In an interview with SCI FI’s Mike Szymanski, Stargate star Ben Browder discussed his upcoming miniseries Going Homer that he and former Farscape director Andrew Prowse are co-writing. The miniseries will bring to life Greek and Roman mythological characters, including Zeus, Poseidon, Hades, Athena, Aphrodite, and Aries. Browder declared, “They’re all very cool.”
At the middle of the story is an American 12-year-old boy, Homer Ulysses Jones, “who can see Greek and Roman gods walking among the populace. Homer and his father run away together after a fierce custody battle and head to the home of their ancestors in Ithaca, N.Y.,” according to Szymanski.
Casting for the miniseries has not yet begun because of the delay in the writing of the script due to the recent Writers Guild of America strike. But now that the strike is over, Browder told Szymanski, “Right now, at this moment, I’m esconced in my household reworking the story. We’re in our second draft, and it is a rather weighty document.”
Browder, who has always been interested in Greek and Roman mythology, said, “When you start getting into Greek mythology, you see how much of it has formed our civilization.”
To read the complete interview, visit It’s All Greek To Browder.