io9 
Enter your username and password.
-
more about #jmichaelstraczynski more comments → Dr.Quatermass Sc.D: Purveyor of Truth, Disseminator of Lies: I foresee a long and tempestuous production period. more » Michael Prior: I'm not going unless Leslie Neilsen gets a cameo!! more » bookwench: I'll watch anything Mr. Straczynski makes. more » Plague: It's the YARMers weekly meeting! Report in! more » Greasy Thumb Guzik: My poor Krell, my poor Krell! more » Chip Overclock: Everything anyone said about the reboot of THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL applies to FORBIDDEN PLANET too. more » EugeniaBSG: Why don't they just film Return to Forbidden Planet? more » Makidian: I just watched this for the first time (I know, right) and I have to say Anne Francis was smoking hot in this movie. If this does get off the ground I... more » Dr Emilio Lizardo: Whoever asked for this, step forward. Now! So where is this going? let me guess... They recast Walter Pidgeon with Shia TheBeef, Anne Francis with ... more » nygenxer: Does anyone know why Netflix doesn't have Forbidden Planet? A remake/boot could be totally awesome. People getting ripped apart by an invisible ID mo... more » gorehound: I really enjoyed B5 and Jeremiah and Crusade but knowing that he is now in Remake Films just makes me sad.Why of all films did they have to rape this ... more » Jrsy Devil's Advocate®: Let's do a mash-up. Forbidden Captain Planet! more » Swearengen: There was a Forbidden Planet TV show - it was called Star Trek. more » Jrsy Devil's Advocate®: WTF!!!?! Is this reboot day? more » GreyHammer: ideas: they dont have them. more » -
#forbiddenplanet
Forbidden Planet Reboot Could Become a Franchise
J. Michael Straczynski is revealing more details about his remake of Forbidden Planet. Not only does the script call for more action than the original scifi classic, there may be plans in the works for more Forbidden Planet movies. More » -
#jmichaelstraczynski
J. Michael Straczynski Teaches You How to Make Money Publishing Scifi
J. Michael Straczynski, known for everything from Babylon 5 to Changeling to Thor, led a workshop yesterday offering advice to aspiring writers. He stressed the importance of being true to one's passions... although a little compromise goes a long way.
More »
-
#forbiddenplanet
Forbidden Planet Movie Won't Be Retro After All
With the liberally revamped version of The Day The Earth Stood Still opening next month, it seemed weird that J. Michael Straczynski was rumored to be writing a retro Forbidden Planet movie that kept the peachy keen 1950s look of the original intact. And now it turns out the rumors were wrong — Straczynski piped up on a Usenet group to say the new movie won't be a continuation of the original, and it won't look like some kind of 1950s pastiche. So how will he pay tribute to the original? More » -
