The Story: Nice and simple this one. A radiation lab sets up shop next to a small town in backwoods America. All seems fine at first, until the next generation of townsfolk begin to emerge with mutant deformities. Over time, there aren’t any normal people left, only mutants. Any passing travellers would do well to stay clear…
Directed By: We’d like this made in the style of a good old-fashioned B-movie, and Tremors director Ron Underwood has got previous in this field. He also did Mighty Joe Young, but the less said about that the better…
Starring: Woody Harrelson and Josh Holloway play a pair of bickering truckers who find themselves forced to fight for their lives when they run out of gas just outside the city limits.
Key Scene: The pair make their way through the town, only to find it deserted at midday. They don’t like the sun, these mutants, but that doesn’t mean they aren’t watching…
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Hadouken76
Mar 2nd 2011, 13:04
What about The Man in the High Castle or that one about the President who fools his people into thinking that the world outside is unsafe (it isnt)? I forgotten the title.
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ChrisWootton
Mar 2nd 2011, 14:33
The Penultimate Truth?
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Hadouken76
Mar 2nd 2011, 15:03
YES! Thank you ! :D
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playsatan13
Mar 2nd 2011, 16:21
do your research FILM! 2nd variety is already a film called 'Screamers' starring Peter Weller (robocop), it's s**t but the story is near enough the same. What about 'Flow my tears the police man said', 'the three stigmata of palmer edlrich', 'martain time slip' or 'time out of joint' Someone should really do a better job of Paycheck too
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gwales
Mar 2nd 2011, 16:53
@playsatan13 I've said that in the copy. Thought it was worth including as although Screamers was a bit of a dud, the original plot is worth revisiting.
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ChrisWootton
Mar 3rd 2011, 9:28
Ha, in your face playsatan :-)
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playsatan13
Mar 3rd 2011, 13:44
Fair enough i missed that bit, but all the Dick films end up c**p anyway, blade runner and total recall are only from fractions of the stories their based on. so you cant count them as d***s true work (especially seeing the writer hated do androids dream.....). Paycheck was bad as hell. But for some strange reason a Scanner Darkly worked ??????
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oatkinson1
Mar 10th 2011, 2:06
Most of the ones listed are short stories, I sense a cop out here. It would be very difficult to do but I would love to see VALIS done.
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silverturnsgrey
Apr 2nd 2011, 0:26
I love that you've taken the trouble to write this article, brilliant! Roog, Beyond Lies The Wub and Ubik would be great on screen. I also think Time Out Of Joint could be pretty amazing. I don't see how they could make a film of VALIS. If the book doesn't really make sense, how could a film version?
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