Another Spielberg possibility: Robopocalypse

[Jay 37,323]

Well, as of right now Robopocalypse is still "A Steven Spielberg Film"....

http://www.comingsoon.net/imageGallery/Licensing_Expo_2012/Licensing_Expo_2012_23.jpg

[Matt C 452]

Spielberg is pursuing Chris Hemsworth (Thor, The Avengers) for the lead in Robopocalypse.

http://www.deadline.com/2012/07/robopocalypse-chris-hemsworth-casting-steven-spielberg-dreamworks-fox/#more-301696

I don't think Hemsworth will turn it down. I mean, to work with Spielberg is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

[JoeinAR 1,949]

Spielberg is pursuing Chris Hemsworth (Thor, The Avengers) for the lead in Robopocalypse.

http://www.deadline....ox/#more-301696

I don't think Hemsworth will turn it down. I mean, to work with Spielberg is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

so said Richard Dreyfuss, Tom Hanks, & Tom Cruise.

[Not Mr. Big 4,639]

Sounds like a p.good idea.

[Quintus 5,399]

He's unlikely fave of mine lately so I'm all for it.

[Muad'Dib 1,801]

Very interesting! I'm all in for Spielberg working with new actors.

[JoeinAR 1,949]

I was hoping he's was going to drop this idea. The book is not very good and the story mundane, but worst of all the ending has no depth or resonance. You momentarily feel like THAT'S IT?!!!, but then you realize there was never anything that really connected to you so you forget.

[Jay 37,323]

Who said the movie would have the same ending as the book?

Have you read the Jurassic Park novel?

[Brónach 1,301]

It's been common to take not particularly good books as a starting point and change them as it's needed.

[Jay 37,323]

Yep

[JoeinAR 1,949]

Who said the movie would have the same ending as the book?

Have you read the Jurassic Park novel?

true, it could have a different ending.

We (humans) could lose. actually we do lose. or do we win?

but the ending isn't the only problem. btw Jurassic Park is a masterpiece of writing compared to Robo...

[Brónach 1,301]

I usually like reading the source material before but in this case I want to see the film straight without anything previously in my head.

[Muad'Dib 1,801]

It's been common to take not particularly good books as a starting point and change them as it's needed.

Very true. If Hitchcock was adapting Psycho today, everyone would be worried because the book is terrible compared to the film.

In fact, that was something very common that Hitchcock used to do: Take awful books and turn them into great movies. It's quite difficult to take a great book and adapt it correctly.

[indy4 155]

Joey, PLEASE use spoiler tags when you're talking about Robopocalypse.

[Jay 37,323]

I agree with indy4. Joey should have known better. I've edited his post.

[JoeinAR 1,949]

I agree with indy4. Joey should have known better. I've edited his post.

I'm sorry but you're wrong that's not a spoiler. No film of this sort will end any other way but that.

if he gets hemsworth then SS should also get hemsworth (the elder brother) to play the older brother,

there is no star in the movie as no one character is all that important. There are so many characters, it's got to be an huge ensemble cast.

He should have H. Joel Osmeth do the voice of the evil robot.

[Wojo 2,453]

Yes, but if you're implying that ending is different from the book, then you've spoiled the book for anyone who may not have read it. Now I don't have to. Yay.

[JoeinAR 1,949]

Yes, but if you're implying that ending is different from the book, then you've spoiled the book for anyone who may not have read it. Now I don't have to. Yay.

it's the journey not the destination.

[Wojo 2,453]

Tell that to all the people who skipped Titanic once they learned the ship sinks.

[indy4 155]

I agree with indy4. Joey should have known better. I've edited his post.

I'm sorry but you're wrong that's not a spoiler. No film of this sort will end any other way but that.

Well assuming you're correct, not everybody had the powers of prediction that you have. I didn't know the movie had to end like that, so you've spoiled it for me (and others).

[JoeinAR 1,949]

Tell that to all the people who skipped Titanic once they learned the ship sinks.

I'm more worried about how Lincoln ends.

I agree with indy4. Joey should have known better. I've edited his post.

I'm sorry but you're wrong that's not a spoiler. No film of this sort will end any other way but that.

Well assuming you're correct, not everybody had the powers of prediction that you have. I didn't know the movie had to end like that, so you've spoiled it for me (and others).

I've spoiled nothing, my comment was not what it seems. You made several false assumptions that 1. I told the complete truth, and 2, there there are only 2 possible endings.

[Wojo 2,453]

Probably with him wishing he hadn't gone to the theater on a certain day...

[Jay 37,323]

I'm sorry but you're wrong that's not a spoiler.

Haha, that's a good one.

[Wojo 2,453]

I've spoiled nothing, my comment was not what it seems. You made several false assumptions that 1. I told the complete truth, and 2, there there are only 2 possible endings.

Three. The robots go back in time and kill E.T. and since the cops are armed with only walkie-talkies, E.T.'s brethren are able to conquer the planet.

[JoeinAR 1,949]

the robots are walkie talkies.

oh should I have put that in spoiler tags.

[Not Mr. Big 4,639]

The more I think about this the worse it gets. If John Williams scores it then it will probably be in the style of War of the Worlds and Minority Report which are definitely not my favorite scores from him. I don't have much hope for the film itself either.

[SF1_freeze 131]

I have high hopes for the movie. Minority Report is Steven Spielbergs best film since Saving Private Ryan (till today). Everything that forces him to go in that

direction is a good thing.

The score will give JW the creative variety he loves so much when working with Spielberg. This makes it less likely that he will retire completely after Lincoln.

[Matt C 452]

According to Deadline, ex-Fox CEO Tom Rothman will be producing Robopocalypse (which is still slated to begin production in early 2013) and that Anne Hathaway will join Chris Hemsworth as well.

Hmm... Thor and Catwoman in a Spielberg film. Could be interesting to see.

[KK 3,307]

Chris Hemsworth is in this movie? Huh. That kind of bums out my interest. Still looking forward to this though.

[Matt C 452]

I think Hemsworth will be glad to get away from playing Thor for a while. And he's a helluva lot more talented and easy on the eyes as opposed to... gag... Shia la Boeuf.

[crumbs 14,305]

Nice to see Spielberg continuing to work with younger, up-and-coming actors. He always finds a way to get a brilliant performance out of them.

This is only his second time casting an Aussie as his lead (first was Eric Bana, Munich).

[JoeinAR 1,949]

Anne Hathaway??? I see no part in this film for her. Unless she's the congress woman but she seems too young for that character.

[Wojo 2,453]

Chris Hemsworth? I wonder if he's petitioned JJ Abrams for a way to worm back into the Star Trek series, so he can work alongside his grown son. But that would require either time travel, alternate realities, or dream states, and Star Trek rarely uses such plot devices.

[Luke Skywalker 1,793]

uh, wrong thread?

[Wojo 2,453]

uh, no

[JoeinAR 1,949]

seems Anne is being axed to play Cherrah who was a short stocky woman. Anne will just have to play her tall and lanky.

[Wojo 2,453]

Short and stocky? Who would they get to play her? Rachel Dratch?

[MSM 126]

Not interested and not a fan of Hemsworth, the most overrated actor of our generation.

[JoeinAR 1,949]

Short and stocky? Who would they get to play her? Rachel Dratch?

Cherrah was sort of a rip off of Vasquez, so maybe Jenette Goldstein. Except she's too old, but she is short and stocky.

[Koray Savas 2,251]

Not interested and not a fan of Hemsworth, the most overrated actor of our generation.

Uh, no.

He's only been acting for like 2 years, and no one is calling him the next De Niro. He's a charismatic guy, I've got no beef with him headlining summer blockbusters.

[Jay 37,323]

2 years? Star Trek was filmed in 2007/2008.

[Koray Savas 2,251]

If you call his role in Star Trek, which is 2009, monumental, then be my guest and say he's been acting for 3 years. Technically he's been around since 2002, but no one knew him until he became Thor.

[MSM 126]

Not interested and not a fan of Hemsworth, the most overrated actor of our generation.

Uh, no.

He's only been acting for like 2 years, and no one is calling him the next De Niro. He's a charismatic guy, I've got no beef with him headlining summer blockbusters.

Well sometimes I get a different impression, people comparing him to Schwarzenegger etc.

[Luke Skywalker 1,793]

damn... i now notice kirk's father is hemsworth.

without beard and mullet (and not showing off muscles) he looks like a different person and kind of actor... lol

[Koray Savas 2,251]

Not interested and not a fan of Hemsworth, the most overrated actor of our generation.

Uh, no.

He's only been acting for like 2 years, and no one is calling him the next De Niro. He's a charismatic guy, I've got no beef with him headlining summer blockbusters.

Well sometimes I get a different impression, people comparing him to Schwarzenegger etc.

Schwarzenegger is a great actor? News to me.

[Wojo 2,453]

Schwarzenegger is a great actor? News to me.

[JoeinAR 1,949]

Arnold isn't a great actor but he is a movie star.

[Augie 1]

Gods and Kings is going to happen sooner or later. Robocalypse is about to happen.

And there's still the Harvey script waiting to be produced some day. Indy 5 is, as far

as I can tell, a dead project.

[JoeinAR 1,949]

Spielberg needs to leave the Harvey project alone, it's unnecessary. Not sure a moses project is a good idea either.

who would play moses, Russell Crowe, good lord that would be awful, moses with a huge growth on his forehead and a bully

Daniel Day Lewis, what would he do convert to Judaism to interpret the character?

Tom Hanks, yes I can see that Moses in Drag

Tom Cruise, Moses running.

[Brónach 1,301]

WIth the amount of epic tales that be put to screen do we need to again the Moses story?