The ship's senior officers always survive, and more importantly, at least one low-ranking crew member is killed, which of course, makes for a very paranoid workplace if you happen to be an ensign. Life seems perfect until he begins to notice that every away mission involves a deadly confrontation with alien forces. Andrew is excited to serve on 'away missions' alongside the starship's legendary senior officers. The book, set in the 25th century, follows Ensign Andrew Dahl on his assignment to the Universal Union Capital Ship Intrepid, flagship of the Universal Union.

I'll definitely have input, but adapting the novel will be a team effort.' Ken Kwapis directed the finale of 'The Office' and worked on a lot of other great comedy television, and the rest of the team comes in with lots of experience. 'But from my point of view as the writer of the novel, what I want is to be the least competent person in the room. 'I'm going to be an executive producer and consultant for the series, so I should have a decent amount of input,' Scalzi told Crave. Kwapis will direct the first episode, and the search for writers to work on the series is in progress. The comedic sci-fi novel, which was released in 2012 and won the 2013 Hugo Award, is now being developed as a limited TV series for FX by producer Jon Shestack ('Open Grave') producer-director Ken Kwapis ('He's Just Not That Into You' and 'The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants') and producer Alexandra Beattie ('Outsourced'). The life expectancy of a red-shirted ensign is very short, but what if they knew their survival rate was so low? Author John Scalzi explores that exact scenario in his award-winning book ' Redshirts.' If you've watched any episodes of the original 'Star Trek,' you know that wearing a red shirt means you might as well be donning a giant bull's-eye.

John Scalzi's sci-fi comedic novel 'Redshirts' will soon be a limited-series TV show on FX.

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