{"id":11562,"date":"2011-01-26T08:13:24","date_gmt":"2011-01-26T13:13:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/?p=11562"},"modified":"2011-01-26T08:14:24","modified_gmt":"2011-01-26T13:14:24","slug":"straczynski-options-ellisons-ticktockman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/2011\/01\/26\/straczynski-options-ellisons-ticktockman\/","title":{"rendered":"Straczynski Options Ellison’s “Ticktockman”"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Writer and Babylon 5<\/em> creator J Michael Straczynski has announced that he has written a screenplay based on Harlan Ellison’s classic science-fiction short story “‘Repent, Harlequin,’ Said The Ticktockman.” As he stated on his Facebook fan page<\/a> –<\/p>\n

I have optioned, and adapted into screenplay form, Harlan Ellison’s “Repent Harlequin, Said the Ticktockman.” It’s out to producers, studios and directors now. We hope to find a direc…tor who has always wanted to make this story into a movie. More as, if and when it develops… I should mention that Harlan has never allowed anyone else before to option or adapt Harlequin for the screen, and the draft has his personal seal of approval.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Straczynski and Ellison have been long-time friends, with Ellison serving as creative consultant on Babylon 5<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Ellison’s story, written in a six hour stretch at a 1965 writer’s conference, tells the story of a dystopian future society where being late is illegal, and the proportional amount of time that is wasted by a person is deducted from their life.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Writer and Babylon 5 creator J Michael Straczynski has announced that he has written a screenplay based on Harlan Ellison’s classic science-fiction short story “‘Repent, Harlequin,’ Said The Ticktockman.” As he stated on his Facebook [click for more]<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[84],"tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-11562","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-news"},"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t