The Last Ship greenlighted for TV

[Matt Wiser]

Well, those of us who have read The Last Ship by William Brinkley now have a TV series based on the book to look forward to. It's been picked up by TNT for next year. Michael Bay (Armageddon and Pearl Harbor) is producing the show. They've changed the backstory to a global pandemic instead of nuclear war, but the story's the same: a USN destroyer trying to find their place (literally) in the post-holocaust world. The USN is apparently cooperating with filming, so assume some script changes (no mutiny, probably, and the, uh, "arrangement" between the male and female crew may be mentioned, but not shown).

It's in USA Today, the L.A. Times, Hollywood Reporter, etc.