To paraphrase The Great Meatloaf, "Three out of five ain't bad." I'll take "Ion", "Pacific Rim" and "All You Need is Kill" with a smile. Thanks for this, Brent!
On Sat, Jun 26, 2010 at 11:36 PM, brent wodehouse < brent_wodeho...@thefence.us> wrote: > > > http://jam.canoe.ca/Movies/2010/06/25/14511636.html > > Sci-fi romantic epic in works > > By Borys Kit, REUTERS > > LOS ANGELES - Thank "Avatar" for Hollywood's resurgent interest in sci-fi. > > Fox is getting ready to bet on sci-fi again and is the lead contender to > pick up an original spec script titled "Ion." > > Channing Tatum ("Dear John") is attached to star in the project, which is > labeled a sci-fi romantic epic, with Ridley and Tony Scott attached to > produce. Tatum will also serve as a producer. > > The plot revolves around a man who travels to different Earths and > dimensions in order to find his reincarnated lover. Execs are using the > magic word -- "Avatar" -- to describe the scope and otherworldly elements > of the script. > > "Ion" actually made the rounds last year but didn't take. In the > post-"Avatar" Hollywood, however, the script is generating renewed > interest. It attracted the Scott brothers, who helped develop British > writer Will Dunn's script further, which led to Tatum's involvement. > > But credit "Avatar," with its record-breaking $2.7 billion worldwide take > and envelope-pushing technology, as well as the strong critical and > commercial showing of last year's "Star Trek" and "District 9," for > opening the door for sci-fi projects like never before. > > Since "Avatar" introduced the Navi'i to Hollywood, a slew of projects have > been set up. Among them: > > "All You Need is Kill" - Warner Bros. plunked seven figures for Dante > Harper-scripted adaptation of a Japanese novel by Hiroshi Sakurazaka. The > story follows a new recruit in a war against aliens who finds himself > caught in a time loop where he wakes up one day in the past after having > been killed on the battlefield. Doug Liman is now circling to direct the > movie. > > "Mass Effect" - In May, WB-based producer Legendary picked up the rights > to the the Electronic Arts-BioWare video game. Mark Protosevich, the > scribe who wrote "I Am Legend" and worked on "Thor," is writing the > script. "Mass" is an epic sci-fi action game set in the year 2183, > focusing on a human soldier and his starship, the SSV Normandy. The > galaxy-spanning story involves a long-extinct race of aliens, dormant > beacons and more alien species than you can shake a box of Unobtanium at. > > "Pacific Rim" - Also in May, Legendary picked up a 25-page treatment from > "Clash of the Titans" scribe Travis Beacham. The story is reportedly set > in a future in which malevolent creatures threaten the earth, and the > planet must band together and use highly advanced technology to eradicate > the growing menace. > > "Logan's Run" - The title had been at Warners for years, but is benefiting > from the sci-fi wave. Carl Rinsch is now on board to direct and "28 Days > Later..." writer Alex Garland is penning the script. > > > -- "If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell wrote the script?" -- Charles E Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik
