AMC to do Red Mars

According to SF Signal 's blog: It seems that AMC is doing the job that the Sci Fi Channel doesn't want to do. Namely, producing more honest to goodness TV shows. Case in point: AMC is working on an adaptation of Kim Stanley Robinson's Red Mars. I know many people love this book, but I found it to be slow, tedious, with too much politics. Still, it's real SF and it's good to see someone trying to bring SF to TV.