Steven Spielberg has set his sights on the unpublished sci-fi novel Robopocalypse and word has it that the book optioned by Dreamworks may be his next project.
DreamWorks optioned a novel by Daniel H. Wilson (due to be published next June) called Robopocalypse that sources tell us Spielberg has been considering making his next project. And when Hollywood hears that Spielberg is excited about something, they get excited, too: A new draft of the Robopocalypse adaptation has just been handed in by Drew Goddard (co-writer of Cloverfield, and the director of MGM’s lamentably-delayed The Cabin in the Woods), and the town is desperate to get their hands on it.
Must be good to be Spielberg. The guy options a book for Dreamworks – a book that isn’t even out yet – and people are clamoring all over it like its the second coming.
I like big bots, and I cannot lie. There has been a wave of big bots headed to Hollywood after Transformers, and I think they are carpooling. Cameron is teasing Battle Angel, there has been talks about Gundam and even more substance to Voltron.
Now we are getting Robopocalypse.
I don’t know, I think it’s hard to get excited about something based on a book that hasn’t even been published yet.
Spielberg like’s it, well that’s nice, as long as it doesn’t have Tom Cruise in the lead might be good. Wasn’t all that convinced with Cruise in both Minority Report and War of The Worlds, both films needed someone else. I didn’t buy him as a dock working father of two, although he did get the “I’m a childish asshole who love’s his car” part just right.
Would sound better if called Robocolypse
OMG! That’s exactly what popped in my head immediately upon reading the title Robopocalypse. Phonetically, this title is extremely awkward and would do well with some trimming. Dropping the third syllable “po” would definitely make the title more pronounceable and easier on the tongue. Otherwise, it just ends up a mess, and almost too close to ROBOCOPALYPSE.
I’m sure nobody wants to see a film about ROBOCOP making waste on the world. Or do they? In any case, look at my proposed title below and revel in how much nicer and sexier it sounds. Check it!
ROBOCALYPSE
Cheers!
P.S. As I write this on my laptop, I’m flying over your hometown right now, air-dropping cherry pop-tarts and cream soda. Mmmmmm… pop-tarts!!
I would absolutely LOVE to see a Gundam film, omg. That would be SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO cool to see.