Saturday, March 16, 2013

"Colossus" Remake Gets New Writer

The long-gestating remake of the 1970 sci-fi film Colossus: The Forbin Project has a new screenwriter--Ed Solomon (Men in Black) says THR.

Both Blake Masters and Jason Rothenberg wrote previous drafts of the script

The original film was a Cold War tale about a genius who creates a supercomputer put in charge of independently regulating the national defense of the United States. It's soon discovered the Russians have created a similar computer, and both machines have begun sharing top secret information. The Russians and Americans then must work together before both computers seize control of each country's stockpile of missiles.

 

Susan Clark, Eric Braeden, and Marion Ross starred in the original

Will Smith is attached to star

It's unknown if the remake will keep the setting or be updated for today

Brian Grazer Erica Huggins Ron Howard and David J. Collins will produce

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