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Straczynski Refutes FORBIDDEN PLANET Rumors

November 6, 2008 Rich Drees

Earlier today, we passed along a report from AintItCoolNews about how screenwriter J. Michael Straczynski is approaching this remake of the classic 1956 science-fiction film Forbidden Planet. Well, forget what we said. Always one to [click for more]

New FORBIDDEN PLANET Remake Details, Might Not Quite Be A Remake

November 6, 2008 Rich Drees

Last week, we reported on Warner Brother’s in development Forbidden Planet project as a remake of the classic 1956 movie which starred Leslie Nielson and Anne Francis. However, that might not exactly be the case. [click for more]

Review: CHANGELING

October 31, 2008 Rich Drees

The one true horror film opening this weekend is Clint Eastwood’s Changeling. While the movie contains a deranged serial killer, it is not his acts that the film dwells on. Instead, the real avenues of [click for more]

Straczynski To Script FORBIDDEN PLANET Remake

October 31, 2008 Rich Drees

Warner Brothers has hired Changeling scribe and Babylon 5 creator J. Michael Straczynski to script a remake of their 1956 classic film Forbidden Planet. The original, loosely based on Shakespeare’s The Tempest, tells the story [click for more]

Live Action NINJA SCROLL

October 27, 2008 Rich Drees

Leonardo DiCaprio must like the idea of turning anime into live action. First his production company, Appian Way, bought up the rights to do a live action adaptation of the classic Japanese animated film Akira. [click for more]

Joe Straczynski Drops Hint About LENSMAN Script

September 22, 2008 Rich Drees

Fans of E. E. “Doc” Smith’s epic science-fiction novel series Lensman, are probably wondering how screenwriter J. Michael Straczynski was going to compress the book’s billion year plotlines into a manageable motion picture. This weekend, [click for more]

Max Brooks Talks WORLD WAR Z Flick

June 1, 2008 Rich Drees

Yesterday at the Philadelphia WizardWorld comics convention, Max Brooks spoke briefly about the forthcoming adaptation of his popular zombie novel World War Z. During an hour long question and answer session in which Brooks talked [click for more]