Revisiting 'The Black Hole', Disney's Attempt To Make A Dark And Hellish 'Star Wars'
Now that it's streaming on Disney+, we're revisiting The Black Hole, Disney's ill-fated attempt to make their own version of Star Wars.
Read MoreNow that it's streaming on Disney+, we're revisiting The Black Hole, Disney's ill-fated attempt to make their own version of Star Wars.
Read MoreWe're sure to have tons of sequel-related news coming up later this week from Comic-Con, but in the meantime we have a bunch of other, non-SDCC news to share with you. After the jump: Troy Duffy is cooking up more Boondock Saints Joseph Kosinski offers a minor update on Tron 3 Chinese superstar Han Geng joins…
Read MoreWalking out of Oblivion, you'll probably have a few questions. Not plot questions, mind you. Director Joseph Kosinski makes what happens in the movie very clear. The questions are more about the director's process. His mindset. Was Kosinski deliberatly echoing sci-fi films of the past? How much input did uncredited screenwriter Michael Arndt (Star Wars Episode…
Read MoreA few years back, Jon Spaihts became popular in Hollywood thanks in part to his still-unproduced sci-fi screenplay Passengers. That led to a gig writing what became Prometheus. Most of us don't know precisely how Prometheus would have played if Spaihts had been the lone writer on the project; his draft has never been read…
Read MoreOne of the great film composers has passed. It was revealed last night that BAFTA and Oscar-winning composer John Barry died Saturday of a sudden heart attack in New York. He was 77. Mr. Barry contributed a great many memorable cinema scores, including those of many James Bond movies as well as for films as…
Read MoreIO9 has created a handy chart which shows which space movies feature the most common scientific mistakes. It might come as a surprise that Michael Bay's Armageddon actually fares better than the Star Wars of Alien films. And it comes as no surprise that Apollo 13 and The Right Stuff have been graded a clean…
Read MoreYou've probably already seen the new movie trailer for Tron Legacy which was unlocked last week during Comic-Con. But did you see the easter eggs hidden in the new footage? But first, for those of you who don't know, director Joseph Kosinski is signed to direct a remake of The Black Hole for Disney, with…
Read MoreTron isn't the only classic Disney property to be revitalized by Joseph Kosinski. After he finishes Tron Legacy, Kosinski will turn to a new version of The Black Hole. (As a producer, possibly as director.) The 1979 original was the most expensive film Disney had made at the time, and pioneered the use of computer…
Read MoreDisney is developing a reinvention of the 1979 sci-fi film The Black Hole, with Tron: Legacy director Joseph Kosinski and producer Sean Bailey on board, along with Clash of the Titans scribe Travis Beacham working on the screenplay. Kosinski might direct if he can find time in his schedule, with his planned sci-fi epic Oblivion…
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