This is a film from their past catalogue that demands a truly bigbudget remake that matches its great concepts. The black hole 1979 two years after the massive, gamechanging success of star wars, walt disney pictures released its first attempt to successfully ride on the sciencefiction bandwagon. The black hole is a 1979 science fiction movie directed by gary nelson. About genre scifi summary this is a planned remake of disneys the black hole, a sciencefiction story about explorers on the edge of an incredible interstellar phenomenon. Disney plans the black hole remake with tron legacy team. The black hole is a 1979 american science fiction film directed by gary nelson and produced by walt disney productions.
The black hole remake is is too dark for disney right now. So by merging with it, he was trapped with the object of his fear. Vivid and enveloping, the film was just plain awesome to behold. Legacy team was actually working on a remake of disneys the black hole a few years ago. Screenwriter jon spaihts passengers recently provided us with an update on the black hole remake, describing the joseph kosinski project. Spaihts script was considered too dark for a disney movie.
The film stars maximilian schell, robert forster, joseph bottoms, yvette mimieux, anthony perkins, and ernest borgnine, while the voices of the main robot characters are provided by roddy mcdowall and slim pickens both unbilled. The good news is that, while disney is working on a remake, they have been doing so since 2009. The concept of black holes has trickled down by now from the ivory towers of cambridge to the middle ground of scientific american and finally to. Moving on, the black hole is a disney scifi family movie set in space. A small cinema near to where i lived played disney films and i saw this one there. A story of robots and humanoids, human genius and madness, and a spectacular descent into natures ultimate mystery the black hole. The main characters are hollywood actors who are wearing glasses, and one of them has frizzy hair, so clearly they must be scientists. Space was hip, robots where hot, and disney wanted a piece of this action too. The black hole 1979 was one of the first films that i can remember watching in a movie theater. Director joseph kosinski and producer sean bailey are attached to the production. Thats how the times change though and as you can expect a remake of the black hole.
After star wars kickstarted the science fiction boom of the late 70s, there seemed to be no end to the countless movies set in space. Behold the beauty of the black holes uss cygnus behold. It was to be written by jon spaihts prometheus and directed by joe kosinski oblivion click here for the original article. Why disney isnt making another black hole movie youtube. The black hole as far as remakes go, there are few films that would benefit from it as much as disneys 1979 scifi epic, the black hole.
Louis, missouri unleashing not only a big black hole, but also a creature from beyond that feeds on electricity through the streets of this midwest city. Released back in 1979, scifi epic the black hole was notable for being disneys very first film released with a pg rating, and it was also. While all of our attention might currently be focused on star wars. As a liveaction science fiction film from the late 1970s the movie was an odd choice back then, which made the news. The black hole sent a generation of scifi fans to hell. The black hole is a 1979 american space opera film directed by gary nelson and produced by walt disney productions. Earlier in the film, durant called the black hole something straight out of dantes inferno, with pizer adding that one would expect to see someone with a pitchfork and a tail. Disneys the black hole finally being released on blu. As a liveaction science fiction film from the late 1970s the movie was. In terms of the black hole in particular being blasted by the critics well, their opinion of course, but the criticsm was way over the top and the movie was.
Legacy, but the producer and director of this sequel to a classic disney science fiction movie are reuniting to remake the other classic disney scifi movie. As a liveaction science fiction film from the late 1970s the movie was an odd choice back then, which made the news that disney wanted to remake it also a bit bizarre. Disney is reportedly thinking about a black hole remake. Although narrowly averting the threat of nuclear destruction, they still manage to destroy most of st. Joseph kosinski is attached to direct this scifi reboot about a group of space. Palomino is returning to earth after a fruitless 18month search for extra.
The black hole reboot is back on, says disneys president. The black hole 1979 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. As far as rumored remakes for disney properties go, none of them might be nearly as robust as the speculation on an updated version of the black hole. Pacific rim uprising, disneys the black hole remake, and jurassic. In the original film the crew of the spaceship palamino stumbles across the lost. In 1979, disney completed the twoyear production of the black hole. The screenwriter behind passengers, jon spaihts, was. Released in 1979, the black hole was disneys big foray into science fiction, followed soon after by tron. Cygnus is perched precariously at the edge of a black hole the vast, empty nothingness where space and time end. With all the wisdom of teeagers in a slasher movie, these stalwart adventurers decide to nudge around the edge of a black hole s event horizon in a ship no bigger than my apartment building. The black hole is a movie that reached cult status at one. In the original film the crew of the spaceship palamino stumbles across the lost ship uss cygnus hovering on the edge of an immense black hole.
Though its been a while since theres been any mention of it, part of the tron. Legacy, director joseph kosinski was quickly linked with a remake of another disney project, the 1979 scifi movie the black hole. Black hole is classic science fiction with robots and mad scientists and questions about the meaning of life. The black hole gets a remake, and it may blow your mind. A scifithriller centered on a high school violinist who witnesses the. It stars maximilian schell, robert forster, joseph bottoms, yvette mimieux, anthony perkins, and ernest borgnine. The film stars maximilian schell, robert forster, joseph bottoms, yvette mimieux, anthony perkins and ernest borgnine, while the voices of the main robot characters are provided by roddy mcdowall and slim pickens both uncredited. It didnt hurt that maximilianthe silent, singleeyed, bloodred robot who winds up merging with his diabolical creator, dr. Legacy, director joseph kosinski and producer sean bailey, started working on a remake of the black hole. A reinvention of the 1979 scifi film the black hole.
Emily carmichael on pacific rim, jurassic and the black hole. Disneys reinvention of its 1979 scifi movie the black hole is getting a new engine. Disneys the black hole and paul andersons event horizon dont seem to have much in common. Of course, a remake of the movie has been batted around by disney for the past. A fun film about a group of astronauts and a robot who are welcomed aboard a gigantic spaceship manned by maximillian schnell. The 1979 film was the studios attempt to do serious scifi in the wake of the success of star wars. With malcolm mcdowell, dean cain, izzie steele, natalie distler. Fabulous movie, both tron and the black hole were unfairly treated by critics at the time. Theres something endearingly human about our ability to take the most astonishing ideas and treat them in trivial stories. Were still over a year away from the 121710 release of tron.
The black hole is a movie that reached cult status at one point and is still regarded by several people as one of the more intriguing movies that disney put out. This movie is about an electricityeating space gorilla that comes out of a black hole. The black hole remake is is too dark for disney right now film. Take, as todays example, the idea of black holes in outer space and the story of walt disneys the black hole. The movie that eventually became the black hole started as an idea bouncing around the halls of disney in 1974, around the same time george lucas was hammering out his first draft of the space adventures of luke starkiller.
However, he wasnt afraid of the black hole which was deadly. The palamino is an exploratory spaceship that discovers a missing ship called the u. The result was the black hole, a jules verneesque story of how a crew of astronauts discovers a mostly abandoned ship on the edge of a black hole. The black hole tv movie 2006 action adventure drama. A high school musician experiences visual and auditory hallucinations as she starts to witness the collapse of space and time, leading her through a portal to another universe. The music for the movie was composed by john barry.
Anything that crosses its border enters a universe of the complete unknown. Hans reinhardtlooked like a cross between a cylon and darth vader. The whole category of comments that label the black hole as a star wars ripoff are also unfair. The black hole, disneys risky venture into a darkerthemed scifi adventure in 1979 didnt exactly ignite the box office, but over the years its share of dedicated admirers has grown exponentially.
A few years back, a reboot of walt disneys classic scifi flick the black hole was in the works. Later, after kate learns the truth about the crew of the cygnus, she tells reinhardt that if there is any justice at all, the black hole will be his grave. Why the black hole remake hasnt been made yet, according to. The infernal imagery of the black hole didnt enthrall me because i thought i might go to hell and burn forever someday. Palomino is returning to earth after a fruitless 18month search for extraterrestrial life when the crew comes upon a supposedly lost ship, the magnificent u. Screenwriter jon spaihts passengers, doctor strange was brought in to do a rewrite on the project, though theres been little news of it since. Back in 20, disneys dark horse entry into earlyeighties scifi, the black hole, was slated for a remake. The black hole remake lands prometheus writer jon spaihts apr 4, 20. The black hole writer says the remake might be too dark. The voices of the main robot characters in the film are provided by roddy mcdowall and slim pickens both uncredited.
Disneys the black hole is an often forgotten movie in the studios history. Why the black hole remake hasnt been made yet, according. According to our sources, disney is reportedly looking to remake their 1979 space opera film the black hole some time soon. Disneys reinvention of its 1979 scifi movie the black hole is getting a new engine prometheus cowriter jon spaihts has been hired to kickstart the project, which has joe kosinski the. The people behind the tron legacy sequel plans to remake the 1979 walt disney science fiction movie, the black hole. As it turns out, part of the reason for this might be the direction that. Thus, for better or worse, the black hole was born. Disneys black hole remake lands writer exclusive hollywood.
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