
By Brian Miller
4. Incarnations of Immortality can be a visually opulent series without breaking the bank
With its wildly expensive battles and expansive cast, Game of Thrones raised the bar on how much money can be spent on a TV show. Incarnations doesn’t have any dragons to render, but the story is still expansive and imaginative enough such that it can’t be done well as a network series. This one will need time and money to pull off: think of it as landing somewhere between Game of Thrones and Westworld in terms of scale.
An Incarnations should be visually splendid, full of bright and vibrant colors with dark undertones. It takes place in a world set both in the future and in the world where we live. But while an Incarnations could make use of a big budget, it doesn’t need big battle sequences to work.
Incarnations is a character-driven series with plots that intertwine; each book focuses on a different character, but we see many of the same events from multiple points of view, and their ultimate fates aren’t revealed until the end of the seventh novel. This may be the rare show that would benefit from filming everything at once and then releasing it in seasons for years thereafter. That could also be important because with the exception of Time, who ages backwards, none of the characters age, so if the series is all shot up front there won’t be any dissonance as we watch seemingly immortal, ageless characters get grey hairs and wrinkles.