VIDEO : Octavia Butler?s Sci-Fi Novel Dawn is Becoming a TV Series

"Dawn", Octavia E. Butler?s groundbreaking science fiction novel, is being adapted for the small screen. The 1987 book is the first in her Lilith?s Brood trilogy. Dawn tells the story of an African American woman named Lilith who wakes up 250 years after a nuclear war has left the Earth uninhabitable and, along with a race of aliens, works to rebuild the human race. According to Deadline, the adaptation will be a joint venture between director and producer Ava DuVernay, director/writer Victoria Mahoney, and Charles D. King?s media company Macro. This is the first time any of Butler's material has been turned into a series.