He researches an isolated civilization known as the Bikura.
Paul Duré and Lenar Hoyt are Catholic priests. Part One, The Priest's Tale: "The Man who Cried God" The pilgrims decide that they will each tell their tale of how they were chosen for the pilgrimage. On the eve of an Ouster invasion of Hyperion, a final pilgrimage to the Time Tombs has been organized. One of these planets is Hyperion, home to structures known as the Time Tombs, which are moving backwards in time and guarded by a legendary creature known as the Shrike. Numerous "Outback" planets have no farcasters and cannot be accessed without incurring significant time dilation. Modified humans known as Ousters live in space stations between stars and are engaged in conflict with the Hegemony. The Hegemony maintains an uneasy alliance with the TechnoCore, a civilization of AIs. 2732, the Hegemony of Man comprises hundreds of planets connected by farcaster portals. The next book in the series was The Fall of Hyperion, published in 1990.
It follows a similar structure to The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer. The plot of the novel features multiple time-lines and characters. The first book of his Hyperion Cantos series, it won the Hugo Award for best novel. Confidential couldn't be adapted either.Hyperion is a 1989 science fiction novel by American author Dan Simmons. The Hyperion series is notoriously dense and has a reputation as being impossible to adapt, so if he's got a pitch that impressed the Powers That Be, more power to him.
While Cooper doesn't have a proven writing background, the sheer fact that he's a) heard of and b) passionate about the Hyperion books means I'll give him the benefit of the doubt. It's not much, but it does at least confirm that the project is still alive and that Cooper and his partner are still writing it. We wrote a 40-page treatment and we’ll start working on it in the summer. It’s not that I thought I wanted to do something unreachable: I just love the material and we’re having a crack at it. My writing partner and I are adapting The Hyperion Cantos by Dan Simmons, a sci-fi writer. Now, in an interview with Metro, Cooper has provided a brief update: Apparently their treatment was solid, because they got the gig. If you're at work or can't watch the video, here's the gist: Cooper and his writing partner wrote a treatment for the movie on spec (that's Hollywood for "for free") and approached the rights holders for the books.
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