After its release, Crichton and Spielberg then turned to what was now known as ER, but Spielberg decided to film the story as a two-hour pilot for a television series rather than as a feature film after considering the potential for various stories to be told in the setting. He passed the script on to a team at his production company, Amblin Entertainment. Anthony Thomopoulos, then head of Amblin's television division, got in touch with then CEO of Warner Bros. Television, Les Moonves, about the idea for the series and to send the script. Spielberg's Amblin Television provided John Wells as the show's executive producer.
After its release Crichton and Spielberg then turned to what was now known as ER but Spielberg decided to film the story as a two-hour pilot for a television series rather than as a feature film after considering the potential for various stories to be told in the setting He passed the script on to a team at his production company Amblin Entertainment Anthony Thomopoulos then head of Amblin's television division got in touch with then CEO of Warner Bros Television Les Moonves about the idea for the series and to send the script Spielberg's Amblin Television provided John Wells as the show's executive producer