JJ Abrams & Bad Robot to make BOILERPLATE, a Victorian Robot Tale!

Hey folks, Harry here and this is exactly the sort of awesome I like to see being developed. A true life (wink wink) tale of a Victorian Robot. Yes, please. For all of you that love retro-tech and timeless tales - it is a project like this that gets my blood pumping. It is about time that BAD ROBOT got into the Robot business. Not with gargantuan transforming robots, but old school robot with a shotgun type of action. I love that. I love the idea of a robot fighting alongside the Mexican Revolution. I love the illustration in the Arctic. This is one of those magic box projects that JJ loves. BOILERPLATE was the world's first robot soldier, created in 1893. It's in the history books folks. Sheesh. Do some reading. Giggle. The film will be based upon Paul Guinan and Anina Bennett's book. I'd just about die if JJ hired Paul Dini on this - as it is a period he'd flourish in as a writer. Pinky swear. Oh well, we'll have to wait for those kinds of announcements.