Post by Mr.HoRrOr on Sept 8, 2004 11:20:11 GMT -5
Variety reports...
The Sci Fi Channel has engineered two major talent deals, signing Ridley Scott to exec produce and supervise a four-hour remake of the 1971 thriller "The Andromeda Strain" and Frank Darabont to take charge of a four-hour remake of "The Thing."
Mark Stern, executive VP of program development for Sci Fi, said Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Robert Schenkkan is writing the adaptation of "Andromeda," based on Michael Crichton's novel, and David Johnson is working on the script of "The Thing," based on the short story "Who Goes There" by John W. Campbell Jr.
Darabont said Johnson should complete his adaptation by Christmas and shooting could get under way next year for an airdate on Sci Fi of either December 2005 or early spring 2006.
"The Thing" deals with an alien parasite, which can take over the mind and body of a human being, causing havoc on a military compound isolated at the tip of the South Pole. That's the version of the story seized on by John Carpenter for his elaborate 1982 remake of the low-budget, black-and-white original from 1951, which Howard Hawks had a hand in directing (although Christian Nyby got the onscreen credit)."
The Sci Fi Channel has engineered two major talent deals, signing Ridley Scott to exec produce and supervise a four-hour remake of the 1971 thriller "The Andromeda Strain" and Frank Darabont to take charge of a four-hour remake of "The Thing."
Mark Stern, executive VP of program development for Sci Fi, said Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Robert Schenkkan is writing the adaptation of "Andromeda," based on Michael Crichton's novel, and David Johnson is working on the script of "The Thing," based on the short story "Who Goes There" by John W. Campbell Jr.
Darabont said Johnson should complete his adaptation by Christmas and shooting could get under way next year for an airdate on Sci Fi of either December 2005 or early spring 2006.
"The Thing" deals with an alien parasite, which can take over the mind and body of a human being, causing havoc on a military compound isolated at the tip of the South Pole. That's the version of the story seized on by John Carpenter for his elaborate 1982 remake of the low-budget, black-and-white original from 1951, which Howard Hawks had a hand in directing (although Christian Nyby got the onscreen credit)."