Paul WS Anderson on Buck Rogers

[Greygor]

Fighter pilot-turned space hero Buck Rogers might have successfully journeyed to the 25th Century, but one trip he was having real trouble making was to our cinema screens. Now, according to Deadline New York, Paul WS Anderson thinks he’s the man to give him that final push.

Rogers has been in development cryostasis for a while now, ever since Frank Miller announced he was intending to re-invent the character as his follow-up to The Spirit. We all know what happened next, and it wasn’t pretty, which might explain while Miller has yet to direct anything else.

But now Anderson and producing partner Jeremy Bolt have successfully convinced rights holders Paradox that they’re the men to bring Buck into the 21st century, and, since not a day can officially go by without someone announcing a 3D project, into the stereoscopic format.

Iron Man writers Art Macum and Matt Holloway will be writing the screenplay, though we don’t know which version of the Rogers plot they’ll go for – frozen in a cave by gas or stranded in space? With a history that stretches back to the 1920s, the character certainly offers a lot of options.

So, then… Milla Jovovich as Wilma Deering, anyone?

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My only exposure to Buck Rogers was Saturday morning cinema (Buster Crabbe) and Gil Gerard. I enjoyed the former and hated the latter.

I always had the impression there were no great Nemesis ("nemesis's......nemesi...what's the plural on that?") for him

[The Hodag]

Seems likely to make a movie that'll be forgotten a few years later, which is too bad, 'cause it's a fun property. Having the writers of Iron Man onboard seems like a good sign, but wasn't it revealed that a lot of that movie was improved on the set?

[Hate_Prime]

Buck deserves a good movie. Better yet, tv series.

[totalsellout]

for a while i didn't have cable and i was watching buck rogers every week on the retro network. i loved it as a kid and still found it a passable series. it was weird how much the future looked like disco.

[Donal DeLay]

I can never keep these Anderson guys straight. Is this Darjeering Limited Anderson, Fantastic Mr. Fox Anderson, or Motal Kombat Anderson?

Also, THE SPIRIT is greatly underappreciated just like SKY CAPTAIN! :hulk:

And I would love to see a Frank MIller written/directed version of SC in space.

:cry:

[Rod Nunley]

Also, THE SPIRIT is greatly underappreciated just like SKY CAPTAIN! :hulk:

Both of these films were pretty bad. But Sky Captain was miles and miles better than The Spirit.

[Heroic Age Moe]

The ongoing Buck Rogers comic is very good. :thumb:

[Donal DeLay]

Both of these films were pretty bad. But Sky Captain was miles and miles better than The Spirit.

Depending on what you expected and got out of it, they weren't bad. THE SPIRIT was insanely hillarious. The funniest movie I've seen in the past 5yrs, and much better than SKY CAPTAIN, which was just nostalgic.

Over-the-top bad acting in both, sure, but that's part of the charm!

In time, their brilliance will be recognized!

Stop crushing my childhood!