Paramount Has A Top Secret H.G. Wells Adaptation In The Works
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No Mount Rushmore of legendary sci-fi writers would ever be complete with H.G. Wells somewhere on there, likely head and shoulders with Isaac Asimov, Arthur C. Clarke, Philip K. Dick, and Mary Shelley. (Note: this is not a reflection of their moral attributes given that, much like the actual members of Mount Rushmore, not all of these historical figures were without some glaring flaws!) So when a studio has access to such a prolific author’s works, well, they’d better have plans to come up with some really ingenious and exciting adaptations to match the original stories themselves. That hasn’t always turned out to be the case, unfortunately, as misfires like 1996’s “The Island of Doctor Moreau” or “The Time Machine” in 2002 emphatically prove. But for as many botched adaptations as there have been over the years, we can readily point to examples when incredibly capable directors took Wells’ classic stories, modernized them in unexpected ways, and delivered powerful adaptations that are every bit as worthy as the author’s own works — that’s right, I’m looking at you, 2005’s “War of the Worlds” and 2020’s “The Invisible Man.”
In any case, it certainly seems like we’re in for yet another story based on H.G. Wells’ writing. That’s the news according to Deadline, which reports that Paramount Pictures is currently in the earliest stages of development on an apparently secret H.G. Wells production. It’s so secret, in fact, that the actual name of the novel the project revolves around is being kept close to the chest. No director has yet been attached, but the script will be written by screenwriter Laura Gillis, having taken over a previous draft by T.S. Nowlin (“Pacific Rim: Uprising,” “The Adam Project”). Since there’s nothing quite like recklessly speculating over news with very few concrete details revealed at this point, please join me as I do exactly that below!
Paramount Has A Top Secret H.G. Wells Adaptation In The Works
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By Jeremy Mathai/March 28, 2022 5:32 pm EST
No Mount Rushmore of legendary sci-fi writers would ever be complete with H.G. Wells somewhere on there, likely head and shoulders with Isaac Asimov, Arthur C. Clarke, Philip K. Dick, and Mary Shelley. (Note: this is not a reflection of their moral attributes given that, much like the actual members of Mount Rushmore, not all of these historical figures were without some glaring flaws!) So when a studio has access to such a prolific author’s works, well, they’d better have plans to come up with some really ingenious and exciting adaptations to match the original stories themselves. That hasn’t always turned out to be the case, unfortunately, as misfires like 1996’s “The Island of Doctor Moreau” or “The Time Machine” in 2002 emphatically prove. But for as many botched adaptations as there have been over the years, we can readily point to examples when incredibly capable directors took Wells’ classic stories, modernized them in unexpected ways, and delivered powerful adaptations that are every bit as worthy as the author’s own works — that’s right, I’m looking at you, 2005’s “War of the Worlds” and 2020’s “The Invisible Man.”
In any case, it certainly seems like we’re in for yet another story based on H.G. Wells’ writing. That’s the news according to Deadline, which reports that Paramount Pictures is currently in the earliest stages of development on an apparently secret H.G. Wells production. It’s so secret, in fact, that the actual name of the novel the project revolves around is being kept close to the chest. No director has yet been attached, but the script will be written by screenwriter Laura Gillis, having taken over a previous draft by T.S. Nowlin (“Pacific Rim: Uprising,” “The Adam Project”). Since there’s nothing quite like recklessly speculating over news with very few concrete details revealed at this point, please join me as I do exactly that below!
In any case, it certainly seems like we’re in for yet another story based on H.G. Wells’ writing. That’s the news according to Deadline, which reports that Paramount Pictures is currently in the earliest stages of development on an apparently secret H.G. Wells production. It’s so secret, in fact, that the actual name of the novel the project revolves around is being kept close to the chest. No director has yet been attached, but the script will be written by screenwriter Laura Gillis, having taken over a previous draft by T.S. Nowlin (“Pacific Rim: Uprising,” “The Adam Project”). Since there’s nothing quite like recklessly speculating over news with very few concrete details revealed at this point, please join me as I do exactly that below!
Guessing games
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We’ll keep an eye on this story as it develops.
