HBO is developing a series based on Michael Crichton's novel Sphere, Deadline reported. The project is from executive producer/writer Denise Thé (Westworld); Lisa Joy and Jonathan Nolan's Kilter Films; Robert Downey Jr. and Susan Downey's Team Downey and Warner Bros. Television.
The series will be written by Thé, who also serves as showrunner and executive producer. Most recently exec producer and writer on Season 3 of Westworld, she also wrote and produced Person of Interest, on which she first worked with Westworld co-creator Jonathan Nolan, and was writer and consulting producer on Gotham. Thé's writing credits also include Medium, Cold Case and Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles.