NBC Reporting looking at Spielberg's "Nine Lives" show

[Michael]

Steven Spielberg's "Nine Lives" may find a second life at NBC.

Four years ago, Syfy (then Sci Fi Channel) announced a greenlight for "Nine Lives" as a 12-hour miniseries to air in 2007.

The project, written by Les Bohem, revolves around a group of people who find a way to reunite with their loved ones in the afterlife through near-death experiences, but those journeys unleash an evil force.

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Frankly, I'm not sure I would be interested in such a concept. Near death experiences have come under fire by the scientific community, some of whom seem determined to prove they are just illusions. In 2008 scientists announced the AWARE study, at the time said to be the largest study to date of Near Death Experience.

I have since that time read a few back and forth articles on the topics relating to near-death experiences and whether consciousness survives the death of the body. It never occurred to me to bookmark them so I'm unable to find them right now.

It does seem like there is a growing debate over whether science should recognize and investigate the possibility of conscious existence outside the body.