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Another Writer Crosses Over Into THE TWILIGHT ZONE!!
The Kidd here...
Warner Bros. is really intent on making a movie based around THE TWILIGHT ZONE so much so that they've hired yet another writer to come aboard and give the script another once-over.
Following the original draft by Jason Rothenberg and the subsequent rewrite by Anthony Peckham, it's Joby Harold, who Warner Bros. already looked to for rewrite duty on Tom Cruise's ALL YOU NEED IS KILL, now tasked with cracking THE TWILIGHT ZONE and moving it closer to production, says Variety.
Matt Reeves is still attached to direct the picture, which would somehow work elements of THE TWILIGHT ZONE into one steady story as opposed to the multiple segment approach taken for the 1983 film, which adapted episodes of the classic series for the big screen.
-Billy Donnelly
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We need a good anthology movie. Those are neat.
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FIRST!!
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...with that out of the way. I like Matt Reeves, but the thing I liked most about the Twilight Zone film was that it gave each individual director a sandbox to play in. Each had it's own tone and feel. That's why it worked for me. I kinda hope Warner Brothers changes their mind about one singular story, or even better... put one person through the ringer with different settings... thereby letting several cinematographers in leu of directors play the field. Could work
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Watching Twilight Zone in color is like watching a scary movie with all the lights on - see Night Gallery or the 80's Twilight Zone. Also Twilight Zone The Movie is much better when seen in b&w
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June 7, 2012, 11:09 p.m. CST
finally the thing that m. night shamonlomonger was born to do...
by soup74
and he has nothing to do with it. yet.... BHAWMMMMMMMM
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June 7, 2012, 11:10 p.m. CST
I'm ok with one story I suppose, but I doubt it'll be better than an anthology
by Jaster Mareel
What do you do, make a possessed town with a bunch of weird shit in it? The beauty of The Twilight Zone was the twists on what the audience expects and to look at things from a completely different viewpoint. Since every story has a specific theme individual unto itself, I don't see how you can combine them into a larger story. You can do like Tales From the Crypt did and just make a really long episode, but then it's like =why even bother putting the brand name on it?=. Was Demon Knight really Tales from the Crypt? It's just Demon Knight with the Crypt Keeper introducing it. Making it long form sort of defeats the purpose.
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pathetic. Don't really think a 2-hour TZ film could work, artistically or financially.
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June 7, 2012, 11:13 p.m. CST
he only problem wiht the original was that half the movie was lame
by Jaster Mareel
Kick the Can and that Nazi one were just fucking boring. Luckily The gremlin on the wing and the god-child were fucking excellent, along with that amazing intro.
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June 7, 2012, 11:14 p.m. CST
Let me guess, these scripts somehow deconstruct TZ into an actual "realm" where people are taken to so messed up stuff can happen to them
by MooseMalloy
How close am I?
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June 7, 2012, 11:20 p.m. CST
make it anthology in black and white with george clooney filling in for serling
by la te ral us
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June 7, 2012, 11:22 p.m. CST
In absence of a fresh DVD column, here's the complete TZ Blu-ray set released this week : http://www.amazon.com/dp/B007I8KXQ8
by justmyluck
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kids love the rap.
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The show was about 25 minute episodes, period and end of story. When they fleshed it out and did the one season of hour-long shows, it failed and very few of them had the impact of the initial format. TZ is an ANTHOLOGY series. Making a 2-hour feature out of one story is what Shyamalan has tried to do with most of his movies. How is this any different?
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June 7, 2012, 11:39 p.m. CST
Clooney as Serling?? IS THAT A SUPER-OBSCURE FACTS OF LIFE REFERENCE?
by Margot Tenenbaum
"Tootie. I just like saying that name... Tootie."
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June 7, 2012, 11:39 p.m. CST
And the problem with the TZ '83 Movie was the execution. Only Miller's segment and Goldsmith's score hold up
by Dursman2000
Spielberg and Landis' segments are DOA. Dante's segment, while it has its fans, leaves a sour taste in the mouth. Miller's segment though is absolutely brilliant by any standard.
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it should be some kind of twist.
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I'm still waiting on my Vortex of Terror film. Jim Carrey as a chicken would be ace.
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June 8, 2012, 12:16 a.m. CST
plus the more different screenwriters come on the scene, the more the chances go up it'll be a clusterfuck
by TheSeeker7
Honestly, when's the last time that a movie that had like 5 or more credited writers was any good?
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Make it so.
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..on second thought, perhaps not.
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June 8, 2012, 12:49 a.m. CST
I wanna see a "Terror at 40,000 feet" segment in there somewhere.
by Chris
since they're throwing "multiple story elements from the series" in the movie.
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June 8, 2012, 2:11 a.m. CST
All right, suck holes, name your favorite Twilight Zone episode. Let's hear'em!
by The Krypton Kid
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That was a short story that was stretched to 2 hours. Make it an anthology or don't brand it as a TZ movie.
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All have Burgess Meredith in them.
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June 8, 2012, 5:17 a.m. CST
I agree it will probably be done as some sort of The Prisoner/LOST type world where elements from several different episodes are all present at once
by Rebel Scumb
It's not impossible that it would work well. It's just very unlikely.
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June 8, 2012, 5:18 a.m. CST
and yes, needs to be in black & white, I think one of the reasons all the modern versions of it fail is it looses something in colour
by Rebel Scumb
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June 8, 2012, 5:20 a.m. CST
Nick of Time, The Invaders, and Mirror Image are my favorites.
by Rebel Scumb
Too many great episodes to list though
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I'd love to see Harlan Ellison involved in a big way with this.
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oops I guess he is busy dumbing down ALL YOU NEED IS KILL, another time travel shit fest.
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One of the things about the best episodes of Twilight Zone is the use of shadows and the aura of foreboding and mystery they grant a scene. Sadly, Hollywood types don't "get" that idea and are convinced people (read:kids) won't see a black and white film. I don't buy into that, make a movie that is truly kick ass and that will get people into the theater. Finally, a Twilight Zone film can work as a relatively low budget film. Heavy handed CG and monster sets are not a requirement. Focus on story and less on bang pow and a magnificent TZ film can be made for 50 million without breaking a sweat.
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still better than any shit they film for their blasted updates.
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June 8, 2012, 8:13 a.m. CST
85 minutes max, tight and lean, and low budget to maximise ingenious creativity
by melonman
That would be in the spirit of Rod Serling
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Even Schindler's List made money, and that was a three-hour Holocaust movie. I think the idea that modern-day audiences won't watch a B&W movie is bullshit, mainly because B&W movies just aren't MADE anymore, unless it's an art-house flick or something by a "hip" filmmaker with a ton of creative clout. It's like saying no one wants to watch hand-drawn animated movies anymore, which is an easy claim to make when they're not at all common anymore (or well-advertised when they are...even critically-acclaimed Studio Ghibli films can't break the $20 million mark at the U.S. box office).
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June 8, 2012, 9:58 a.m. CST
Dan Akroyd and Alberts driving for the first 1:55 minutes. Then they pull over.
by durhay
No one will be admitted during the exciting "rocks hitting the headlights" scene.
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June 8, 2012, 11:22 a.m. CST
B&W??? fuck that!!! explosions look like shit in B&W! NEEEEDS to be in 3D IMAX!
by Simpsonian
Explosions look AWESOME in COLOR and 3D!!!
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June 8, 2012, 11:23 a.m. CST
I really hope they bring back Vic Morrow in some cameo capacity as a nod to the '83 movie.
by Pat
Maybe Landis could ghost direct the scene the scene he's in.
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Before we had cable, my dad would tell me the stories. And then when I was able to actually watch all those episodes he told me about, his versions were always scarier. The last episode, with Scout and her brother going into the pool to escape their fighting parents, ends with the kids deciding to stay in the country pond with the nice old lady that makes them cake and iced tea. Well, in my dad's version, the kids also end up deciding to stay with the nice old lady. Only the last shot is of the fighting parents discovering their two dead kids floating in the pool.
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Twilight Zone doesn't need a screenwriter - it needs a real writer who can happen to use a screenplay program.
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June 8, 2012, 12:22 p.m. CST
Jedirob's idea is great! "Anthology segments. Nolan, Del Toro, J.J. and Soderbergh"
by whitsbrain
Could it be that difficult to come up with an anthology "wrap-around" story and then allow directors like Nolan, Del Toro, J.J. and Soderbergh to go wild?!? Are there not 4 great short stories, with a twist, that these guys would not love to put on film!?! But on the other hand, how do you keep something like this from smelling like "Masters of Horror" or "Masters of Science Fiction". I guess you'd need to couch them in the Twilight Zone brand.
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June 8, 2012, 12:26 p.m. CST
THE WORLD IS STILL FUCKED UP ENOUGH AND PARANOID THAT THE TWILIGHT ZONE COULD WORK, BUT IT NEEDS GREAT WRITERS FIRST, AND THERE'S NOT MANY OF THEM AROUND ANYMORE.
by Darth Busey
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...as someone said waaay to many too list but: Eye of the Beholder (imo the quintessential episode) Perchance to Dream The After Hours Monsters are Due on Maple St Living Doll Nightmare at 20,000 Feet And When The Sky was Opened The Dummy Number 12 Looks Just Like You It's a Good Life A Stop at Willoughby Nick of Time Will the Real Martian Please Stand Up? Time Enough At Last The Midnight Sun Deaths-Head Revisited On Thursday We Leave for Home The Obsolete Man Steel Two The Grave Five Characters in Search of an Exit Nothing in the Dark To Serve Man ...original T-Zones are like Potato Chips!
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This Should OBVIOUSLY be an anthology flick.... The thing TZ had going for it was the amazing twists at the end that made us all think... Hollywood had it's two-hour version of this with The sixth sense... Remeber how well it went when they tried to recapture it with every goddamned M. Night Shamalamadingdong film thereafter? Leave the Twilight Zone alone.
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"...as someone said waaay to many too list but:" Please flip my too/to's.
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Or toys. Or in hell. Or...just take the plot and imagine the most obvious ironic thing. Still, I do like some classic TZ.
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most underrated episode. It says more in 25 minutes about fate/destiny/free will and the intent and /or trap of religion than LOST does in 6 years Shather should be the narrator, much like Burgess Meredith was. A link to the original.
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...T-Zone Blu/Dvd collections from perfection, are the lack of Shatner commentaries on Nick of Time and Nightmare At 20,000 Ft. Can't imagine they didn't approach him on it, so I highly doubt he'd wanna get involved with this project. ...Just my opinion though.
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Whoa-oh-ohhh
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The Lithgow/Miller version of course...to me some of the greatest thriller/horror ever put to film and it would utterly fail if it was longer. The creature (gremlin) was magnificently designed and put to film - a flawless effect; and, so far as I know, starting the trend of having ominous non-human characters wag their fingers in a old school-marm "No, no, no!" gesture (saw it in JC's T2 and many more since) Acting, soundtrack, filming, pacing...it's about as perfect as you can get and I'm convinced it would fail as a feature length movie. The rest of TZ is good...even amidst the tragedy of Morrow and the 2 kids being killed in that careless accident...but I always felt that it was criminally unfair that Miller's phenomenal work on "Nightmare at 30,000 Feet" was somewhat scuttled in the mainstream by the terrible events during production. I think vignettes is the absolute best way to go...and they shouldn't be longer than 40-45 minutes. Matt Reeves is a great choice tho - had a blast with Cloverfield and I felt his work on "Let Me In" was superb...in some ways, better than the original import "Let the Right One In".
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have bothe actores shatner and lithgow vs. the Gremlins on a plan. WB owns both rights . come one do it.
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"You're entering the vicinity of an area adjacent to a location. The kind of place where there might be a monster or some kind of weird mirror. These are just examples. It could also be something much better. Prepare to enter... Your entering a realm that's unusual. Is it magic, or contain some kind of monster? The second one. Prepare to enter... Imagine if you will, an announcer you can barely understand. He refers to a goompdalgajvghmba, but you're not quite sure what he said. He seems to be eating something, or perhaps he's a little drunk. It's remotely possible that he just said something about... You're taking a vacation from normalcy. The setting, a weird motel where the bed is stained with mystery. There's also some mystery floating in the pool. Your key card may not open the exercise room, because someone smeared mystery on the lock. But it will open... The Scary Door."
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June 8, 2012, 11:07 p.m. CST
Saw one with James Best the other day I'd never seen before
by Crimson Dynamo
where he comes back to life in the middle of his own funeral and may or may not have supernatural powers. Not the greatest TZ episode, but it was cool to run across one I'd never seen.
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is they went in to it with a weak script. Oh, and three people were killed making it.
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I'm a massive Twilight Zone fan and can't wait for this one. I've always been a sucker for anything that evokes TZ's tone, be it LOST or Stephen King at his best, and to have fresh TZ to look forward to is very cool news indeed. But they better nail it. TONE MATTERS. Don't just throw weird sci-fi or horror stuff at the screen.
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