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“Babylon 5” creator J. Michael Straczynski will write the tardy “Forbidden Planet” remake for producer Joel Silver and Warner Bros.
“Planet”, a remake of the old Leslie Nielsen film, has been riding the studio see-saw the last couple of years – it was first at New Line, and more recently at Dreamworks with David Twohy (“Pitch Black”) was attached to direct. Warners picked up the project on the down-low earlier this year.
Released in 1956, “Planet” told the tale of an expedition sent from Earth to check on a colony of scientists on a far-off planet. They find two members, a man who has found alien technology that doubled his intellect, Dr. Morbius, and his daughter, both of whom have managed to survive an unseen monster roaming the planet.
Straczynski’s an in-demand writer at the moment having penned Clint Eastwood’s acclaimed new drama “The Changeling”.
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