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Wolfgang Peterson (“Troy”, “Poseidon”) is bringing the first chapter in John Scalzi’s novel series “Old Man’s War” to the big screen for Paramount, says Deadline.
David Self will write the screenplay for the flick, envisioned as a large-scale science fiction pic, with Peterson and Scott Stuber producing through his Stuber Pictures banner.
Booklist has the following on “Old Man’s War” : With his wife dead and buried, and life nearly over at 75, John Perry takes the only logical course of action left him: he joins the army. Now better known as the Colonial Defense Force (CDF), Perry’s service-of-choice has extended its reach into interstellar space to pave the way for human colonization of other planets while fending off marauding aliens. The CDF has a trick up its sleeve that makes enlistment especially enticing for seniors: the promise of restoring youth. After bonding with a group of fellow recruits who dub their clique the Old Farts, Perry finds himself in a new body crafted from his original DNA and upgraded for battle, including fast-clotting “smartblood” and a brain-implanted personal computer. All too quickly the Old Farts are separated, and Perry fights for his life on various alien-infested battlegrounds. Scalzi’s blending of wry humor and futuristic warfare recalls Joe Haldeman’s classic, The Forever War (1974), and strikes the right fan–pleasing chords to probably garner major sf award nominations.
Sounds like it could be make for a good pic. Oh, and hey! What about Dick Dreyfuss, Wolfgang!?
