Not EXACTLY Blade Runner, but a Blade Runner-esque Sci-Fi Mystery story is in the cards for Mr. Jones' next project. Here is what he had to say in a recent Popular Mechanics interview.
"It looks like I'm going to be doing another science-fiction film next. I love Blade Runner, it's one of my favorite films, and I've always been really… depressed that there was never—not a sequel, because I don't think it's right to make a sequel about Blade Runner, but no one's really tried to make a film which was set in the same kind of world or had that same kind of feel. So that's what I'm doing, a big-city mystery story that takes place in a future Berlin."
All I know is that early reviews out of Sundance for Moon have been more than good for his new film, Moon, and knowing that he can handle a sci-fi film of that style, makes me think that he can pretty much do no wrong. I love me some good science fiction, so if someone can give that genre a big reboot (ever since Battlestar Galactica went off the air), it's pefect news in my eyes.
What do you think?
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Showing posts with label Moon. Show all posts
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Tuesday, April 14, 2009
Friday, April 10, 2009
POSTER/TRAILER: Duncan Jones' Moon...
So, as I was writing my summer movie season preview, a small little trailer was released, and set the blogosphere a flame. It comes to us from Duncan Jones, and is the first trailer for my number 4 film from the month of June, Moon, and if I had seen this before posting that preview, it would have easily been my number 2. Check it out below, with its first, gorgeous, poster. Thanks to FirstShowing for the heads up!
Astronaut Sam Bell (Sam Rockwell) has a quintessentially personal encounter toward the end of his three-year stint on the Moon, where he, working alongside his intelligent computer, GERTY, sends back to Earth parcels of Helium 3, a resource that has helped diminish our planet's power problems.
Moon is directed by first-time filmmaker Duncan Jones, a former ad exec turned filmmaker of only a sci-fi short from 2000 called Whistle previously. The original story was written by Jones, and the screenplay was written by Nathan Parker. This first premiered at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year, where it was bought by Sony Pictures Classics. Moon will arrive in limited theaters starting on June 12th this year. (Thanks to FirstShowing for the synopsis)
Come back later for more news, notes, and my review of Observe and Report!
Go see something good!
Astronaut Sam Bell (Sam Rockwell) has a quintessentially personal encounter toward the end of his three-year stint on the Moon, where he, working alongside his intelligent computer, GERTY, sends back to Earth parcels of Helium 3, a resource that has helped diminish our planet's power problems.
Moon is directed by first-time filmmaker Duncan Jones, a former ad exec turned filmmaker of only a sci-fi short from 2000 called Whistle previously. The original story was written by Jones, and the screenplay was written by Nathan Parker. This first premiered at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year, where it was bought by Sony Pictures Classics. Moon will arrive in limited theaters starting on June 12th this year. (Thanks to FirstShowing for the synopsis)
Come back later for more news, notes, and my review of Observe and Report!
Go see something good!
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