Ridley Scott Is Producing a Miniseries Sequel to 2001: A Space Odyssey - http://gizmodo.com/ridley-...
"Based on the 1997 novel of the same name, 3001 picks up with Dr. Frank Poole, who is awoken from his deep freeze 1000 years after HAL-9000's infamous little pod-bay door temper tantrum. After being revived by "a comet-collecting space tug named the Goliath," Poole is ultimately returned back to a wildly changed Earth. According to Slashfilm:" - Kevin (aka ThreadKilla)