Changes

In March of 2007, ''Kerrang! Radio'' reported that "Reznor admitted he's already in talks about a movie version of his upcoming album, a concept piece, with part two scheduled next year." Reznor said that he was more interested in a television project rather than a film and that he had a producer and had met with writers. On August 14, 2007, Reznor announced that he and his creative team would soon be taking the concept to television networks to try and make some sort of deal: ''"We're about to pitch it to the network, so we're a couple of weeks away from meeting all of the main people, and we'll see what happens."'' [http://www.dose.ca/music/story.html?id=ead25b9c-b7f0-44aa-92c7-d083b6c83e1a&k=48608] On June 8, 2008, ''The New York Times'' reported that "Mr. Reznor has been working with Lawrence Bender, Quentin Tarantino’s longtime producing partner, to create a cable TV series to tell the entire story." [http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/08/arts/music/08pare.html?_r=3&pagewanted=2&ref=arts&oref=slogin#]

On August 14April 2, 20072009, Reznor announced via a short Twitter post that "YZ is alive". On September 28, 2010, ''The LA Times'' reported that he and his creative team would soon be taking the concept to ''Year Zero'' television networks to try and make some sort of deal: series detailed in the above ''NY Times'"We're about to pitch it to the networkarticle was going into pre-production, so wewith Daniel Knauf as a writer and Lawrence Bender're a couple of weeks away from meeting all of s team as staff, and that the main people, miniseries would be handled by BBC America and we'll see what happensbroadcast on HBO."'' [http://wwwherocomplex.doselatimes.cacom/2010/09/music28/story.html?id=ead25b9ctrent-reznor-and-hbo-moving-forward-with-year-zero-b7f0sci-44aafi-92c7series/] On March 10, 2011, Trent confirmed on the nin.com board that work on the TV series was still in progress. [http://forum.nin.com/bb/read.php?59,1227855,1227855#msg-d083b6c83e1a&k=486081227855]

On June 824, 20082011, ''The New York TimesPitchfork Magazine'' reported had a section of news stating that "MrJim Uhls, the man who had written the screenplay for ''Fight Club'' and the screenplay for the 2008 film ''Jumper'', was chosen to write the script for the series. Reznor has been working with Lawrence BenderOn December 23, Quentin Tarantino’s longtime producing partner2011 in an interview by ''The Guardian'' Trent is quoted as follows about the 10-part HBO mini-series, which is based on ''Year Zero'': "''I chose not to create a cable TV series write it myself because I don't know how to tell the entire storydo that. But now I'm thinking I should have.Somebody's got to do it, right? How hard can it be?''" [http://www.nytimesguardian.comco.uk/2008music/2011/dec/21/trent-reznor-dragon-tattoo-soundtrack?newsfeed=true] On January 11, 2012 [http://www.echoingthesound.org/06community/08members/arts433-Euphemism a user on Echoingthesound] said that Jim Uhls confirmed for him via Facebook that he was working on the ''Year Zero'' TV series ("''I've been away from FB for awhile. Now that I see it, I can answer. I am currently working on Year Zero. [...]''" [http:/music/08parewww.echoingthesound.htmlorg/community/threads/139-Random-NIN-Thoughts?_r=3&pagewanted=2&ref=arts&orefp=slogin13642#post13642])

On April 2, 2009, Reznor announced via a short Twitter post that "YZ is alive". On September 28, 2010, ''The LA Times'' reported that the ''Year Zero'' television series detailed in the above ''NY Times'' article was going into pre-production, with Daniel Knauf as a writer and Lawrence Bender's team as staff, and that the miniseries would be handled by BBC America and broadcast on HBO. [http://herocomplex.latimes.com/2010/09/28/trent-reznor-and-hbo-moving-forward-with-year-zero-sci-fi-series/] On March 10, 2011, Trent confirmed on the nin.com board that work on the TV series was still in progress. [http://forum.nin.com/bb/read.php?59,1227855,1227855#msg-1227855] On June 24, 2011, ''Pitchfork Magazine'' had a section of news stating that Jim Uhls, the man who had written the screenplay for ''Fight Club'' and the screenplay for the 2008 film ''Jumper'', was chosen to write the script for the series. On December 23, 2011 in an interview by ''The Guardian'' Trent is quoted as follows about the 10-part HBO mini-series, which is based on ''Year Zero'': "''I chose not to write it myself because I don't know how to do that. But now I'm thinking I should have. Somebody's got to do it, right? How hard can it be?''" [http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2011/dec/21/trent-reznor-dragon-tattoo-soundtrack?newsfeed=true] On January 11, 2012 [http://www.echoingthesound.org/community/members/433-Euphemism a user on Echoingthesound] said that Jim Uhls confirmed him via Facebook that he was working on the ''Year Zero'' TV series ("''I've been away from FB for awhile. Now that I see it, I can answer. I am currently working on Year Zero. [...]''" [http://www.echoingthesound.org/community/threads/139-Random-NIN-Thoughts?p=13642#post13642]) On November 13, 2012, Reznor stated during an [[November 2012 Reddit AMA|"ask me anything" session with Reddit]] that: "''This is currently in a holding state. We didn't find the right match with a writer, and really have been avoiding doing what we should have done from the beginning: write it ourselves. We = Rob and myself. This project means a lot to me and will see the light of day in one form or another.''" In August of 2013, it was stated in an article by the ''NME'' that HBO had rejected the series. It was revealed by Rob Sheridan in a 2019 episode of the ''[[Pod Like a Hole]]'' NIN [[podcasts|podcast]] that he and Reznor had at one point considered making a comic book based on ''Year Zero''.