TheremakeofGerry Anderson‘s radical - camp alien - fight TV series UFO will be deucedly serious , along the blood of Batman Begins or Casino Royale , insists directorMatthew Gratzner . But is it a forged sign that Ali Larter is mark to co - star ?
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Larter is in talking to play Virginia Lake , the “ strong but feminine ” woman at the substance of the show , says Gratzner . She ’d be star diametrical Joshua Jackson , who ’s playing pilot Paul Foster .
And the unexampled pic is already be after as the first installment in a trilogy — the first screenplay is written , and the 2d and third movies survive in treatment form . The movie ’s aliens will still be evil Hammond organ - stealing bastards , and they ’ll be humanoid instead of District 9 - stylus creatures . It sounds like a formula for exciting G.I. Joe - vogue dreck , but apparently that ’s not the goal .
Gratzner , a veteran especial - effects worker , tell apart Forbidden Planet :
What I want to do with UFO is what Christopher Nolan did with the Batman franchise , or Martin Campbell did with Casino Royale . UFO is not a parody , or a parody or a kids ’ picture show . It ’s a middling dark story , really … it is not a show for young small fry .
You could argue , of track , that both Batman and James Bond had a track record of being blue and tackle grownup musical theme before those films appeared , whereas UFO has a track record of this :
Great pep talk : “ You ’re doing a fine line of work — a man ’s task . But you do n’t have to do it any better just because you ’re a cleaning lady [ in a Lady GaGa costume . ] And do n’t bury , you ’re a very pretty girl . ” And then they make the other woman support with her wooden leg raise , in a silver miniskirt . When she examine to move , they ’re like , “ agree it aright there . ” As she says , “ Not the most flattering of pin - ups . ”
Anderson ’s first live - natural action science fabrication series , beforeSpace : 1999 , UFO is a delightfully campy adventure show about SHADO , a underground organization that fights evil organ - harvest alien . The moonbase staff all wear down purple wigs and burnished silver outfit , and the music is jazzay , sixties style .
On the other hand , reading between the stemma of Gratzner ’s interview , it sounds like he really wants to make something nigh toJ.J. Abrams ‘ Star Trek , keeping a lot of the concept design and featherbrained outfits of the original , but with a smidge more character development and slimly more serious plots . But he ’s namechecking Batman Begins and Casino Royale because they ’re the gold standard for reboots properly now . In any case , an Abrams - esque remake could be an attainable end , and could actually do quite well amidst a swarm of Nolan - wannabes . Fingers intersect ! [ Forbidden Planet ]
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