There has to be some background for this column, or at least a little bit of story, just so readers can understand why I would be so excited about a particular book that I finally found in my favorite used bookstore a couple of weeks ago.
This whole thing really starts back when I was a tiny little starry-eyed sprocket. My mom and dad took me to dinner at a restaurant that just happened to have those square gumball machines that had a glass panel in the front and those plastic capsules with little toys or pieces of jewelry or other gewgaws sure to attract the attention of small children and make them beg endlessly to get something and relieve their parents of the horrible burden of all that change in their pockets. The machine that I was eying had a shiny holographic printed card in the front with stars...
This whole thing really starts back when I was a tiny little starry-eyed sprocket. My mom and dad took me to dinner at a restaurant that just happened to have those square gumball machines that had a glass panel in the front and those plastic capsules with little toys or pieces of jewelry or other gewgaws sure to attract the attention of small children and make them beg endlessly to get something and relieve their parents of the horrible burden of all that change in their pockets. The machine that I was eying had a shiny holographic printed card in the front with stars...
- 7/20/2011
- by dragonwomant
- Boomtron
"Buck Rogers", the first comic strip outer space hero, is being relaunched by director Paul W.S. Anderson from a screenplay by "Iron Man" co-writers Art Marcum and Matt Holloway, for Paradox Entertainment, currently rebooting "Conan."
The new film will be lensed in 3D for producers Lawrence Abramson, Jeremy Bolt and Fredrik Malmberg, with George Furla, Anderson and "Buck Rogers" estate holder Flint Dille executive producing.
"Buck has already been such a huge influence on action-adventure franchises like 'Star Wars' and 'Indiana Jones,' so for me it is a thrilling opportunity to be allowed to return to the source and relaunch such an epic character," Anderson said.
"...Before caped heroes were leaping tall buildings, Buck Rogers was spanning the stars . . . and the centuries. A man accidentally thrust into an extraordinary future, Buck is science fiction’s first superstar and one of our culture’s most enduring icons.
In its original version,...
The new film will be lensed in 3D for producers Lawrence Abramson, Jeremy Bolt and Fredrik Malmberg, with George Furla, Anderson and "Buck Rogers" estate holder Flint Dille executive producing.
"Buck has already been such a huge influence on action-adventure franchises like 'Star Wars' and 'Indiana Jones,' so for me it is a thrilling opportunity to be allowed to return to the source and relaunch such an epic character," Anderson said.
"...Before caped heroes were leaping tall buildings, Buck Rogers was spanning the stars . . . and the centuries. A man accidentally thrust into an extraordinary future, Buck is science fiction’s first superstar and one of our culture’s most enduring icons.
In its original version,...
- 9/28/2010
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
"Buck Rogers", the first comic strip outer space hero, is being relaunched by director Paul W.S. Anderson from a screenplay by "Iron Man" co-writers Art Marcum and Matt Holloway, for Paradox Entertainment, currently rebooting "Conan."
The new film will be lensed in 3D for producers Lawrence Abramson, Jeremy Bolt and Fredrik Malmberg, with George Furla, Anderson and "Buck Rogers" estate holder Flint Dille executive producing.
"Buck has already been such a huge influence on action-adventure franchises like 'Star Wars' and 'Indiana Jones,' so for me it is a thrilling opportunity to be allowed to return to the source and relaunch such an epic character," Anderson said."
"...Before caped heroes were leaping tall buildings, Buck Rogers was spanning the stars . . . and the centuries. A man accidentally thrust into an extraordinary future, Buck is science fiction’s first superstar and one of our culture’s most enduring icons. In its original version,...
The new film will be lensed in 3D for producers Lawrence Abramson, Jeremy Bolt and Fredrik Malmberg, with George Furla, Anderson and "Buck Rogers" estate holder Flint Dille executive producing.
"Buck has already been such a huge influence on action-adventure franchises like 'Star Wars' and 'Indiana Jones,' so for me it is a thrilling opportunity to be allowed to return to the source and relaunch such an epic character," Anderson said."
"...Before caped heroes were leaping tall buildings, Buck Rogers was spanning the stars . . . and the centuries. A man accidentally thrust into an extraordinary future, Buck is science fiction’s first superstar and one of our culture’s most enduring icons. In its original version,...
- 3/25/2010
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
Buck Rogers In The 25Th Century, the first science fiction comic strip, hit the newspapers in 1929, finally ending its long run in 1967. Writer Phil Nowlan created the character in two Sf pulp stories (published in Amazing Stories) before teaming with artist Dick Calkins on the spin-off strip. Buck Rogers is a former Air Force officer who falls into suspended animation while investigating a strange gas in a mineshaft. He awakens 500 years later to an America that has been conquered by Monguls. Buck meets Wilma Deering, who recruits him to fight the invaders; Dr. Huer, a brilliant scientist who will soon have Buck rocketing to other planets; and Wilma’s brother Buddy. Sometime space pirate “Killer” Kane became Buck’s primary nemesis along with Kane’s sultry assistant Ardala Valmar. No sooner has Buck vanquished the invaders than he, and the Earth, are confronted by the menace of the Tiger Men from Mars.
- 12/18/2009
- by no-reply@starlog.com (Dan Scapperotti)
- Starlog
No sooner did Buck Rogers get optioned for a feature film this summer than the rumors named Frank Miller as the director, something that everyone involved has denied until now. The Hollywood Reporter and Variety both say Odd Lot Entertainment is close to signing Miller to adapt the comic strip to the screen.
Odd Lot hired Miller to direct The Spirit, which opens on Christmas Day and producer Deborah Del Prete let slip in October that Miller would move to the science fiction hero next. Odd Lot obtained the rights from Nu Image/Millennium, which has been holding the rights since the summer, obtained from the Dille Trust. The Trust is headed by John Flint Dille, a longtime friend of Miller's, and he may have started the rumor at the time of the deal.
Miller will reportedly write and direct the adaptation which will likely follow his personal dark vision of dystopias.
Odd Lot hired Miller to direct The Spirit, which opens on Christmas Day and producer Deborah Del Prete let slip in October that Miller would move to the science fiction hero next. Odd Lot obtained the rights from Nu Image/Millennium, which has been holding the rights since the summer, obtained from the Dille Trust. The Trust is headed by John Flint Dille, a longtime friend of Miller's, and he may have started the rumor at the time of the deal.
Miller will reportedly write and direct the adaptation which will likely follow his personal dark vision of dystopias.
- 12/19/2008
- by Robert Greenberger
- Comicmix.com
It’s pretty amazing what people accidentally will say on the red carpet at awards shows. The most recent example happened over the weekend when The Spirit producer Deborah Del Prete referred to her next project with director Frank Miller was an old sci-fi hero. This virtually confirmed the rumor that began over the summer that Miller would tackle the first Sf comic strip character.
When the rumor first surfaced over at IGN, Nu Image/Millennium Films quickly told him “that no deal is set yet for the rights or Miller, and that they are still mulling over director contenders.”
IESB's Robert Sanchez could not get Del Prete to confirm if she was referring to Flash Gordon or Buck Rogers, both of whom have been optioned for film this year. The site did some additional digging and report, “sources very close to the Miller camp…confirmed the sci-fi hero that...
When the rumor first surfaced over at IGN, Nu Image/Millennium Films quickly told him “that no deal is set yet for the rights or Miller, and that they are still mulling over director contenders.”
IESB's Robert Sanchez could not get Del Prete to confirm if she was referring to Flash Gordon or Buck Rogers, both of whom have been optioned for film this year. The site did some additional digging and report, “sources very close to the Miller camp…confirmed the sci-fi hero that...
- 10/24/2008
- by Robert Greenberger
- Comicmix.com
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