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The Latest Logan's Run News Update!
Updated on: 04/22/2004
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From
The Hollywood Reporter March 5, 2004
Singer
Chases 'Logan's Run' for Warners by
Borys Kit
Bryan Singer is ready to
run.
The filmmaker is in negotiations to develop and
direct "Logan's Run" for Warner Bros. Pictures. Singer
is producing the project with Joel Silver.
Originally a book by William F. Nolan and George
Clayton Johnson, the novel takes place in a youth-obsessed
future society where residents are euthanized as soon as they
turn 21. The story centers on Logan, a police officer whose job
it is to track down those who run from their fate. But with his
21st birthday fast approaching, he decides to run as well and
search for Sanctuary, a fabled place where older folks live.
MGM adapted the book into a 1976 movie starring
Michael York as well as a TV series the following year. The '76
version changed the age of euthanasia to 30.
Warners acquired the film rights for Silver, who
has long been developing the property, to which Singer brought a
fresh take.
"Bryan is going back to the original
material," Silver said. "He is such a magical guy, and
he reinvented this thing. He has re-envisioned the story and the
characters and will tackle themes of what it's like to grow up
and grow old."
The new version is being scripted by Paul Todisco
and Ethan Gross, who will work closely with Singer.
"It's going to be about two best friends who
ultimately take different paths because of ideology,
circumstances and a woman who comes between them," said
Singer, who added that in his version, be may set the age of
euthanasia somewhere from 21-30.
The original movie left an impression on the young
Singer. "My father took me to see the film, and at the
time, it was dazzling and evocative," he said. "It was
also the first time I had seen onscreen nudity. I remember being
stunned."
The director, who helmed the two successful
"X-Men" movies, is expected to film the project before
tackling a third "X-Men" movie. He also is helping
write an X-Men comic for Marvel Comics, title "Bryan Singer
Presents: Ultimate X-Men."
Singer's other credits include "Apt
Pupil" and "The Usual Suspects."
He is repped by WMA and attorney David Feldman.
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LATEST or COMING NOLAN BOOKS,
EVENTS, LINKS, etc.
Updated 04/22/2004
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| Nolan's DARK UNIVERSE was an awards finalist as
"Best Collection" by the 2002 World Fantasy Con. It was
also an awards finalist at the World Horror Convention, also for
"Best Collection." |
BURNT OFFERINGS now out on DVD from MGM, with
Nolan commentary on sound track
SHIPS IN THE NIGHT - a non-genre collection of Nolan's
"off-trail" fiction--on auto racing, aviation, boxing, etc. --
from Capra Press in Santa Barbara, CA. Hardcover. Available in 2004.
BARNEY OLDFIELD - a revised, expanded edition, with 80
"new" photos and other new material--is now out from Brown Fox
Books in CA. Hardcover trade edition and a leather-bound limited
edition with special material.
IMPACT 20 -- Available from Gauntlet Press in trade hardcover
and limited lettered, with three previously unprinted stories and other
new material..
OFF-BEAT -- Nolan's edited collection of Richard
Matheson short stories--now out from Subterranean Press.
You may also order copies from Phantom Bookshop by calling 805-641-3844
or e-mailing us at phantom@phantoms.com
. Price is $40 for signed, limited edition. Signed lettered edition is
$200. |
| Nolan sold a new story to MASQUES
V (out in 2005) and recently-published THE MAMMOTH BOOK OF FUTURE NOIR. He is also due in several other anthologies:
AUTOMOBILIA, FIRST KILLS, PARTNERS IN FEAR,
DARKEST SPACE, IN A NUTSHELL, IT'S THAT TIME AGAIN, and
CONVERSATIONS WITH RAY BRADBURY. |
| His DARK UNIVERSE hardcover will be published in
two mass-market paperback editions: by Leisure Books in 2003 and 2004. |
| He is outlining "prequel" works to LOGAN'S
RUN to tie into the release of the Warner
Bros. remake of Logan's Run (still in the pre-production
stage-see the "News" link above and the home page). |
| The awesome play, DASH (based on Dashiell
Hammett) recently played in Los Angeles in 2004 to an enthusiastic
full house. It previously had two dramatic readings in Chicago, September 8, 2003.
as well. EXCELLENT!. |
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