Season one of Lost In Space arrived on Netflix this weekend, bringing the Robinson family back to TV screens after a fifty year absence.
In this 2018 reboot the Robinsons become separated from their colony during a voyage to their next planet: Alpha Centuari.
Faced with environmental obstacles, constantly changing weather, and spaceship troubles, the family are left alone to get back to their colony against all odds, by bringing their skills to the table.
As well as making each character unique, executive producers Zack Estrin, Matt Sazama and Burk Sharpless set out to make a breathtakingly good-looking series with a cinematic flair.
Speaking exclusively to Express.co.uk, the three producers discussed how they tackled the show with a cinematic vision in mind, and how their idea evolved.
“There is a big cinematic influence on this show,” Burk revealed. “And even though we love TV – and this is not a knock on TV – it’s kind of the only space this show could exist.”
Matt and Burk are a film-producer duo that have worked on such Hollywood blockbusters as Dracula Untold, The Last Witch Hunter, Power Rangers, and Gods of Egypt.
Lost In Space has been the pair’s first foray into the world of television, and they have brought their cinematic influence to the show as much as possible.
They haven’t entered blind though, as their co-producer Zack is no stranger to working in television.
Zack has produced some of the biggest shows ever made, including Prison Break, Charmed, The Whispers, and Zero Hour, giving the TV newcomers a seasoned insight into the industry.
“The actual texture of our Lost In Space is we feel like we’re drawing on the tone of certain movies that we love quite a bit,” Burk continued.
“So that’s something that I think will make this show hopefully stand out quite a bit.”
“I think Zack said in an interview once that there’s really been nothing like this on TV.
“You’ve never had a chance to have that Jurassic Park feeling. That sort of big movie climactic visual emotional feeling that you got in the pilot. And you’re definitely going to get it as the season goes on.”
By looking at this series as a film, the trio have managed to encapsulate story arcs throughout the ten episodes seamlessly – a feat that could only be achieved through Netflix.
Burk added: “We feel like we’re in the space of a kind of new TV that Netflix is allowing us to have.
“It’s almost like a ten hour movie, and the experience of that ten hour movie is other movies within movies.”
Excited, Zack added: “It seems like not only in entertainment but in reality, we’re looking a lot to the stars right now.”
Lost In Space is available on Netflix now.
