1956's "Forbidden Planet" follows a crew of astronauts traveling the galaxy in a flying saucer. While visiting planet Altair IV, they find a scientist and his daughter (Anne Francis) living alone on this deserted world — and realize they are hiding something.
Directed by Fred M. Wilcox and starring a young Leslie Nielsen, "Forbidden Planets looks like a kitschy B-movie today — and in a way it always was, but it was also a trailblazer. It was one of the first films to show humans in the distant future flying around in faster-than-light starships. Without "Forbidden Planet," there would be no "Star Wars" or "Star Trek."
While the Enterprise has an underbelly and nacelles beneath its saucer head, the "Forbidden Planet" ship (the C-57D) is a simple flying saucer — except this UFO is operated by humans, not aliens. The ship and the other effects got the "Forbidden Planet" special effects team an Oscar nomination.
Directed by Fred M. Wilcox and starring a young Leslie Nielsen, "Forbidden Planets looks like a kitschy B-movie today — and in a way it always was, but it was also a trailblazer. It was one of the first films to show humans in the distant future flying around in faster-than-light starships. Without "Forbidden Planet," there would be no "Star Wars" or "Star Trek."
While the Enterprise has an underbelly and nacelles beneath its saucer head, the "Forbidden Planet" ship (the C-57D) is a simple flying saucer — except this UFO is operated by humans, not aliens. The ship and the other effects got the "Forbidden Planet" special effects team an Oscar nomination.
- 2/10/2024
- by Devin Meenan
- Slash Film
I Am Like You CINEMAflix Reviewed for Shockya.com & BigAppleReviews.net, linked from Rotten Tomatoes by Harvey Karten Director: Haik Kocharian Screenwriter: Haik Kocharian Cast: Stacy Edwards, Eileen Grubba, Terra Mackintosh, Curtis Butterfield, John Hosking, Lucky Screened at: Critics’ link, NYC, 9/4/22 Opens: September 16, 2022 As a kid, my favorite movie was Fred M. Wilcox’s […]
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- 9/11/2022
- by Harvey Karten
- ShockYa
When John Carpenter was eight years old, he saw Fred M. Wilcox's sci-fi classic "Forbidden Planet" and said to himself, "I'm going to become a movie director. I have to do this." He did it. Boy, did he ever do it.
Over the last 48 years, John Carpenter has made at least six stone-cold masterpieces: "Assault on Precinct 13," "Halloween," "The Thing," "Starman," "Big Trouble in Little China" and "They Live." Very credible m-word cases can be made for "The Fog," "Escape from New York," "Christine," "Prince of Darkness" and "In the Mouth of Madness." These films are lean, mean thrill machines. You've probably watched them...
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Over the last 48 years, John Carpenter has made at least six stone-cold masterpieces: "Assault on Precinct 13," "Halloween," "The Thing," "Starman," "Big Trouble in Little China" and "They Live." Very credible m-word cases can be made for "The Fog," "Escape from New York," "Christine," "Prince of Darkness" and "In the Mouth of Madness." These films are lean, mean thrill machines. You've probably watched them...
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- 7/13/2022
- by Jeremy Smith
- Slash Film
Sometimes it’s like they read your mind—or just notice upcoming releases as you do. Whatever the case, I’m thrilled that the release of Terence Davies’ Benediction played (I assume!) some part in a full retro on the Criterion Channel this June, sad as I know that package will make me and anybody else who comes within ten feet of it. It’s among a handful of career retrospectives: they’ve also set a 12-film Judy Garland series populated by Berkeley and Minnelli, ten from Ulrike Ottinger, and four by Billy Wilder. But maybe their most adventurous idea in some time is a huge microbudget collection ranging from Ulmer’s Detour to Joel Potrykus’ Buzzard, fellow success stories—Nolan, Linklater, Jarmusch, Jia Zhangke—spread about.
Criterion Editions continue with Bertrand Tavernier’s Round Midnight, Double Indemnity, and Seconds, while Chameleon Street, Karen Dalton: In My Own Time,...
Criterion Editions continue with Bertrand Tavernier’s Round Midnight, Double Indemnity, and Seconds, while Chameleon Street, Karen Dalton: In My Own Time,...
- 5/19/2022
- by Nick Newman
- The Film Stage
If you’re looking to dive into the best of independent and foreign filmmaking, The Criterion Channel has announced their August 2020 lineup. The impressive slate includes retrospectives dedicated to Mia Hansen-Løve, Bill Gunn, Stephen Cone, Terry Gilliam, Wim Wenders, Alain Delon, Bill Plympton, Les Blank, and more.
In terms of new releases, they also have Kleber Mendonça Filho and Juliano Dornelles’ Bacurau, the fascinating documentary John McEnroe: In the Realm of Perfection, the Kenyan LGBTQ drama Rafiki, and more. There’s also a series on Australian New Wave with films by Gillian Armstrong, Bruce Beresford, David Gulpilil, and Peter Weir, as well as one on bad vacations with Joanna Hogg’s Unrelated, Ben Wheatley’s Sightseers, and more.
See the lineup below and explore more on their platform. One can also see our weekly streaming picks here.
25 Ways to Quit Smoking, Bill Plympton, 1989
The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T, Roy Rowland,...
In terms of new releases, they also have Kleber Mendonça Filho and Juliano Dornelles’ Bacurau, the fascinating documentary John McEnroe: In the Realm of Perfection, the Kenyan LGBTQ drama Rafiki, and more. There’s also a series on Australian New Wave with films by Gillian Armstrong, Bruce Beresford, David Gulpilil, and Peter Weir, as well as one on bad vacations with Joanna Hogg’s Unrelated, Ben Wheatley’s Sightseers, and more.
See the lineup below and explore more on their platform. One can also see our weekly streaming picks here.
25 Ways to Quit Smoking, Bill Plympton, 1989
The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T, Roy Rowland,...
- 7/24/2020
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Sci-fi will be center stage at South Korea’s Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival, Asia’s largest genre film event. The ten-day film festival will run from Jun. 27 through Jul. 7.
Ridley Scott’s “Blade Runner” inspired the festival’s official artwork this year. The film will also play in special program ‘Robots: Future Beyond the Human Race’ along with Steven Spielberg’s “A.I. Artificial Intelligence” and Fred M. Wilcox’s “Forbidden Planet.”
The festival opens, a few weeks earlier than its traditional mid-July slot, with the Asian premiere of Edgar Nito’s “The Gasoline Thieves.” Korean period mystery drama “The 12th Suspect” by Ko Myoung-sung will close the festival, which packs in 288 films from 49 countries.
“BiFan has decided to gear itself for the coming 100 years of Korean cinema, instead of looking back on the past 100 years. We will take the head in nurturing the next NaWoon-gyu, Kim Ki-young, Yu Hyun-mok,...
Ridley Scott’s “Blade Runner” inspired the festival’s official artwork this year. The film will also play in special program ‘Robots: Future Beyond the Human Race’ along with Steven Spielberg’s “A.I. Artificial Intelligence” and Fred M. Wilcox’s “Forbidden Planet.”
The festival opens, a few weeks earlier than its traditional mid-July slot, with the Asian premiere of Edgar Nito’s “The Gasoline Thieves.” Korean period mystery drama “The 12th Suspect” by Ko Myoung-sung will close the festival, which packs in 288 films from 49 countries.
“BiFan has decided to gear itself for the coming 100 years of Korean cinema, instead of looking back on the past 100 years. We will take the head in nurturing the next NaWoon-gyu, Kim Ki-young, Yu Hyun-mok,...
- 5/30/2019
- by Sonia Kil
- Variety Film + TV
A couple of weeks ago, I spent a few days immersed in Netflix’s new original series, Stranger Things. As someone who grew up in the 1980s and ‘90s, the show proved a wonderful exercise in nostalgia; a delightful amalgam of the wide-eyed Spielbergian ingenuousness and nightmarescapes of Stephen King that so informed my youth. From the moment the opening credits began I was hooked and a large part of this had to do with the show’s opening theme music. Composed by Kyle Dixon and Michael Stein, members of the Austin-based electronic outfit Survive, the show’s theme immediately brings us into the curious world of Stranger Things. Analog synthesizer motifs creep in and out of the mix, pulsating ominously, intoning dread. A percussive heartbeat simmers underneath, propelling us forward into awaiting disaster and, paradoxically, backward to another time and place. When combined with the show’s titles—its...
- 8/22/2016
- MUBI
By Todd Garbarini
The Ahrya Fine Arts Theater in Los Angeles will be presenting a fun-filled weekend of six science fiction classics from Friday, April 15th to Sunday, April 17th. Several cast members from the films are scheduled to appear in person at respective screenings, so read on for more information:
From the press release:
Anniversary Classics Sci-Fi Weekend
Part of our Anniversary Classics series. For details, visit: www.laemmle.com/ac.
Re-visit the Golden Age of the Science Fiction Film as Laemmle Theatres and the Anniversary Classics Series presents Sci-fi Weekend, a festival of six classic films April 15-17 at the Ahrya Fine Arts Theatre in Beverly Hills.
It was dawn of the Atomic Age and the Cold War, as Communist and nuclear war paranoia swept onto the nation’s movie screens to both terrify and entertain the American public. All the favorite icons are here: Robby the Robot from Forbidden Planet,...
The Ahrya Fine Arts Theater in Los Angeles will be presenting a fun-filled weekend of six science fiction classics from Friday, April 15th to Sunday, April 17th. Several cast members from the films are scheduled to appear in person at respective screenings, so read on for more information:
From the press release:
Anniversary Classics Sci-Fi Weekend
Part of our Anniversary Classics series. For details, visit: www.laemmle.com/ac.
Re-visit the Golden Age of the Science Fiction Film as Laemmle Theatres and the Anniversary Classics Series presents Sci-fi Weekend, a festival of six classic films April 15-17 at the Ahrya Fine Arts Theatre in Beverly Hills.
It was dawn of the Atomic Age and the Cold War, as Communist and nuclear war paranoia swept onto the nation’s movie screens to both terrify and entertain the American public. All the favorite icons are here: Robby the Robot from Forbidden Planet,...
- 4/7/2016
- by nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
- Cinemaretro.com
Jim Knipfel Mar 15, 2019
Forbidden Planet is still dazzling and subversive, and an influence on most major space opera science fiction.
Despite the sudden and unexpected explosion in the popularity of science fiction films in the early 1950s, a number of major studios were resistant to the trend, considering the genre to be B-film fodder at best, and at worst childish gutter trash that was beneath them. When it became apparent just how much money could be made with sci-fi, however, most eventually relented. One neat trick that was used to justify taking the dive while preserving a bit of pride and self-respect was to produce lavish, big budget Technicolor adaptations of established sci-fi literary classics. As a result we ended up with George Pal’s versions of War of the Worlds, The Time Machine, and Philip Wylie’s When Worlds Collide. Let Pal toss in his trademark heavy-handed Christian subtext,...
Forbidden Planet is still dazzling and subversive, and an influence on most major space opera science fiction.
Despite the sudden and unexpected explosion in the popularity of science fiction films in the early 1950s, a number of major studios were resistant to the trend, considering the genre to be B-film fodder at best, and at worst childish gutter trash that was beneath them. When it became apparent just how much money could be made with sci-fi, however, most eventually relented. One neat trick that was used to justify taking the dive while preserving a bit of pride and self-respect was to produce lavish, big budget Technicolor adaptations of established sci-fi literary classics. As a result we ended up with George Pal’s versions of War of the Worlds, The Time Machine, and Philip Wylie’s When Worlds Collide. Let Pal toss in his trademark heavy-handed Christian subtext,...
- 3/8/2016
- Den of Geek
Ryan Lambie Mar 18, 2019
The 1956 classic Forbidden Planet had a huge influence on sci-fi, especially Star Trek and Star Wars...
The 1950s was a golden age for science fiction cinema. The decade saw the appearance of a succession of genre classics, including The Day The Earth Stood Still, The Thing From Another World, The War Of The Worlds, and This Island Earth.
The period's movies reflected America's fascination with the possibilities of future technology, and also a creeping sense of paranoia about the subversive potential of Communism, reflected in spectacular "Reds under the bed" films such as Invaders From Mars (1953) and Invasion Of The Body Snatchers (1956), in which an insidious alien menace stripped mankind of its individuality.
Of all those '50s classics, one film stands among them all as a true sci-fi icon. Released by MGM in 1956, director Fred M. Wilcox's Forbidden Planet was the most expensive and ambitious...
The 1956 classic Forbidden Planet had a huge influence on sci-fi, especially Star Trek and Star Wars...
The 1950s was a golden age for science fiction cinema. The decade saw the appearance of a succession of genre classics, including The Day The Earth Stood Still, The Thing From Another World, The War Of The Worlds, and This Island Earth.
The period's movies reflected America's fascination with the possibilities of future technology, and also a creeping sense of paranoia about the subversive potential of Communism, reflected in spectacular "Reds under the bed" films such as Invaders From Mars (1953) and Invasion Of The Body Snatchers (1956), in which an insidious alien menace stripped mankind of its individuality.
Of all those '50s classics, one film stands among them all as a true sci-fi icon. Released by MGM in 1956, director Fred M. Wilcox's Forbidden Planet was the most expensive and ambitious...
- 1/14/2016
- Den of Geek
A few years ago the editors of Shadowlocked asked me to compile a list of what was initially to be, the ten greatest movie matte paintings of all time. A mere ten selections was too slim by a long shot, so my list stretched considerably to twenty, then thirty and finally a nice round fifty entries. Even with that number I found it wasn’t easy to narrow down a suitably wide ranging showcase of motion picture matte art that best represented the artform. So with that in mind, and due to the surprising popularity of that 2012 Shadowlocked list (which is well worth a visit, here Ed), I’ve assembled a further fifty wonderful examples of this vast, vital and more extensively utilised than you’d imagine – though now sadly ‘dead and buried’ – movie magic.
It would of course be so easy to simply concentrate on the well known, iconic,...
It would of course be so easy to simply concentrate on the well known, iconic,...
- 12/28/2015
- Shadowlocked
'The Beginning or the End' 1947 with Robert Walker and Tom Drake. Hiroshima bombing 70th anniversary: Six movies dealing with the A-bomb terror Seventy years ago, on Aug. 6, 1945, the U.S. dropped the first atomic bomb over the city of Hiroshima. Ultimately, anywhere between 70,000 and 140,000 people died – in addition to dogs, cats, horses, chickens, and most other living beings in that part of the world. Three days later, America dropped a second atomic bomb, this time over Nagasaki. Human deaths in this other city totaled anywhere between 40,000-80,000. For obvious reasons, the evisceration of Hiroshima and Nagasaki has been a quasi-taboo in American films. After all, in the last 75 years Hollywood's World War II movies, from John Farrow's Wake Island (1942) and Mervyn LeRoy's Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944) to Steven Spielberg's Saving Private Ryan (1998) and Michael Bay's Pearl Harbor (2001), almost invariably have presented a clear-cut vision...
- 8/7/2015
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
Humankind’s collision with otherworldly life forms can make for unforgettable cinema.
This article will highlight the best of live-action human vs. alien films. The creatures may be from other planets or may be non-demonic entities from other dimensions.
Excluded from consideration were giant monster films as the diakaiju genre would make a great subject for separate articles.
Readers looking for “friendly alien” films such as The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951), It Came from Outer Space (1953) and the comically overrated Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) are advised to keep watching the skies because they won’t find them here.
Film writing being the game of knowledge filtered through personal taste that it is, some readers’ subgenre favorites might not have made the list such as War of the Worlds (1953) and 20 Million Miles to Earth (1957).
Now let’s take a chronological look at the cinema’s best battles between Us and Them.
This article will highlight the best of live-action human vs. alien films. The creatures may be from other planets or may be non-demonic entities from other dimensions.
Excluded from consideration were giant monster films as the diakaiju genre would make a great subject for separate articles.
Readers looking for “friendly alien” films such as The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951), It Came from Outer Space (1953) and the comically overrated Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) are advised to keep watching the skies because they won’t find them here.
Film writing being the game of knowledge filtered through personal taste that it is, some readers’ subgenre favorites might not have made the list such as War of the Worlds (1953) and 20 Million Miles to Earth (1957).
Now let’s take a chronological look at the cinema’s best battles between Us and Them.
- 7/13/2014
- by Terek Puckett
- SoundOnSight
‘Gilda,’ ‘Pulp Fiction’: 2013 National Film Registry movies (photo: Rita Hayworth in ‘Gilda’) See previous post: “‘Mary Poppins’ in National Film Registry: Good Timing for Disney’s ‘Saving Mr. Banks.’” Billy Woodberry’s UCLA thesis film Bless Their Little Hearts (1984). Stanton Kaye’s Brandy in the Wilderness (1969). The Film Group’s Cicero March (1966), about a Civil Rights march in an all-white Chicago suburb. Norbert A. Myles’ Daughter of Dawn (1920), with Hunting Horse, Oscar Yellow Wolf, Esther Labarre. Bill Morrison’s Decasia (2002), featuring decomposing archival footage. Alfred E. Green’s Ella Cinders (1926), with Colleen Moore, Lloyd Hughes, Vera Lewis. Fred M. Wilcox’s Forbidden Planet (1956), with Walter Pidgeon, Anne Francis, Leslie Nielsen, Warren Stevens, Jack Kelly, Robby the Robot. Charles Vidor’s Gilda (1946), with Rita Hayworth, Glenn Ford, George Macready. John and Faith Hubley’s Oscar-winning animated short The Hole (1962). Stanley Kramer’s Judgment at Nuremberg (1961), with Best Actor Oscar winner Maximilian Schell,...
- 12/20/2013
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
Ridley Scott's Prometheus movie Philosophical question: if God created the universe and all its creatures, did he also create the title character in Ridley Scott's 1979 horror classic Alien? If so, then for what purpose? To make Sigourney Weaver a star? "How far would you go to get your answers? What would you be willing to do?" inquires Michael Fassbender's David The Android in the British trailer (please scroll down) of Scott's Alien sort-of prequel Prometheus. Although I don't think David is referring to Sigourney Weaver's stardom, the answer to that particular question seems to be … hop on a huge spaceship and travel to a distant, dark planet where things may not be quite as they seem. Hint: That's the place where Weaver, Tom Skerritt, Veronica Cartwright, Ian Holm, John Hurt, Harry Dean Stanton, and Yaphet Kotto encountered the remains of several gigantic beings in addition to...
- 3/19/2012
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
As part of its "Summer Under the Stars" film series, Turner Classic Movies is showing 12 Anne Francis movies today, including three TCM premieres. Those are actor-director William Conrad's Brainstorm (1965), veteran Raoul Walsh's A Lion Is in the Streets (1953), and actor-director Richard Benedict's Impasse (1969). [Anne Francis Movie Schedule.] Brainstorm is about a scientist intent on killing the husband of the woman he loves. The B thriller stars performers who had seen better big-screen days in the '40s and/or '50s: Jeffrey Hunter, Dana Andrews, Viveca Lindfors, and Francis. At the time, however, Francis was doing well for herself on television in the series Honey West, in which she played a sexy gumshoe whose partner was an ocelot. Based on a novel by Adria Locke Langley, A Lion Is in the Streets (1953) is a political drama that got made probably thanks to Robert Rossen's 1949 Oscar winner All the King's Men.
- 8/29/2011
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
Anne Francis on TCM: Forbidden Planet, Brainstorm, A Lion Is In The Streets Schedule (Et) and synopses from the TCM website: 6:00 Am Summer Holiday (1948) Musical remake of Ah, Wilderness!, about a small-town boy's struggles with growing up. Dir: Rouben Mamoulian. Cast: Mickey Rooney, Gloria DeHaven, Walter Huston, Frank Morgan, Jackie Jenkins, Marilyn Maxwell, Agnes Moorehead. C-93 mins. 7:45 Am So Young So Bad (1950) A crusading psychiatrist tries to help troubled reform school girls. Dir: Bernard Vorhaus. Cast: Paul Henreid, Catherine McLeod, Cecil Clovelly, Anne Jackson, Rita Moreno. Bw-91 mins. 9:30 Am Battle Cry (1955) A group of Marines eagerly await deployment during World War II. Dir: Raoul Walsh. Cast: Van Heflin, Aldo Ray, Mona Freeman, Dorothy Malone, Nancy Olson, Tab Hunter, James Whitmore, Raymond Massey, William Campbell. C-148 mins, Letterbox Format. 12:00 Pm Bad Day At Black Rock (1955) A one-armed veteran uncovers small-town secrets when he tries to visit an Asian-American war hero's family.
- 8/29/2011
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
Beverly Hills, CA . The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will explore the technology behind .Forbidden Planet. (1956) with a discussion and screening highlighting the production methods used to create the sci-fi classic on Saturday, July 16, at 7 p.m. at the Academy.s Linwood Dunn Theater in Hollywood. Presented by the Academy.s Science and Technology Council, the program will be hosted by Oscar®-winning visual effects supervisor Craig Barron and Oscar-winning sound designer Ben Burtt.
Prior to the screening, Barron will examine the film.s breakthrough effects sequences that used miniatures and matte paintings, as well as explore how Joshua Meador created his animated .id monster. effect and combined it with live-action photography. Burtt will explain how the electronic score was created, using newly discovered source tapes from the film.s composers, Louis and Bebe Barron (no relation to Craig).
In the 1950s, when science fiction films were usually cheaply produced B-movies.
Prior to the screening, Barron will examine the film.s breakthrough effects sequences that used miniatures and matte paintings, as well as explore how Joshua Meador created his animated .id monster. effect and combined it with live-action photography. Burtt will explain how the electronic score was created, using newly discovered source tapes from the film.s composers, Louis and Bebe Barron (no relation to Craig).
In the 1950s, when science fiction films were usually cheaply produced B-movies.
- 7/11/2011
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
24-Hour Tribute to Include Taylor.s Academy Award®-Winning Performances in Butterfield 8 (1960) and Who.s Afraid of Virginia Woolf (1966), Plus Memorable Roles in Nine Films
Turner Classic Movies (TCM) will remember the life and career of two-time Academy Award®-winning actress and beloved humanitarian Elizabeth Taylor on Sunday, April 10. Ms. Taylor died at the age of 79 at Los Angeles’ Cedars-Sinai Hospital on March 23, 2011. The 24-hour memorial tribute, which is set to begin at 6 a.m. (Et/Pt), will include both of Taylor.s Oscar®-winning performances, with Butterfield 8 (1960) at 8 p.m. (Et) and Who.s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966) at 10 p.m. (Et).
TCM.s tribute will also feature Taylor in such memorable films as the family classics Lassie Come Home (1943) and National Velvet (1944); the delightful comedies Father of the Bride (1950) and Father.s Little Dividend (1951); the historical epic Ivanhoe (1952); and the powerful dramas Giant (1956), Raintree County (1957) and...
Turner Classic Movies (TCM) will remember the life and career of two-time Academy Award®-winning actress and beloved humanitarian Elizabeth Taylor on Sunday, April 10. Ms. Taylor died at the age of 79 at Los Angeles’ Cedars-Sinai Hospital on March 23, 2011. The 24-hour memorial tribute, which is set to begin at 6 a.m. (Et/Pt), will include both of Taylor.s Oscar®-winning performances, with Butterfield 8 (1960) at 8 p.m. (Et) and Who.s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966) at 10 p.m. (Et).
TCM.s tribute will also feature Taylor in such memorable films as the family classics Lassie Come Home (1943) and National Velvet (1944); the delightful comedies Father of the Bride (1950) and Father.s Little Dividend (1951); the historical epic Ivanhoe (1952); and the powerful dramas Giant (1956), Raintree County (1957) and...
- 3/24/2011
- by Movie Geeks
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Earlier today screen legend Elizabeth Taylor passed away due to congestive heart failure. She was 79. People deal with death in different ways. If you’re one of those people who needs to wallow in good memories afterward, or it you are just woefully undereducated when it comes to the career of the late actress, then TCM is putting on a marathon of Taylor movies that should be essential viewing. The marathon will begin April 10th, starting at 6 am Et, and it is set to run for a full 24 hours. Over the course of the marathon many of Taylor’s best remembered performances will be aired, including the two that won her Oscar statues, her sexy portrayal of femme fatale Gloria Wandrous in BUtterfield 8, and her tortured performance as Martha in Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? The marathon in tribute of the great actress will run as follows: 6:00 a.m...
- 3/23/2011
- by Nathan Adams
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
I’m sure we’ve all heard the sad news by now… I stumbled upon this 2007 Turner Classic Movies (TCM) video tribute to Elizabeth Taylor, narrated by none other than Paul Newman, who also passed away in recent years.
And by the way, TCM will remember the life and career of the two-time Academy Award-winning actress on Sunday, April 10, in a 24-hour retrospective tribute. The full press release announcing the tribute follows underneath.
TCM Remembers Two-Time Oscar®-Winning Actress and Beloved Humanitarian Elizabeth Taylor on Sunday, April 10
24-Hour Tribute to Include Taylor’s Academy Award®-Winning Performances
In Butterfield 8 (1960) and Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf (1966),
Plus Memorable Roles in Nine Films
Turner Classic Movies (TCM) will remember the life and career of two-time Academy Award®-winning actress and beloved humanitarian Elizabeth Taylor on Sunday, April 10. The 24-hour memorial tribute, which is set to begin at 6 a.m. (Et...
And by the way, TCM will remember the life and career of the two-time Academy Award-winning actress on Sunday, April 10, in a 24-hour retrospective tribute. The full press release announcing the tribute follows underneath.
TCM Remembers Two-Time Oscar®-Winning Actress and Beloved Humanitarian Elizabeth Taylor on Sunday, April 10
24-Hour Tribute to Include Taylor’s Academy Award®-Winning Performances
In Butterfield 8 (1960) and Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf (1966),
Plus Memorable Roles in Nine Films
Turner Classic Movies (TCM) will remember the life and career of two-time Academy Award®-winning actress and beloved humanitarian Elizabeth Taylor on Sunday, April 10. The 24-hour memorial tribute, which is set to begin at 6 a.m. (Et...
- 3/23/2011
- by Tambay
- ShadowAndAct
"There was no one like her, everything you could do in life she did."- Larry King TCM will honor the late, great Elizabeth Taylor by showing some of her finest films. Today marked the passing of the two-time Academy Award-winning actress, her films will be shown on April 10 in a 24-hour memorial tribute, set to begin at 6 a.m. (Et/Pt). Taylor's Oscar-winning performances - "Butterfield 8" (1960) at 8 p.m. (Et) and "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" (1966) at 10 p.m. (Et) are to be savored. From TCM: 6 a.m. . Lassie Come Home (1943), with Roddy McDowall and Edmund Gwenn; directed by Fred M. Wilcox. 7:30 a.m. . National Velvet (1944), with Mickey Rooney, Anne Revere...
- 3/23/2011
- by April MacIntyre
- Monsters and Critics
Turner Classic Movies announced a tribute to Elizabeth Taylor that will include 24 hours of movies from the late star’s career.
The tribute will begin Sunday, April 10 and will include Taylor’s Oscar-winning performances in Butterfield 8 (1960) and Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966), as well as screenings of Father of the Bride (1950), Father’s Little Dividend (1951), Ivanhoe (1952), Giant (1956), Raintree County (1957) and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958). Full schedule below:
Read more:
Elizabeth Taylor dies at 79
All About Elizabeth Taylor
Elizabeth Taylor: 11 Roles for the Ages
Elizabeth Taylor: What’s your favorite role?
Elizabeth Taylor: The unpublished photos from Life.
The tribute will begin Sunday, April 10 and will include Taylor’s Oscar-winning performances in Butterfield 8 (1960) and Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966), as well as screenings of Father of the Bride (1950), Father’s Little Dividend (1951), Ivanhoe (1952), Giant (1956), Raintree County (1957) and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958). Full schedule below:
Read more:
Elizabeth Taylor dies at 79
All About Elizabeth Taylor
Elizabeth Taylor: 11 Roles for the Ages
Elizabeth Taylor: What’s your favorite role?
Elizabeth Taylor: The unpublished photos from Life.
- 3/23/2011
- by James Hibberd
- EW - Inside TV
Forbidden Planet (1956) Direction: Fred M. Wilcox Cast: Walter Pidgeon, Anne Francis, Leslie Nielsen, Robby the Robot, Warren Stevens, Earl Holliman, Richard Anderson, Jack Kelly, George Wallace, Robert Dix Screenplay: Cyril Hume; from a story by Irving Block and Allen Adler inspired by William Shakespeare's The Tempest Oscar Movies Leslie Nielsen, Anne Francis, Robby the Robot, Forbidden Planet By Dan Schneider of Cosmoetica: When one thinks of 1950s science-fiction films, one thinks of the sort of schlocky black-and-white B movies that were parodied on the old Mystery Science Theater 3000 television show. Yet, while there were a whole lot of films like Plan 9 from Outer Space and Robot Monster, the 1950s did have some truly good sci-fi movies, among them The Day the Earth Stood Still, The Incredible Shrinking Man, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, The War of the Worlds, and The Thing from Another World. For its literacy...
- 3/15/2011
- by Dan Schneider
- Alt Film Guide
Anne Francis (minus beauty mark), William Lundigan in Henry Koster's Elopement Anne Francis, best known for sporting a futuristic mini-skirt in Fred M. Wilcox's classic sci-fier Forbidden Planet (1956, right with Robby the Robot) and for her tough, smart and sexy private detective in the 1960s television series Honey West, died Sunday, Jan. 2, at a retirement home in Santa Barbara, about 150kms northwest of Los Angeles. Francis (born Sept. 16, 1930, in Ossining, N.Y.) had previously undergone an operation for lung cancer, though the official cause of death was pancreatic cancer. She was 80. Anne Francis' filmography is quite short. Thirty-six film appearances during the course of nearly half a century. Her career as a leading lady was even briefer; in fact, it was surprisingly brief, spanning from 1951 to 1957 — a period during which she usually alternated leads in programmers with supporting roles in major releases. That's it. Yet, [...]...
- 1/4/2011
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
Anne Francis, the beautiful heroine of the 1956 film "Forbidden Planet" who also made guest appearances on shows such as "Twilight Zone" and "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" in the 1960s, died Sunday. She was 80. Francis played Alta Morbius in "Forbidden Planet," the Fred M. Wilcox film that also starred the late Leslie Nielsen, who died in November. Both actors were upstaged in the film by Robby the Robot, the character that would appear in other sci-fi productions in the 1950s and 1960s, and who would later be included among the most iconic screen robots. Francis had been diagnosed with lung cancer in 2007, according to the Associated Press. However, her family said she actually died from pancreatic cancer. She appeared in films with Spencer Tracy, Paul Newman and others. However, ...
- 1/3/2011
- GeekNation.com
Directed by: Fred M. Wilcox
Written by: Cyril Hume
Cast: Walter Pidgeon, Anne Francis, Leslie Nielsen, Warren Stevens, Earl Holliman
So, how great is this movie? Forbidden Planet, made in 1956 and directed by Fred M. Wilcox, is still one of the best sci-fi flicks around. But why is it so great? Maybe it's the wonderful futuristic set design or the little micro-mini skirt that the forward-thinking, hotsie-totsie Anne Francis runs around in (almost 15 years before they were acceptable fashion — talk about prescient). Or perhaps it's the pitch-perfect performances from vets like Walter Pidgeon, Leslie Nielsen, Warren Stevens and Earl Holliman (they know it's a goofy sci-fi flick, but they play it straight as straight can be — possibly because it’s based on Shakespeare's The Tempest). It could well be the impressive special effects and spacey electronic score, which were light years ahead of their time. But my bet is that it's all of the above,...
Written by: Cyril Hume
Cast: Walter Pidgeon, Anne Francis, Leslie Nielsen, Warren Stevens, Earl Holliman
So, how great is this movie? Forbidden Planet, made in 1956 and directed by Fred M. Wilcox, is still one of the best sci-fi flicks around. But why is it so great? Maybe it's the wonderful futuristic set design or the little micro-mini skirt that the forward-thinking, hotsie-totsie Anne Francis runs around in (almost 15 years before they were acceptable fashion — talk about prescient). Or perhaps it's the pitch-perfect performances from vets like Walter Pidgeon, Leslie Nielsen, Warren Stevens and Earl Holliman (they know it's a goofy sci-fi flick, but they play it straight as straight can be — possibly because it’s based on Shakespeare's The Tempest). It could well be the impressive special effects and spacey electronic score, which were light years ahead of their time. But my bet is that it's all of the above,...
- 11/30/2010
- by Theron
- Planet Fury
This list may contain some spoilers…
Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984)
The concept of 'Room 101' was tormenting readers and viewers - both viscerally and morally - many years before the phrase 'torture porn' was coined. Of all that culture has taken from George Orwell's dystopic novel, nothing has exerted so powerful a grip on the common imagination as the terrifying-yet-banal entrance to this interrogation-cell within a future fascist state - a room that holds whatever your worst nightmare may be.
But crossing the threshold of Room 101 is additionally the doorway through which oppressed office-worker Winston Smith (John Hurt) will finally believe the horrible truth that O'Brien (Richard Burton) has been espousing to him: that man is a mere animal that will choose its own self-preservation over any emotional attachment. This is no mere entrance to the gallows - it's the doorway to spiritual and emotional obliteration.
King Kong (1933)
When ingénue...
Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984)
The concept of 'Room 101' was tormenting readers and viewers - both viscerally and morally - many years before the phrase 'torture porn' was coined. Of all that culture has taken from George Orwell's dystopic novel, nothing has exerted so powerful a grip on the common imagination as the terrifying-yet-banal entrance to this interrogation-cell within a future fascist state - a room that holds whatever your worst nightmare may be.
But crossing the threshold of Room 101 is additionally the doorway through which oppressed office-worker Winston Smith (John Hurt) will finally believe the horrible truth that O'Brien (Richard Burton) has been espousing to him: that man is a mere animal that will choose its own self-preservation over any emotional attachment. This is no mere entrance to the gallows - it's the doorway to spiritual and emotional obliteration.
King Kong (1933)
When ingénue...
- 11/29/2010
- Shadowlocked
When most people think of Leslie Nielsen, they think of spoofs such as Airplane! (1980), The Naked Gun (1988), Dracula: Dead and Loving It (1995), and Wrongfully Accused (1998). Perhaps a little strangely, when I think of Leslie Nielsen, who died at the age of 84 from complications of pneumonia at a Ft. Lauderdale hospital on Sunday, the first thing that comes to mind is the older guy Debbie Reynolds pines for in Joseph Pevney's Tammy and the Bachelor (1957). It's while daydreaming of Nielsen that Reynolds sings Ray Evans and Jay Livingston's ballad "Tammy." Don't laugh. It's actually a charming romantic song. Else, I think of the spaceship commander J. J. Adams in Fred M. Wilcox's 1956 sci-fi classic Forbidden Planet, which features Walter Pidgeon as the off-kilter Dr. Edward Morbius, Anne Francis in a skimpy mini-skirt, Robby the Robot, and a still very much relevant message about the seeds [...]...
- 11/29/2010
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
Forbidden Planet is Shakespeare in space, director Fred Wilcox threw The Tempest into the sci-fi genre at a time when the grand masters of science fiction were honing their craft and delivering some of the most influential stories and ideas, shaping the imaginations of filmmakers such as George Lucas, and it is as powerful and vibrant today as it was in 1956.
Its status in the sci-fi pantheon is both assured and well deserved and the iconic design is luminous on this new Blu-ray which is among the finest I’ve ever seen. The picture is sharp and colours rich, it is a feast for the eyes. The electronic score and special effects (in particular the Id Monster) may seem conventional now, but they retain, as does the whole film, a charm and a power to impress fifty four years later.
Following a rescue mission to the remote planet of Altair...
Its status in the sci-fi pantheon is both assured and well deserved and the iconic design is luminous on this new Blu-ray which is among the finest I’ve ever seen. The picture is sharp and colours rich, it is a feast for the eyes. The electronic score and special effects (in particular the Id Monster) may seem conventional now, but they retain, as does the whole film, a charm and a power to impress fifty four years later.
Following a rescue mission to the remote planet of Altair...
- 10/4/2010
- by Jon Lyus
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
As Forbidden Planet makes its Blu-ray debut, we salute this classic of 50s sci-fi cinema…
The 50s was a golden age for big screen sci-fi. The decade saw the appearance of a succession of genre classics, including Destination Moon, The Day The Earth Stood Still, The Thing From Another World, The War Of The Worlds and This Island Earth.
The period's movies reflected America's fascination with the possibilities of future technology, and also a creeping sense of paranoia about the subversive potential of Communism, reflected in spectacular ‘Reds under the bed' films such as Invaders From Mars (1953) and Invasion Of The Body Snatchers (1956), in which an insidious alien menace stripped mankind of its individuality.
Of all those 50s classics, one film stands among them all as a true 50s sci-fi icon. Released in 1956, director Fred M. Wilcox's Forbidden Planet was the most expensive and ambitious genre film to appear...
The 50s was a golden age for big screen sci-fi. The decade saw the appearance of a succession of genre classics, including Destination Moon, The Day The Earth Stood Still, The Thing From Another World, The War Of The Worlds and This Island Earth.
The period's movies reflected America's fascination with the possibilities of future technology, and also a creeping sense of paranoia about the subversive potential of Communism, reflected in spectacular ‘Reds under the bed' films such as Invaders From Mars (1953) and Invasion Of The Body Snatchers (1956), in which an insidious alien menace stripped mankind of its individuality.
Of all those 50s classics, one film stands among them all as a true 50s sci-fi icon. Released in 1956, director Fred M. Wilcox's Forbidden Planet was the most expensive and ambitious genre film to appear...
- 10/4/2010
- Den of Geek
Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton in Mike Nichols‘ Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Elizabeth Taylor, Butterfield 8, Her First Oscar Schedule (Pt) and synopses from the TCM website: 3:00 Am Lassie Come Home (1943) A faithful collie undertakes an arduous journey to return to her lost family. Cast: Roddy McDowall, Elizabeth Taylor, Donald Crisp. Dir: Fred M. Wilcox. C-89 mins. 4:30 Am National Velvet (1944) A British farm girl fights to train a difficult horse for the Grand National Steeplechase. Cast: Mickey Rooney, Elizabeth Taylor, Donald Crisp. Dir: Clarence Brown. C-124 mins. 6:45 Am Life With Father (1947) A straitlaced turn-of-the-century father presides over a family of boys and the mother who really rules the roost. Cast: William Powell, Irene Dunne, Elizabeth Taylor. Dir: Michael Curtiz. C-118 mins. 8:45 Am Father Of The Bride (1950) A doting father faces mountains of bills and endless trials when his daughter marries. Cast: Spencer Tracy, Elizabeth [...]...
- 8/23/2010
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
November To Remember3 Memorable Movies
Presented In Memory of Bob Eberenz*
(See below for explanation)
November 20 & 21
At the Landmark Loew's Jersey Theatre
A Not-For-Profit Arts Center In a Historic Movie Palace
54 Journal Square, Jersey City, NJ 07306
Tel: (201) 798-6055
Web: www.loewsjersey.org
Friday, November 20 at 8Pm
"Monsieur Verdoux" -- Starring Charlie Chaplin. Also starring Mady Correll, Isobel Elsom, Audrey Betz, Ada May, Martha Ray. Directed by Charlie Chaplin. (1947, 124mins, B&W) Chaplin called this film his "cleverest and most brilliant", but he is certainly not the familiar Tramp in it. He plays a suave serial killer who makes his living marrying and murdering lonely rich women. Chaplin turned this shocking conceit into a black comedy that seems surprisingly modern to us today -- especially in its presentation of the hypocrisy of societies that condemn murder committed by individuals but glorify war.
A rare big screen revival.
Saturday, November 21 at 2Pm...
Presented In Memory of Bob Eberenz*
(See below for explanation)
November 20 & 21
At the Landmark Loew's Jersey Theatre
A Not-For-Profit Arts Center In a Historic Movie Palace
54 Journal Square, Jersey City, NJ 07306
Tel: (201) 798-6055
Web: www.loewsjersey.org
Friday, November 20 at 8Pm
"Monsieur Verdoux" -- Starring Charlie Chaplin. Also starring Mady Correll, Isobel Elsom, Audrey Betz, Ada May, Martha Ray. Directed by Charlie Chaplin. (1947, 124mins, B&W) Chaplin called this film his "cleverest and most brilliant", but he is certainly not the familiar Tramp in it. He plays a suave serial killer who makes his living marrying and murdering lonely rich women. Chaplin turned this shocking conceit into a black comedy that seems surprisingly modern to us today -- especially in its presentation of the hypocrisy of societies that condemn murder committed by individuals but glorify war.
A rare big screen revival.
Saturday, November 21 at 2Pm...
- 10/31/2009
- by nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
- Cinemaretro.com
Undertones: Volume 6 The classic science fiction film emerged during a period of great societal paranoia in the Us in the early 1950s. The post-WW2 environment saw an increased concern with nuclear armament and a fear of the infiltration of communism on the American way of life. Essentially, the sci-fi film was Hollywood’s great metaphor for these threats; its power largely dependent on playing on the fears of the cinema-goer. Many of the films were low-budget affairs pumped out by the studios; a steady stream of high-camp and cheap thrills in order to provide what one can only assume was constant necking-fodder for teens at drive-ins. Amongst these ‘B’ pictures, many of which have been long lost in time to the more technologically-savvy audiences of recent years but considered charming nostalgia to retro film junkies, are films that stand out for their innovation and social commentary and are considered classics by modern cinophiles.
- 10/1/2009
- by Ricky
- SoundOnSight
As much as the incomparable John Cusack in High Fidelity made it über cool to compose ‘top fives’ – or ‘top tens’ in this case – personally, I’ve always found it a colossal struggle, as though I’m somehow betraying otherwise very close friends; a mother forced to select favourites from her brood.
Given that my book, Monster Movies, contains 75 or so (all) marvellous monster flicks that have been granted inclusion within the 45,000 words/200-ish pages for one reason and one reason alone (they’re fine examples of the genre), I’d like to nominate each of these films as a top monster movie. But – and I capitalise ‘but’ to emphasise the shackles of my brief – if forced down on my knees with pistol pressed to temple, the following films listed below would compose a Top Ten Monster Movies of All Time, and I’ll endeavour to explain why.
As for...
Given that my book, Monster Movies, contains 75 or so (all) marvellous monster flicks that have been granted inclusion within the 45,000 words/200-ish pages for one reason and one reason alone (they’re fine examples of the genre), I’d like to nominate each of these films as a top monster movie. But – and I capitalise ‘but’ to emphasise the shackles of my brief – if forced down on my knees with pistol pressed to temple, the following films listed below would compose a Top Ten Monster Movies of All Time, and I’ll endeavour to explain why.
As for...
- 4/18/2009
- Fangoria
According to IESB.net, James Cameron may be interested in directing the remake of Forbidden Planet. Apparently, Cameron's sparked a new interest since Warner Bros. decided to resurrect the project after it fell to pieces a while back. Cameron had shown interest in this just after his "Titanic" box office success. This has not been confirmed by the studio so should not be taken seriously until such a time. The J. Michael Straczynski written script is a this remake of the 1956 classic sci-fi flick helmed by Fred M. Wilcox. Cameron's currently working on his 3D masterpiece "Avatar"...
- 12/23/2008
- Upcoming-Movies.com
According to IESB.net, James Cameron may be interested in directing the remake of Forbidden Planet. Apparently, Cameron's sparked a new interest since Warner Bros. decided to resurrect the project after it fell to pieces a while back. Cameron had shown interest in this just after his "Titanic" box office success. This has not been confirmed by the studio so should not be taken seriously until such a time. The J. Michael Straczynski written script is a this remake of the 1956 classic sci-fi flick helmed by Fred M. Wilcox. Cameron's currently working on his 3D masterpiece "Avatar"...
- 12/23/2008
- Upcoming-Movies.com
According to IESB.net, James Cameron may be interested in directing the remake of Forbidden Planet. Apparently, Cameron's sparked a new interest since Warner Bros. decided to resurrect the project after it fell to pieces a while back. Cameron had shown interest in this just after his "Titanic" box office success. This has not been confirmed by the studio so should not be taken seriously until such a time.The J. Michael Straczynski written script is a this remake of the 1956 classic sci-fi flick helmed by Fred M. Wilcox. Cameron's currently working on his 3D masterpiece "Avatar" which is helming and writing. The film stars Sam Worthington, Sigourney Weaver, Michelle Rodriguez, Zoe Saldana and Giovanni Ribisi.
- 12/23/2008
- Upcoming-Movies.com
According to IESB.net, James Cameron may be interested in directing the remake of Forbidden Planet. Apparently, Cameron's sparked a new interest since Warner Bros. decided to resurrect the project after it fell to pieces a while back. Cameron had shown interest in this just after his "Titanic" box office success. This has not been confirmed by the studio so should not be taken seriously until such a time. The J. Michael Straczynski written script is a this remake of the 1956 classic sci-fi flick helmed by Fred M. Wilcox. Cameron's currently working on his 3D masterpiece "Avatar"...
- 12/23/2008
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Rumor has it, "Forbidden Planet" could have James Cameron as its director. Both IESB and Latino Review have come out with the news that the man behind the upcoming "Avatar" movie is potentially interested in helming the prequel/remake project.
While IESB claimed that Cameron has eyed the project for about a decade, Latino Review suggested that the 54-year-old was supposed to meet with screenwriter J. Michael Straczynski on Friday, December 19. Nonetheless, words from those who are officially involved have yet to be shared.
Other than breaking out that Cameron may direct the project, Latino Review has also brought forth a potential plot details, insisting that the movie will serve as a prequel to the 1956 sci-fi classic and will be a part of a trilogy planned by Straczynski. It is further stated that Straczynski's draft contains the never-before-revealed tale of the Bellerophon.
The original "Forbidden Planet" was a 1956 science fiction...
While IESB claimed that Cameron has eyed the project for about a decade, Latino Review suggested that the 54-year-old was supposed to meet with screenwriter J. Michael Straczynski on Friday, December 19. Nonetheless, words from those who are officially involved have yet to be shared.
Other than breaking out that Cameron may direct the project, Latino Review has also brought forth a potential plot details, insisting that the movie will serve as a prequel to the 1956 sci-fi classic and will be a part of a trilogy planned by Straczynski. It is further stated that Straczynski's draft contains the never-before-revealed tale of the Bellerophon.
The original "Forbidden Planet" was a 1956 science fiction...
- 12/22/2008
- by AceShowbiz.com
- Aceshowbiz
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, according to IESB, no other than James Cameron is potentially interested in directing the flick. This has not been confirmed at this stage, but that's what sources told the site.
Cameron's interest would not be a surprise. The Oscar-winning director already planned on developing a "Forbidden Planet" back in 1998 after he did "Titanic," but somehow, the project never really took off.
Cameron is currently working on "Avatar," his first directorial effort since 2005's "Aliens of the Deep." He's also currently attached to direct "Battle Angel."
In the original "Planet," a space crew from Earth is sent to a distant planet to check up on a colony of scientists. Shortly after their arrival, they find a scientist and his...
Well, according to IESB, no other than James Cameron is potentially interested in directing the flick. This has not been confirmed at this stage, but that's what sources told the site.
Cameron's interest would not be a surprise. The Oscar-winning director already planned on developing a "Forbidden Planet" back in 1998 after he did "Titanic," but somehow, the project never really took off.
Cameron is currently working on "Avatar," his first directorial effort since 2005's "Aliens of the Deep." He's also currently attached to direct "Battle Angel."
In the original "Planet," a space crew from Earth is sent to a distant planet to check up on a colony of scientists. Shortly after their arrival, they find a scientist and his...
- 12/20/2008
- by Franck Tabouring
- screeninglog.com
A Forbidden Planet remake is in the works over at Warner Bros. with a script by writer J. Michael Straczynski.
{sidebar id=1}IESB has gotten exclusive information from a source inside the Forbidden Planet camp that director James "King of the World" Cameron is eyeing the project and is very interested in helming.
Cameron has been "eyeing" the project for a good part of a decade, AICN posted info on it back in 1998 when he was hot off of Titanic. But it never came to fruition. But now that Warners is pushing full steam ahead, his interest again has been piqued.
The original Forbidden Planet was a 1956 science fiction film directed by Fred M. Wilcox and starred Walter Pidgeon, Anne Francis and Leslie Nielsen (before his "Don't call me Shirley" days).
Cameron, who is currently working on his 3D pièce de résistance Avatar certainly has his Read more...
{sidebar id=1}IESB has gotten exclusive information from a source inside the Forbidden Planet camp that director James "King of the World" Cameron is eyeing the project and is very interested in helming.
Cameron has been "eyeing" the project for a good part of a decade, AICN posted info on it back in 1998 when he was hot off of Titanic. But it never came to fruition. But now that Warners is pushing full steam ahead, his interest again has been piqued.
The original Forbidden Planet was a 1956 science fiction film directed by Fred M. Wilcox and starred Walter Pidgeon, Anne Francis and Leslie Nielsen (before his "Don't call me Shirley" days).
Cameron, who is currently working on his 3D pièce de résistance Avatar certainly has his Read more...
- 12/19/2008
- by IESB Staff <alyson@iesb.net>
- IESB.net
Harry Knowles at Ain’t it Cool News provided his site with additional information regarding the just-announced remake of Forbidden Planet.
The movie, to be written by J. Michael Straczynski and produced by Joel Silver will be more a sequel than remake. The presumption is that Altair 4 did not blow up at the end of the Fred M. Wilcox/Cyril Hume classic.
The report goes on to say that the look will be that of an "enormous, giant, retro sci-fi movie"; likely retaining the original designs. All concerned have confirmed that the beloved Robby the Robot will return with his design unaltered.
Meantime, Straczynski confirmed that he has just finished a rewrite to the Thor script for director Kenneth Branagh.
The movie, to be written by J. Michael Straczynski and produced by Joel Silver will be more a sequel than remake. The presumption is that Altair 4 did not blow up at the end of the Fred M. Wilcox/Cyril Hume classic.
The report goes on to say that the look will be that of an "enormous, giant, retro sci-fi movie"; likely retaining the original designs. All concerned have confirmed that the beloved Robby the Robot will return with his design unaltered.
Meantime, Straczynski confirmed that he has just finished a rewrite to the Thor script for director Kenneth Branagh.
- 11/6/2008
- by Robert Greenberger
- Comicmix.com
Screenwriter J. Michael Straczynski is set to write the remake of Fred Wilcox’s 1956 sci-fi classic “Forbidden Planet” for Warner Bros.
The Hollywood Reporter says Warner acquired the project from DreamWorks, where David Twohy was attached to direct.
In the original, a space crew from Earth is sent to a distant planet to check up on a colony of scientists. Shortly after their arrival, they find a scientist and his daughter who survived a cruel monster roaming the planet.
Straczynski, who most recently penned Clint Eastwood’s drama “Changeling,” is no stranger to the sci-fi genre. He co-created “Babylon 5” and wrote many of the show’s episodes. His credits also include “Crusade” and several episodes of “The Twilight Zone.”
Straczynski also co-wrote James McTeigue’s upcoming action flick “Ninja Assassin,” which Joel Silver is producing. Silver is also on board to develop the “Forbidden Planet” update.
The Hollywood Reporter says Warner acquired the project from DreamWorks, where David Twohy was attached to direct.
In the original, a space crew from Earth is sent to a distant planet to check up on a colony of scientists. Shortly after their arrival, they find a scientist and his daughter who survived a cruel monster roaming the planet.
Straczynski, who most recently penned Clint Eastwood’s drama “Changeling,” is no stranger to the sci-fi genre. He co-created “Babylon 5” and wrote many of the show’s episodes. His credits also include “Crusade” and several episodes of “The Twilight Zone.”
Straczynski also co-wrote James McTeigue’s upcoming action flick “Ninja Assassin,” which Joel Silver is producing. Silver is also on board to develop the “Forbidden Planet” update.
- 10/31/2008
- by Franck Tabouring
- screeninglog.com
J. Michael Straczynski, the writer of the Clint Eastwood-directed "Changeling," is penning a long-in-the-works update of sci-fi classic "Forbidden Planet" for Warner Bros. Joel Silver is producing via Silver Pictures.
Warners picked up the project on the down-low earlier this year. As late as last year, it was set up at DreamWorks with David Twohy attached to direct. Prior to that, New Line had it. James Cameron, Nelson Gidding and Stirling Silliphant have been associated with the remake over the years.
Released in 1956, "Planet" told the tale of an expedition sent from Earth to check on a colony of scientists on a far-off planet. They find two members, a man who has found alien technology that doubled his intellect, Dr. Morbius, and his daughter, both of whom have managed to survive an unseen monster roaming the planet.
The movie, directed by Fred Wilcox, starred Walter Pidgeon, Anne Francis and Leslie Nielsen,...
Warners picked up the project on the down-low earlier this year. As late as last year, it was set up at DreamWorks with David Twohy attached to direct. Prior to that, New Line had it. James Cameron, Nelson Gidding and Stirling Silliphant have been associated with the remake over the years.
Released in 1956, "Planet" told the tale of an expedition sent from Earth to check on a colony of scientists on a far-off planet. They find two members, a man who has found alien technology that doubled his intellect, Dr. Morbius, and his daughter, both of whom have managed to survive an unseen monster roaming the planet.
The movie, directed by Fred Wilcox, starred Walter Pidgeon, Anne Francis and Leslie Nielsen,...
- 10/31/2008
- by By Borys Kit and Jay A. Fernandez
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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