Extrapolations Creator Scott Z. Burns on His Researched Portrayal of Climate Change
14In the Apple TV+ series, Extrapolations, creator Scott Z. Burns focuses on the ongoing climate crisis and its effects on the near future. Like his 2011 thriller, Contagion, which presented a disturbing virus outbreak not unlike the one we would experience less than a decade later, Extrapolations looks at the consequences humans are beginning to face through an “internal, emotional” lens. In an interview with Collider’s Steve Weintraub, Burns, along with co-writer and executive producer Dorothy Fortenberry and executive producer Michael Ellenberg, share important details on the series they created with the intention of getting people to “question the narratives.”
Beginning in the near future, from 2037 to 2070, each of the eight episodes tackles issues like air quality, weather patterns, and the ways in which world leaders handle (or don’t handle) these ever-evolving situations. With a star-studded cast, including Academy Award winners Meryl Streep, Forest Whitaker, and many more, Extrapolations is Burns’ exploration into the “scripted storytelling” that pushes beyond the confines of graphs, charts, and numerical data typically employed to relay this information. Instead, as Fortenberry tells us, the show asks viewers, “what does climate change feel like?”
During the conversation, which you can watch in the video above or read below, the trio discusses working with experts to create a realistic idea of what we could experience within the next couple of decades. They share alarming realities they want more people to understand, where the initial idea for this episodic format originated from, and what the thought process was behind building a near future.
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