I believe I read somewhere that both Ringworld and Ender's Game had been optioned. Could just be rumors...
On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 2:56 PM, TexasTubaMan <[email protected]>wrote: > > The original "The Thing" was good, but Carpenter did a fantastic job > in his remake. I haven't read the original story it came from, but > i've been told Carpenter actually kept truer to the original story > than the old movie. > > On Oct 27, 3:33 am, william perry <[email protected]> wrote: > > Personally, I thought "The Thing" remake was better than the original. > > > > B > > > > On 10/26/09 9:05 PM, "cat" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > Chris Spitler wrote: > > >> Cool! I love the original film. Is there a remake in the works? > > > > > I kind of hope not. I have pitched a remake a few times but never got > > > enough interest. The original is such a product of the times, no cell > > > phones or super tech to fight the ants which is why my plan was to > > > basically do a genuine remake set in the time of the original just with > > > updated effects. To set it in the present (which was what all the > > > studios wanted) would cut the heart out of it and make it another > > > disastrous piece of junk, like all the remakes of period films have > been > > > so far. > > > > > cat- Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text - > > > > -- http://www.professorplastik.com "Damn the torpedoes, make me a sandwich!" --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Papermodels II" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/papermodels?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
