![]() Instead, Tyson persuaded him to consider backing a project by Sagan's widow and collaborator, writer Ann Druyan, to remake the venerable Cosmos for the 21st century. He wondered out loud to Tyson whether there was a scientific research project that he could help fund. ![]() With the proceeds of Family Guy and the even more foul-mouthed film Ted burning a hole in his pocket, Macfarlane wanted to give something back. Macfarlane decided to enter science broadcasting after meeting astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson at a regular lunch for Hollywood producers and scientists, who get together to discuss making the science in movies as accurate as possible. ![]() But Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey, about the history of the known universe and everything in it, which begins next Sunday, would not have happened without the Family Guy producer's sweary cartoon creations. I f you wanted to remake the greatest science TV programme of all time, Carl Sagan's Cosmos: A Personal Voyage, your first choice of producer might not be Seth Macfarlane. ![]()
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