Spielberg's 2001: A Space Odyssey?
Filed under: Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Deals, Paramount, Steven Spielberg
For someone who just announced he'd like to become an independent filmmaker, Steven Spielberg has quite a few studio projects on his slate. And he has just been attached to one more. The popular director will make a science-fiction film for Paramount that is being described as, "in the vein of 2001: A Space Odyssey." The only plot revealed is that it will focus on space explorers who travel to another dimension through a wormhole. No script is written, but there is a treatment co-written by Caltech physicist Kip Thorne and producer Lynda Obst, and it is based on Thorne's theories of gravity fields. So all we know is the yet-to-be-titled film will have something to do with black holes, gravity waves and some of Einsteins relativity hypotheses. Sounds like another action-packed blockbuster!
Of course, Spielberg still has Indiana Jones 4 and a movie about Abraham Lincoln (with Liam Neeson as the President!) to shoot before he gets behind the camera for this nerdy-sounding film. So, hopefully by 2010 he will be able to start his indie films. Given his trademark of stories about distant fathers, I am hoping he kicks it off with one of those films where a twenty-something comes home and has to make amends with his dad.
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6-15-2006 @ 6:53PM
RC of strangeculture said...
I've actually been posting about the lincoln movie a couple times in the past couple weeks, it's kind of fun to think about...especially in terms of casting.
We've been asking...who will play booth?
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--RC of strangeculture.blogspot.com
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6-15-2006 @ 10:18PM
klarson said...
There is only one man that could play Booth, Gary Oldman. Not because he played Oswald but because he is a superior talent who can create a resemblance to Booth and has the ability to play the part with depth and intelligence. I don't know what direction Spielberg is taking his script but depending on the size of the role that Booths character plays in the film (last reel, last minute assasin or more substantial symbol of southern frustration), Oldman would be the only logical choice.
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6-16-2006 @ 9:17AM
ry said...
Are you kidding? A "REAL" Sci-fi movie? SWEET. It's already my favorite movie ever, even tho it's playing exclusively in my head.
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6-16-2006 @ 9:24AM
Pardon my terrible English said...
It would be nice if he make new title... "3001: A Space Odyssey"
Maybe with Futurama style =D
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6-16-2006 @ 10:49AM
len gilman said...
I would cast Tom Hanks as Lincoln. Mary Lincoln would be Bonnie Hunt or Amy Sidaris. Gary Oldman as Gen Sherman. Lee would be Bobby Duval. Grant would be last years oscar winner.
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