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Alternate Universes, Renegade Space Pirates, And A Madman Bent On Destroying A World?? Bring It On!!


Merrick here...


Shekhar Kapur, who recently wrote and directed ELIZABETH: THE GOLDEN AGE has set his sights on developing & directing LARKLIGHT for Warner Bros. He'll work alongside EASTERN PROMISES scripter Steven Knight to adapt Philip Reeve's novel.

The 2006 book, set in a Victorian-era alternate universe in which mankind has been exploring the solar system since the time of Isaac Newton, revolves around a brother and sister who team with a band of renegade space pirates to save the world from destruction at the hands of a madman.

...says THIS ARTICLE in Hollywood Reporter.

Sounds like my kind of insanity. I was saying to someone the other day that we're overdue for a really cool space movie...maybe this'll be it? I'm referring to something newish...not pre-established universe like TREK.

Larklighter isn't the only genre project Kapur has in the works - he's also developing Paani, which HR describes as...

...a futuristic film set in Mumbai centering on the scarcity of water.

In the past, this theme hasn't worked out so well. I remember SOLARBABIES and ICE PIRATES...do you?






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I take exception to that remark
by Lone_Wolf_McQuaalude
Apr 1st, 2008
09:15:09 AM
Stupid steampunk B.S....
by Kid Z
Apr 1st, 2008
09:16:41 AM
Why does this sound like an April Fools prank?
by bobinnova
Apr 1st, 2008
09:19:09 AM
"We're overdue for a really cool space movie."
by cutest_of_borg
Apr 1st, 2008
09:19:23 AM
There's a surprise
by thefrood
Apr 1st, 2008
09:22:07 AM
Piltdown...
by Kid Z
Apr 1st, 2008
09:32:58 AM
ICE PIRATES!
by travis-dane
Apr 1st, 2008
09:33:18 AM
Frood, not saying it's necessarily a bad idea...
by Kid Z
Apr 1st, 2008
09:35:54 AM
Reminds me of...
by DocPazuzu
Apr 1st, 2008
09:36:39 AM
Tank Girl?
by john truckosaur
Apr 1st, 2008
09:45:31 AM
Cool!!
by waldo
Apr 1st, 2008
09:46:03 AM
Ice Pirates!
by kafka07
Apr 1st, 2008
09:50:04 AM
Kid Z
by thefrood
Apr 1st, 2008
09:52:23 AM
Everything sounds like an April Fool's prank
by SilentP
Apr 1st, 2008
09:57:30 AM
Steampunk rules...
by RogueWarrior65
Apr 1st, 2008
10:02:36 AM
SOLARBABIES WAS GENIUS
by kgerm
Apr 1st, 2008
10:07:05 AM
As long as the rocket ships look like rockets!
by Stereotypical Evil Archer
Apr 1st, 2008
10:11:05 AM
Sounds Golden Compassy
by rev_skarekroe
Apr 1st, 2008
10:20:06 AM
Bombay
by Steve_Dooku
Apr 1st, 2008
10:23:25 AM
Alternate timelines?
by Monkey Butler
Apr 1st, 2008
10:24:51 AM
"The ships got herpies."
by Therealumlaut
Apr 1st, 2008
10:27:31 AM
Solarbabies - good idea bad execution.
by Yeti
Apr 1st, 2008
10:33:03 AM
Because, Monkey Butler...
by DocPazuzu
Apr 1st, 2008
10:35:07 AM
Space Pirates?!
by tvspace
Apr 1st, 2008
10:52:01 AM
Nah
by CuervoJones
Apr 1st, 2008
10:57:24 AM
Monkey Butler
by TroutMaskReplicant
Apr 1st, 2008
11:05:14 AM
sounds like possibilities..
by RoseBuddy
Apr 1st, 2008
11:17:29 AM
This is why I hate April Fools
by GodMars
Apr 1st, 2008
11:21:23 AM

by Automaton Overlord
Apr 1st, 2008
11:40:21 AM
Rose Buddy
by thefrood
Apr 1st, 2008
11:44:53 AM
Aren't space pirates by their very nature renegades?
by Fred
Apr 1st, 2008
12:03:12 PM
SAVE US BUCKAROO BANZAI!!!
by alice 13
Apr 1st, 2008
12:16:03 PM
Ice Pirates was fucking AWESOME!
by LargoJr
Apr 1st, 2008
12:16:06 PM
Tank Girl
by Bagheera
Apr 1st, 2008
12:30:05 PM
thefrood
by RoseBuddy
Apr 1st, 2008
12:38:33 PM
watch where you tread merrick . . .
by cathartist
Apr 1st, 2008
12:50:10 PM
Read the book and its sequel
by ilander66
Apr 1st, 2008
12:51:42 PM
WTF Moment of the Year...
by Kid Z
Apr 1st, 2008
01:46:12 PM
Monkey Butler
by FluffyUnbound
Apr 1st, 2008
01:57:20 PM
OK, I just clicked the Amazon link and
by FluffyUnbound
Apr 1st, 2008
01:59:30 PM
Damn straight I remember Ice pirates and solarbabies!
by theonecalledshoe
Apr 1st, 2008
02:03:54 PM
Firefly with the Sodden Nancy Tribe
by buffywrestling
Apr 1st, 2008
02:27:50 PM
Not familiar with the book, but this smells like
by kabong
Apr 1st, 2008
04:28:04 PM
Monkey Butler, I agree...
by warghost
Apr 1st, 2008
04:38:29 PM
Ice Pirates kicks ass!!
by finky089
Apr 1st, 2008
04:41:50 PM
If Stardust couldn't appease the masses
by Detective_Fingerling
Apr 1st, 2008
04:50:09 PM
Remember when SKY CAPTAIN was the future of movies?
by Drath
Apr 1st, 2008
05:11:35 PM
Sounds pretty shitty
by JKrow21
Apr 1st, 2008
06:19:57 PM
even tho its not made, the movie has made all the money its goin
by ironic_name
Apr 1st, 2008
07:05:59 PM
Space 1889
by Mr Willi
Apr 1st, 2008
07:10:36 PM
Biggs Larklighter?
by Napoleon Park
Apr 1st, 2008
07:36:25 PM
Why not Ninja Space Pirates
by messi
Apr 1st, 2008
08:55:51 PM
Steampunk is so fucking played out
by jimmy_009
Apr 1st, 2008
10:36:14 PM
I'd rather c GRIMJACK or SPACE 1889 as films...
by lynxpro
Apr 1st, 2008
11:00:32 PM
...or live-action Thundarr the Barbarian...
by lynxpro
Apr 1st, 2008
11:03:30 PM
I want a Discworld movie!!!!
by Pouchstalker
Apr 1st, 2008
11:10:14 PM
how is steampunk played out, jimmy_009?
by drave117
Apr 2nd, 2008
12:32:11 AM
I remember Ice Pirates!
by Maniaq
Apr 2nd, 2008
12:54:40 AM
The Prestige was a little bit steampunk
by Gwai Lo
Apr 2nd, 2008
02:08:48 AM
If the Prestige was a little bit steampunk
by RokurGepta
Apr 2nd, 2008
04:02:18 AM
I agree -- I don't get the whole "Victorian steampunk/alternate
by Big Dumb Ape
Apr 2nd, 2008
04:06:46 AM
ever read books by Author Harry Turtledove
by RokurGepta
Apr 2nd, 2008
04:34:49 AM
This sounds less like an alternate timeline than fantasy.
by rbatty024
Apr 2nd, 2008
06:10:21 AM
my favorite Harry Turtledove book is...
by RokurGepta
Apr 2nd, 2008
06:30:48 AM
If it's as 'good' as Elizabeth: The Golden Age
by metaluna
Apr 2nd, 2008
07:35:33 AM
Good point Metaluna...
by rbatty024
Apr 2nd, 2008
07:54:28 AM
re: Harry Turtledove...
by lynxpro
Apr 2nd, 2008
09:53:19 PM
The Two Georges
by Pouchstalker
Apr 2nd, 2008
10:52:27 PM

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