Joseph Kosinski speaks out about his Black Hole remake
"It won't be a sequel like Tron," he explained. "This one will be a reimagining. For me, it would be taking ideas and iconic elements that struck me as timeless and cool and preserving them while weaving a new story around them that's a little more 2001."
He also talked about what elements he planned on keeping from the 1979 original film in his new reimagined film.
"I saw Black Hole as a little kid," said Kosinski. "What sticks out most is the robot Maximilian. The blades and the vicious killing of Anthony Perkins. That freaked me out and that's definitely going to be an element that will be preserved. The design of the Cygnus ship is one of the most iconic spaceships ever put to film. From a conceptual point of view, we know so much more about black holes now, the crazy things that go on as you approach them due to the intense gravitational pull and the effects on time and space. All that could provide us with some really cool film if we embrace it in a hard science way."
Kosinski also said that they were in the early scripting stages with writer Travis Beacham and they're, "getting started on the script in the next few months."
to read the full article.The Black Hole comes to theaters in 2012.
Tron: Legacy was released December 17th, 2010 and stars Jeff Bridges, Garrett Hedlund, Olivia Wilde, Bruce Boxleitner, James Frain, Beau Garrett, Michael Sheen, Anis Cheurfa. The film is directed by Joseph Kosinski.
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Vanboy
Been waiting for this for a long time. Hope they lose the cutesy personalities of V.I.N.CENT and BOB.
Yes Draktyr, I hope the robot designs are the same, just more badass.
Good to hear that they're sticking with real science. That means we won't see silliness like the crew escaping into open space without space suits, like when they were trying to get to the probe ship, to get off of the Cygnus at the end of the movie.
Maybe we'll finally be told what that end scene where Maximilian and Hans Reinhardt was all about. You know when they were embracing in what looked like Hell, and then they became one. Were they the same, one Human, one robot but both his killer self?
Either way, I am pumped. Can't wait. My two favorite Disney movies. TRON, now The Black Hole. I've probably watched each DVD thirty times.
I have to agree with Kosinski (who looks like Tom Cruise and Mathew Modine got busy) when he said that Anthony Perkins getting killed by Maximilian was vicious, to say the least. It was very disturbing. When Anthony Perkins screams as the blades break through the binder and paperwork, his vibrating and shaking screams told you that the blades were tearing his stomach and chest up. And even though you did not see a drop of blood, Hopkins' reaction was just nauseating. And that makes it hard to believe it was a Disney movie.
2 years agoby @vanboyFlag
Err
"What sticks out most is the robot Maximilian"
i agree, max was the stuff nightmares were made of when i was a kid.
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cable9245
Please do it JUSTICE!!!!! That movie is a classic and needs to be respected!!! Just like Clash of the Titans needs to be respected.
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lantimes
hopefully they keep all the designs of the main robots and villian for the re-boot, as they are iconic screen images of yester-years, and great designs.
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Draktyr
Hopefully he'll keep the design for V.I.N.CENT fairly close as well. Now this is the kind of movie you reboot, like Clash of The Titans...one that's decades old! Excited about this one! :)
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Raoul Duke
I forgot about this one. So pumped.
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