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Exclusive! We've Got New Details On That Joel Silver/J. Michael Straczynski "Remake" Of FORBIDDEN PLANET!
Beaks here...
Last Friday, The Hollywood Reporter broke the news about J. Michael Straczynski writing a "remake" of FORBIDDEN PLANET for producer Joel Silver. Today, we have additional info that indicates this is not so much a "remake" as a complementary piece to the Fred M. Wilcox/Cyril Hume classic.
According to Harry, Straczynski's screenplay will essentially act as if Altair 4 didn't blow up. (HARRY HERE: Actually, I don't know that - that is what they're doing, only that my source said it would be less of a remake and more of a continuation. What I told Beaks was, so I "guess" that'd be if they act like the planet didn't blow up in the original film. Sorry for the confusion) We don't have much in the way of story details, but we do know that Straczynski was not shy about paying homage to FORBIDDEN PLANET in BABYLON 5, so it's not a surprise that he would want to honor the integrity of Wilcox's visionary film.
As for the look of the film, it will apparently be an "enormous, giant, retro sci-fi movie"; in other words, they're going to implement the design of the original rather than attempt something modern. As Harry said, nothing "sleek or chromy" like Fox would do. (HARRY HERE: In fact my source says that Robby The Robot as we know him, will be implemented in the film.)
We do not know who is directing just yet, but, for now, it sounds like Silver and Straczynski are doing right by FORBIDDEN PLANET.
In other JMS news, you might be interested to know that he just completed his rewrite for THOR.
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Not likely but it would be nice
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Color me interested.
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Then I'll be more interested.
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Never really cared about being first, it is a nice little novelty though. This could be interesting though, would be interesting to see where the story goes from here.
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Before it becomes a movie. Plus its a pretty rootin tooin good time.
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This sounds pretty cool. One of my favorite stories by him was Kraven's Last Hunt. I remember reading that and was blown away by it.
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Since the rewrite is done, does that mean Charlie Hunnam has been casted as Thor yet? As well as Matt Damon as Captain America yet?
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Then No Country for Old Men.
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It's clearly not a reboot. It is a complentary piece. and No Country For Old Men wasn't even that great. The book was better and it robbed There Will Be Blood out of several Oscars
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Reboot The Hulk for another go.
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If so, why the rewrite.
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Nov 05, 2008 5:26:24 PM CST
Retro sci-fi is the way to go, future sci-fi sucks.
by stereotypical evil archer
Big rocket ships that look like rockets! Big flying saucers that look like saucers!Forbidden Planet had a cool production design. A sprawling retro sci-fi epic WITH NO TIME TRAVEL is what I need right now. I wish I had the ADVENTURES OF CAPTAIN ZOOM IN OUTER SPACE on DVD, that was fun stuff.
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I thought JMS would do a good job of being faithful to the original. The retro look sounds fun as well, as long as it doesn't end up being like Skycaptain...
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You could play on the idea of 're-visiting' the planet. It would be amazing to see a new movie with today's effects but depicting the exact same planet and designs of the original. Do it!
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The remake will suck. The original is HILARIOUSLY awesome. Smoke a big fat joint and watch it with friends.
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to drop the budget down a few trillion dollars.
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Shitty and crummy more like.
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Isn't he the one that wrote the "oscar worthy" script for WWZ? and if so, where can I read it?
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"Forbidden Planet" is loaded with suggestive quotes. I just saw it again last night on TCM, and I was "blown" away by how good it was. A remake would suck, but if its going to happen then Straczynski should write it. I would pay hommage to it, but don't just remake the original. The War of the Worlds remake, with Tommy "I was molested by priests" Cruise was actually really good. It paid hommage to the original, but the storyline took a terrorist slant that I really liked. Also, there should be a B5 movie, but we need to wait about 5 more years for that. My advice would be to make one and it it is successful, make the next four movies back to back...where am I?
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so... WTF?
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Make it a semi-sequal, taking place decades later. Keep Altair 4 in ashes. Just find another Krell world.
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...Let it rest in peace. It's time is past and memory tarnished by some truly lackluster followups. It was a unique moment in TV history when we were in the last gasps of local broadcasting and independent networks. The last moments of weeknight prime-time, non-cable, original syndicated material. It survived through the early WB and UPN era, but it couldn't survive the move to cable and the budget cuts that came with it. I would love to see some original science fiction as penned by JMS, but let Babylon 5 and her crew rest in peace.But, still, I would love to see what happens on...say...Babylon VII...
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Make him high-gloss, and part of the film showing installation of new options/weapons/defenses/etc. but PLEASE leave him the same! (Ok, I have a thing for Armored Heros... :) ) - Stark
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Nov 05, 2008 7:19:11 PM CST
I MEAN IT! (I'm working on new Repulsors if you don't!)
by stark industries
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The captain makes his way back to Altair. "Surely you remember you shouldn't land here!" "Yes I do, and don't call me surely!";-)
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Nov 05, 2008 7:46:32 PM CST
I have an idea... set it in the far past in the 1600's
by murdermostfowl
Instead of Robbie the robot, let's make him be a fairy, sort of an air spirit. Yes, and then We'll call the Proessor Prospero... that will have a nice Italian feel to it, and we're name his daughter... Miranda. Oh wait... nevermind.
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Undo the tragedy of the Twilight Zone and bring back the C-57D! Hell, get cameos from Leslie Nielson and Anne Francis as retired admiral JJ Adams and Altaira! I LOVE Forbidden Planet. I'm stoked! I can't wait! My GOD, somebody take this keyboard away!
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Altair 4 DID blow up.
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but they need to have ninjas in it.
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OR... Did Morbius' mind merge with the Krell machine at the end and with all that power he faked it making it SEEM Altair 4 exploded. Huh, huh? Or, they just find a new Krell world, MAYBE with a few Krell still hanging around.
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At warp speed, and fake the destruction of Altair 4. You can do really good scifi this way, by getting some reputable scientists to figure out how Krell technology would work, and then let Morbius have to figure it out while the machines were self-destructing. They'll need some British types like Alastair Reynolds and Steven Baxter. The mistake would be to get too close to 'Stars Wars' mysticism.
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There are tons of things in the original film that , at first glance anyway , look to have influenced Roddenberry a ton! The suspension beams become the transporters, The ladies man captain, heck , when they go to see Morbius it's the Captain, The Dr , and the Science officer who go!
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Why not just watch the old movie?
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Doesn't mean it will be good though. How long until a remake of film is called for a week after it's initial release? OUTTER CONTROL HOLYWOODLAND!
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for an Oscar. How cool is that!
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DANGER! I'M JUST GOING TO REBOOT NOW! SHALL WE PLAY A GAME? YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE COME BACK FLYNN. SHUTTING UP SIR.
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If only "The Day The Earth Stood Still" remake had been (will be) as respectful....
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I doubt this sequel would compare to it.
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but then there was B% season 5, and then Legend of the Rangers...
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I am so going to see this then. Robby was even cooler than the Lost in Space Robot, even though he did get his ass kicked by it on an episode.
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ARK II. That would be a good show to remake, or do as a movie. Yes, I'm actually suggesting a remake only because the show 1) didn't last for a full season and 2) we never got a background/origin story as to where the crew came from, who they reported to, or how the world came to be as it was.
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With all due respect, JMS isn't totally responsible for the garbage that was Legend of the Rangers - that was largely due to SciFi not promoting it, nor giving him the budget to make it good. As for B5 S5 - what was wrong with it? As for the topic - I will W&S how respectful they are to the source/original. Though I am excited he's been brought in for Thor. At the rate things are coming about about that film, looks like Capt will round out the pre-Avengers movies (haven't heard much on that film).
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paragraph breaks - how do you do them? TYIA
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I think Mork built him.
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...as opposed to ratcheting up fresh, new, and exciting material.
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Robby in all his glory.
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...sucked because it sucked, not because of a lack of promotion or crappy effects. JMS was always a little too obsessed with the rangers, yet they never quite seemed like the badasses he made them out to be. The Fremen would rip em apart.
As for S5, it had some good parts but it just wasn't as fun to watch as the rest. I just recently rewatched the whole show and I was watching 1-2 episodes a night until S5 came along. That took me over two months to get through. There was nothing to look forward too in that season, except for the potential of a telepath war that we would never get to see. -
...create Star Trek. The "United Planets" became the "Federation". I get it now. I have always suspected that Roddenberry was a scam artist, but now I know for sure. Whoever wrote the script for Forbidden Planet should have used the hell out of Roddenberry. Oh, and he had an affair with Uhuru too...
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JMS isn't. He wrote Changeling, didn't he?
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Roddenberry also borrowed the visuals of the "D.C. stations" from the Forbidden Planet space ship and used them to design the transporter.Check it out from the first scene before they land on the planet.
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I hope they don't remake it...a continuation story could be cool though. Maybe if they remake it they could get Neilson to play Dr. Morbius
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Why NOT have the new movie take place 52 years after the end of the original?
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Followed by the sequel to Birth of a Nation! These classic films have a massive built in audience for us to tap!
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"..., I would love to see what happens on...say...Babylon VII..."
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If it's a continuation with some fresh happenings, this could be worthwhile.
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Ahhhhh, what does HE know?
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I think it will. It definitely could, no?
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I'm flattered that someone felt the need to rip off my fairly unique handle, but I can only presume some sort of bullshit will soon follow...
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