[CinemaRatty] Lattest Articles (Free subscription) | 12/20/2008
As you may have heard already, a remake of Fred Wilcox's 1956 sci-fi classic "Forbidden Planet" is currently in the works at Warner Bros., with J. Michael Straczynski writing the screenplay Well,...
Best Movies 2008 (Free subscription) | 12/19/2008
In October, we told you that Babylon 5 creator an Changeling scribe J. Michael Straczynski was hired by Warner Bros to pen a remake of Forbidden Planet. Now IESB claims that James Cameron is once again eyeing the project. He was at one time attached to it post-Titanic, but nothing came of it. If true, this is an odd move from Cameron who has said that he wanted to do a much smaller movie called The...
/Film (Free subscription) | 10/31/2008
Warner Bros has hired J. Michael Straczynski to write a remake of Forbidden Planet. The original saw a group of Earth scientists who are sent some 17 light years away to investigate what happened to a colony of settlers on Altair-4. They find a man with a secret and his daughter who somehow survived a [...]
Entertainment News - MovieWeb.com (Free subscription) | 10/31/2008
Joel Silver to produce this sci-fi redux.
Rotten Tomatoes (Free subscription) | 10/31/2008
"Changeling" writer (and "Babylon 5" creator) J. Michael Straczynski has been hired to write the screenplay for the Joel Silver-produced "Forbidden Planet" update in the works at Warner Bros.
Bluey Blog (Free subscription) | 10/11/2008
Only at Ithaca College could a radical professor and conservative alumnus find political agreement. I was stunned to see long-time Ithaca writing professor and self-proclaimed radical Fred Wilcox agree with my assessment of the college’s political leanings. Editor in chief Erin Geismar writes in this week’s Ithacan about a former professor’s claim that her political views [...]
Blogcritics.org (Free subscription) | 10/14/2007
Not the classic many would lead you to believe. A truly gutsy, out of the ordinary piece of ‘50s science fiction, Forbidden Planet has long been heralded as a classic of the genre. Even with a deep appreciation for the era and its style, it's hard to see why. Aside from stunning, colorful effects and an iconic robotic creation, this is a flat, dull exercise for genre fans.A rare...
