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Steven Spielberg’s next directorial effort will be “Robopocalypse,” a tale of humanity struggling to survive an android uprising, according to Deadline Hollywood.
Based on the 2011 novel (hitting shelves June 7) by Daniel H. Wilson, the movie is scripted by Drew Goddard (“Buffy The Vampire Slayer,” “Angel,” “Alias,” “Lost,” “Cloverfield,” “Cabin in the Woods”), a protégé of both Joss Whedon and J.J. Abrams (with whom Spielberg is collaborating on "Super 8").
The last Spielberg directorial effort to find its way into cinemas was 2008's “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.” He’s in postproduction on two follow-ups: “The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn” (hitting cinemas Dec. 28, 2011) and the World War I saga “War Horse” (due the same day, according to IMDb).
According to Deadline, "Robopocalypse" will begin shooting mere days after the releases of "Tin Tin" and "War Horse" and should find its way into moviehouses in 2013.
One of the 13 or 14 producers of the "Transformers" movies, Spielberg wrote and directed 2001's robo-centric "Artificial Intelligence: A.I."
Find all of Deadline’s exclusive on the matter here.
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