Into Darkness

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Cornwell To Direct Sci-Fi "Heart of Darkness"

By Garth Franklin Thursday June 30th 2011 09:57AM
Peter Cornwell ("The Haunting in Connecticut") has been hired to direct "Into Darkness", a sci-fi remaining of Joseph Conrad's classic novella "Heart of Darkness" for Radar Pictures says Variety.
The original 1902 novel explored the dark side of European colonization in Africa and centres on an Englishman working as a ferry-boat captain in Africa. He takes an assignment to head up the river into the heart of the Congo to find and return the rogue ivory trader Kurtz to civilisation.
Francis Ford Coppola famously reimagined the story into his legendary Vietnam war epic "Apocalypse Now". This incarnation of the story however will turn the adventure into a space-set sci-fi effort.
Tony Giglio and Branden Morgan penned the script. Ted Field and Mike Weber are producing.

 

[Figs]

Interesting. Basically Apocalypse Now...IN SPAAAAACCCCEEEEE!

 

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More Details on Peter Cornwell's Heart of Darkness Adaptation

Source: ComingSoon.net
October 25, 2011



This summer, it was announced that helmer Peter Cornwell (The Haunting in Connecticut) is going to direct an adaptation of Joseph Conrad's novel "Heart of Darkness" and we now have more details.

The best known adaptation of Conrad's book was FrancisFordCoppola's 1979 award-winning Apocalypse Now, which starred Marlon Brando and MartinSheen.

Cornwell's adaptation is currently in pre-production and has a script by Tony Giglio and Branden Morgan. The film is described as follows:

APOCALYPSE 2388. Earth is on the brink of extinction. Legendary explorer KURTZ has been sent on a desperate last bid mission to scout an unknown planet on the far side of the universe. A planet that may sustain human life.

But communication with Kurtz mysteriously ceases and rookie flight officer MARLOW is assigned the perilous task of completing the objective. Tracking Kurtz into the unknown he reaches it. A new earth. And a race of beings at the dawn of time.

But Kurtz has his own plans for the new world and man's last hope for survival. And to achieve it he will take man to the only place that will protect paradise. Into darkness.

 

[Hunter Rider]

http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=83513

 

[Ultra Lantern]

This looks very interesting.I'll see this movie when it comes out.