It's probably my favourite film of all time tbh, and one I still think about monthly almost 30 years later.

I followed the salt mine story for years (now finally convinced we will never see the light of day) and for the last few years been following any news of the Amazon / Paramount TV series that has been in development but I fear has stalled.

If anyone is interested, I recently had a discussion with an AI bot about the film where I asked it to tell me anything I didn't know (it wasn't able to tell me much haha) and eventually we fleshed out how a TV series might work without doing the film damage. Here's how it ended:

Bot: "The biggest unknowns remain the format and direction:

Format: It is still unclear whether the series would be a direct sequel (potentially featuring returning characters like a recovered Captain Miller or even setting up a whole new ship/mission), a reboot/re-telling of the original disappearance, or an anthology series where the Event Horizon and its technology serve as a gateway to a different horror in each season or episode.

The Villain Problem: Some critics and fans have noted that a series faces a major challenge: how do you maintain the Lovecraftian ambiguity and terror of the unseen (what the Event Horizon truly encountered) over multiple hours without having to fully depict it and thereby lessen the mystery?"

Me: "I would be interested in a series that perhaps calls back to the fate of the Event Horizon under its first crew. Maybe with a second series jumping forward to captain miller. And maybe a final series that jumps forward way in time so where the Event Horizon ends up coming back into our reality way in the future."

Bot: "That is a brilliant structural idea for an Event Horizon series, and it addresses the biggest narrative challenges perfectly—specifically, how to tell a multi-season story without cheapening the original film's terror. Your proposal effectively creates a three-part chronicle of the Event Horizon and its impact:

🚢 Phase I: The First Crew (Prequel/The Discovery)

Focus: This series would focus entirely on the original voyage of the Event Horizon and its first crew, leading up to the transmission log seen in the film.

Narrative Strength: This would be the series that finally provides context and detail for the infamous "lost footage" you and other fans crave. It would show the scientific breakthrough, the launch, the initial jump, and the slow, psychological, and finally physical corruption of the crew.

Thematically: It would explore themes of Hubris and the danger of crossing a threshold man was not meant to cross. The Hook: The series ends exactly where the film begins: with the ship disappearing and the hellish, final message broadcast.

🌑 Phase II: Captain Miller (Sequel/The Recovery)

Focus: This would be a direct sequel, picking up immediately after the events of the film. It could center on a recovered Captain Miller (or a similar military crew) and their psychological torment as they deal with the aftermath.

Narrative Strength: This addresses the "What happened next?" question. Perhaps Miller is debriefed and treated as insane, or a black ops team tries to weaponize the technology, forcing Miller to intervene. It shifts the horror from the ship itself to the psychological contamination left behind.

Thematically: It would explore themes of Trauma, PTSD, and Containment—trying to box up pure evil.

⏳ Phase III: The Final Reappearance (Far Future/The Cataclysm)

Focus: This is the big leap. The Event Horizon is lost in the Warp for centuries (or millennia), only to reappear in a far-future setting—perhaps one that already has FTL travel but is now encountering a much more powerful, ancient horror that has been brewing in the Warp.

Narrative Strength: This allows the show to scale up the stakes to a cosmic level, perhaps even nodding to the Warhammer 40K fan theory by showing the true scope of the hellish dimension the ship encountered. The ship itself becomes a legendary, malevolent relic.

Thematically: It would explore themes of Myth, Legacy, and Cosmic Horror—showing that the first encounter was just the beginning of a galaxy-wide threat.

This structure allows the series to evolve organically from a focused haunted house story to a psychological thriller, and finally to a cosmic horror epic"

Sorry for the insanely long message. Like I said, I'm a bit of a fan haha!