Year Zero was NIN’s 2007 album and was promoted by 42 Entertainment in their pre-Dark Knight Viral gig. Some cool things happened, but it was all based around the idea that Year Zero was a concept album about where the world would be in 15 to 20 years if the Bush-era politics we all kinda got used to in 2007 continued unfettered. The album was released as a concept album, a portrait of a bleak future.
During the ARG, rumors of a TV show were constant and rumors of Year Zero Two (or Year One, or Year whatever), a sequel concept album were also abound. Since then, Reznor has released an instrumental double-disc called Ghosts and a full-on free album called The Slip. He’s also currently on tour as Nine Inch Nails.
So, imagine how out-of-the-blue an LA Times Blog piece was, claiming that Reznor has been meeting with HBO to bring Year Zero to pay cable.
Says Reznor: “I just pitched it to HBO two weeks ago in L.A. It went great. Ideally, we’re trying to get them to do a two-year limited series. I prefer that over a film. We would have a second ARG tying into the second album and ties into the series and they all happen together with a budget needed to pull that all off. There would be a tour down the road. The record completes the story, the ending that no one knows. I know what happens. I knew when I started it. And it’s not what people think. “
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