JamesG
06-20-2014, 01:20 PM
"The Outer Limits" Movie in the Works From MGM, Scott Derrickson (Exclusive)
6/19/14
by Borys Kit
Scott Derrickson, the writer-director who just signed on to helm Doctor Strange, is tackling another storied genre property.
Derrickson is reuniting with his Sinister co-scribe, C. Robert Cargill, to write the big-screen take on the cult classic 1960s sci-fi TV series "The Outer Limits" for MGM.
Mark Victor is producing via his Mark Victor Production.
"The Outer Limits" was an influential anthology sci-fi and horror show that ran on ABC from 1963 to 1965. Like "The Twilight Zone", the other famous anthology series from that era, the show had a well-known opening with a narrator telling viewers, "There is nothing wrong with your television set. Do not attempt to adjust the picture. We are controlling transmission. … "
Joseph Stefano, Robert Towne and Harlan Ellison were among the writers who penned scripts for the show, which enjoyed a revival in the late 1990s on Showtime and the Sci-Fi Channel.
Derrickson is a longtime fan of the show (he has said in the past he prefers it over Twilight Zone), and he and Cargill will focus on one episode in particular: 'Demon With a Glass Hand', which was written by Ellison.
The duo will be tackling time travel, alien invasion and genetic manipulation in adapting the episode, which focused on a man with no memory beyond the last 10 days of his life and a computerized hand who discovers he is from the future. The man is being hunted by an alien race who see him as key to their survival, but he soon discovers a more complex and terrifying truth.
MGM's Motion Picture Group president Jonathan Glickman and executive vp production Adam Rosenberg will oversee the project for the studio.
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/outer-limits-movie-works-mgm-713214
6/19/14
by Borys Kit
Scott Derrickson, the writer-director who just signed on to helm Doctor Strange, is tackling another storied genre property.
Derrickson is reuniting with his Sinister co-scribe, C. Robert Cargill, to write the big-screen take on the cult classic 1960s sci-fi TV series "The Outer Limits" for MGM.
Mark Victor is producing via his Mark Victor Production.
"The Outer Limits" was an influential anthology sci-fi and horror show that ran on ABC from 1963 to 1965. Like "The Twilight Zone", the other famous anthology series from that era, the show had a well-known opening with a narrator telling viewers, "There is nothing wrong with your television set. Do not attempt to adjust the picture. We are controlling transmission. … "
Joseph Stefano, Robert Towne and Harlan Ellison were among the writers who penned scripts for the show, which enjoyed a revival in the late 1990s on Showtime and the Sci-Fi Channel.
Derrickson is a longtime fan of the show (he has said in the past he prefers it over Twilight Zone), and he and Cargill will focus on one episode in particular: 'Demon With a Glass Hand', which was written by Ellison.
The duo will be tackling time travel, alien invasion and genetic manipulation in adapting the episode, which focused on a man with no memory beyond the last 10 days of his life and a computerized hand who discovers he is from the future. The man is being hunted by an alien race who see him as key to their survival, but he soon discovers a more complex and terrifying truth.
MGM's Motion Picture Group president Jonathan Glickman and executive vp production Adam Rosenberg will oversee the project for the studio.
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/outer-limits-movie-works-mgm-713214