Straczynski/Cameron Take On ‘Forbidden Planet’
Saturday, December 20th, 2008
James Cameron may be directing a remake of Forbidden Planet written by J. Michael Straczynski.
J Michael Straczynski was hired by Warner Bros to pen a remake of Forbidden Planet back in October, and now it seems that James Cameron is eyeing the project as his follow-up to Avatar.
Loosely based on William Shakespeare’s The Tempest, the original saw a group of Earth scientists who are sent some 17 light years away to investigate what happened to a colony of settlers on Altair-4. They find a man with a secret and his daughter who somehow survived a hideous monster attack on their planet. Gene Roddenberry has noted that Fred Wilcox’s original 1956 sci-fi film was one of the inspirations for Star Trek.
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At this point, I think I am indifferent to this news. It’s been so long that I’m not even sure we’ll see Avatar any time soon, let alone anything after it.
This is one of my favorite Shakespeare adaptations. I still want to see a “Merchant of Venus” tho.
I have hope for it since JMS pretty much wants to do this to keep anyone else from screwing it up.
@WonderJenn – That sounds good in theory… but that’s EXACTLY what Frank Miller said about The Spirit *shudder*
His Changeling script was pretty excellent
The Doctor: Ew. Didn’t know that. I heartily withdraw any hope I previously had. I won’t be as positively against it as I am The Day the Earth Stood Still, but I am a little more reserved.