Re: Singer to Adapt Heinlein

Of course - feeling very silly for not remembering Destination Moon and
Project Moonbase (both of which I have seen).

Are either of the Puppet Masters adaptations any good?

Getting back to the original question, I would imagine that it would be a
challenge to adapt The Moon is a Harsh Mistress - it is a long book, and
itwould be hard to do it justice in the short space of a movie.

Barry

I am a Statistician. One false move and you're a Statistic.
On 12/03/2015 1:49 PM, "Dennis Fischer" <[email protected]> wrote:

> Heinlein co-scripted DESTINATION MOON , which helped launch the SF film
> craze in the '50s and was pretty decent, as well as PROJECT MOONBASE,
> originally intended as the pilot of a TV series based on Heinlein stories
> that never sold, which wasn't (though it does predict a female American
> president).  The film THE BRAIN EATERS ripped off his novel The Puppet
> Masters, and there was an official PUPPET MASTERS adaptation that failed to
> match the quality of the novel.  The MASTERS OF SCIENCE FICTION did an
> excellent adaptation of "Jerry Is a Man," which is available as part of
> that brief series.  There were many attempts to adapt Stranger in a Strange
> Land, but none of them ever came to fruition.  There is an animated version
> of the novel RED PLANET, which is based on the expurgated version that was
> originally published, but isn't too close to its source material.
>
>
>   On Wednesday, March 11, 2015 7:31 PM, Barry Haworth <
> [email protected]> wrote:
>
>
> Interesting premise.
> I'm trying to think - what is the strike rate for films based on Heinlein?
> I enjoyed Predestination (based on the short story All You Zombies), and
> Starship Troopers had it's points, though it didn't resemble the book a
> whole lot.  What other Heinlein adaptations have there been,  and are any
> of them any good?
> Barry
> I am a Statistician. One false move and you're a Statistic.
> On 09/03/2015 11:29 PM, "Dennis Fischer" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Oh no.
>
>
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>    <http://www.thewrap.com/bryan-singer-to-direct-adaptation-of-sci-fi-classic-the-moon-is-a-harsh-mistress/#>
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> Bryan Singer to Direct Adaptation of Sci-Fi Classic ‘The Moon Is a Harsh
> Mistress’
> Twentieth Century Fox has acquired the rights to the adaptation, to be
> titled “Uprising”
> Twentieth Century Fox has acquired the film rights to classic sci-fi novel
> “The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress” and Bryan Singer
> <http://www.thewrap.com/tag/bryan_singer/> has come on board to direct
> the adaptation to be titled “Uprising,” an individual with knowledge of the
> project told TheWrap <http://thewrap.com/>.
> The story follows a lunar colony that revolts against Earth’s rule. Robert
> A. Heinlein’s sci-fi novel was published in 1966 and won the Hugo Award the
> following year.
> “Arrow” executive producer Marc Guggenheim
> <http://www.thewrap.com/tag/marc_guggenheim/> is penning the adaptation.
>
> The rights had reverted back to the Heilein estate after previous
> adaptation attempts by DreamWorks and “Harry Potter” producer David Heymer
> never came to fruition.
> Singer is producing with Lloyd Braun
> <http://www.thewrap.com/tag/lloyd_braun/> of Whalerock Industries and
> Thor Halvorssen*. *Andrew Mittman
> <http://www.thewrap.com/tag/andrew-mittman/> and Jason Taylor are
> executive producing.
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