CB2001
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I figured I'd go ahead and start this thread. I'm a fan of Farscape, and I'm sure a lot of you guys have seen the show if not heard of it. Well, recently, there was a post made in relation to a possible Farscape movie. Now, before anyone says anything, Rockne S. O'Bannon stated in an interview about Defiance that a Farscape movie was still likely (I can't remember where the article is, but I suspect it may have been for Blastr). So, it's hard to say what is speculation and what could be legit.
Recently, there's been a bit of a news about a Farscape movie script being written. It comes from this website and the article below. It's hard to say if the script is for an actual feature-length movie or a TV movie.
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Monjo pens HBO pilot, Farscape movie
[Fri 21/02/2014 09:46:32]
By Don Groves
Game of Thrones’ Peter Dinklage is in talks to star in the pilot for an HBO series scripted by Sydney-based Justin Monjo and produced by Ben Stiller’s Red Hour Films.
The prolific Monjo is also writing the screenplay for Farscape, a movie spin-off of the sci-fi series that ran on the Nine Network and the Sci-Fi Channel in the US, for Jim Henson Productions, to be directed by Brian Henson.
Dinklage would play a dwarf detective in The Beasts of Valhalla, based on a series of novels by the late George C. Chesbro. Monjo read the books years ago but could not think of an actor who was right for the role of the sleuth named Mongo until he saw Dinklage in Game of Thrones.
“It’s a grounded sci-fi series,” says Monjo, who flies to New York next month to discuss the project with Dinklage, with whom he has corresponded. “HBO and Red Hour think he’s the perfect guy for the part and are very excited about the project.” The intention would be to shoot the one-hour series in 2016 after Dinklage finishes Game of Thrones.
Monjo was one of the writers on Farscape, which ran from 1998-2002, followed by the 2004 miniseries Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars, co-produced by Jim Henson Productions and RHI Entertainment.
In the finale, the protagonists, American astronaut John Crichton (Ben Browder) and peacekeeper Aeryn Sun (Claudia Black) got married and had a baby. In the movie, it’s revealed the boy had special powers which made him the target of the villainous aliens so his parents hide him on Earth.
The plot follows the kid at the age of 19 when his whereabouts have been discovered and he rejoins his parents on their spaceship. Monjo says the film would be shot in Australia.
Born in New York, he came to Australia 25 years ago on a grant to study acting at NIDA. “I did a lot of acting but most of the time they were boring jobs,” he says.
He’s one of the writers on The Code, Playmaker Media’s thriller about a murder in the Outback which thrusts two brothers into an international political conspiracy, for ABC1.
His credits include INXS: Never Tear Us Apart (co-written with Dave Warner), two segments of Tim Winton’s The Turning, Paper Giants: Magazine Wars, Serangoon Road, Rush and the plays Romeo is Bleeding, That Eye, The Sky and Cloudstreet, adapted from Tim Winton’s novel, co-written with Nick Enright.
He has learned to be patient with screenplays, noting that some have been in development for years. Among his projects are an adaptation of Winton’s Dirt Music, which Phil Noyce was attached to direct; Cane, a big-budget family animated film for Animal Logic and executive producer Robert Luketic; Jungle, adapted from Yossi Ghinsberg’s book about being lost in the Amazon for producer Dana Lustig; and Strange Object, a horror film being developed with Screen West’s assistance.
“TV is so much saner (than film) because they actually make things,” he says.
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Also, there is this site here talking about the report of the script as well.
Farscape Movie Is In the Works and Peter Dinklage is Set to Star in Another HBO Series!
by STUBBY THE ROCKET
It turns out that if.com slid a gem past the world today, announcing that screenwriter Justin Mondo is penning two projects that are bound to make SFF fans lose their minds.
You know, just another show starring Peter Dinklage and a Farscape television movie. No big deal.
Monjo is said to be writing a show that would star Dinklage as a dwarf detective for HBO. The series would be produced by Ben Stiller’s production company, Red Hour. Dinklage is currently in talks for the show, which would be titled The Beasts of Valhalla, based on a series of books by George C. Chesbro. Monjo had Dinklage in mind before he started writing, so let’s hope that works out!
And then, you know... there’s that Farscape movie thing.
It turns out that Monjo has also written a screenplay for what would likely be a Farscape television movie. Set to follow the awesome comics written by our favorite Keith R.A. DeCandido, the film would follow John and Aeryn’s son, D’Argo (or Little D, as we will always refer to him). Because their baby was exhibiting a set of interesting powers that made him a magnet for galactic villains, we find that John and Aeryn hide their son on Earth to grow up. Now the kid is 19 and ready to go into space with his parents.
D’Argo in space! With his amazing super parents! And then they could go visit Chiana and Rygel and Noranti...
THEY COULD GO VISIT SCORPIUS.
Don’t hold out on us, world. If we got a Farscape fix more than a decade after it’s final bow, we’d believe in fairies again.
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So, I don't know if its true or not. But hearing this makes me feel hopeful. Don't know if its true or if it will proceed, but here's hoping it does and here's the post to reserve space for it. And if nothing come from it, then no harm no foul.
Recently, there's been a bit of a news about a Farscape movie script being written. It comes from this website and the article below. It's hard to say if the script is for an actual feature-length movie or a TV movie.
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Monjo pens HBO pilot, Farscape movie
[Fri 21/02/2014 09:46:32]
By Don Groves
Game of Thrones’ Peter Dinklage is in talks to star in the pilot for an HBO series scripted by Sydney-based Justin Monjo and produced by Ben Stiller’s Red Hour Films.
The prolific Monjo is also writing the screenplay for Farscape, a movie spin-off of the sci-fi series that ran on the Nine Network and the Sci-Fi Channel in the US, for Jim Henson Productions, to be directed by Brian Henson.
Dinklage would play a dwarf detective in The Beasts of Valhalla, based on a series of novels by the late George C. Chesbro. Monjo read the books years ago but could not think of an actor who was right for the role of the sleuth named Mongo until he saw Dinklage in Game of Thrones.
“It’s a grounded sci-fi series,” says Monjo, who flies to New York next month to discuss the project with Dinklage, with whom he has corresponded. “HBO and Red Hour think he’s the perfect guy for the part and are very excited about the project.” The intention would be to shoot the one-hour series in 2016 after Dinklage finishes Game of Thrones.
Monjo was one of the writers on Farscape, which ran from 1998-2002, followed by the 2004 miniseries Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars, co-produced by Jim Henson Productions and RHI Entertainment.
In the finale, the protagonists, American astronaut John Crichton (Ben Browder) and peacekeeper Aeryn Sun (Claudia Black) got married and had a baby. In the movie, it’s revealed the boy had special powers which made him the target of the villainous aliens so his parents hide him on Earth.
The plot follows the kid at the age of 19 when his whereabouts have been discovered and he rejoins his parents on their spaceship. Monjo says the film would be shot in Australia.
Born in New York, he came to Australia 25 years ago on a grant to study acting at NIDA. “I did a lot of acting but most of the time they were boring jobs,” he says.
He’s one of the writers on The Code, Playmaker Media’s thriller about a murder in the Outback which thrusts two brothers into an international political conspiracy, for ABC1.
His credits include INXS: Never Tear Us Apart (co-written with Dave Warner), two segments of Tim Winton’s The Turning, Paper Giants: Magazine Wars, Serangoon Road, Rush and the plays Romeo is Bleeding, That Eye, The Sky and Cloudstreet, adapted from Tim Winton’s novel, co-written with Nick Enright.
He has learned to be patient with screenplays, noting that some have been in development for years. Among his projects are an adaptation of Winton’s Dirt Music, which Phil Noyce was attached to direct; Cane, a big-budget family animated film for Animal Logic and executive producer Robert Luketic; Jungle, adapted from Yossi Ghinsberg’s book about being lost in the Amazon for producer Dana Lustig; and Strange Object, a horror film being developed with Screen West’s assistance.
“TV is so much saner (than film) because they actually make things,” he says.
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Also, there is this site here talking about the report of the script as well.
Farscape Movie Is In the Works and Peter Dinklage is Set to Star in Another HBO Series!
by STUBBY THE ROCKET
It turns out that if.com slid a gem past the world today, announcing that screenwriter Justin Mondo is penning two projects that are bound to make SFF fans lose their minds.
You know, just another show starring Peter Dinklage and a Farscape television movie. No big deal.
Monjo is said to be writing a show that would star Dinklage as a dwarf detective for HBO. The series would be produced by Ben Stiller’s production company, Red Hour. Dinklage is currently in talks for the show, which would be titled The Beasts of Valhalla, based on a series of books by George C. Chesbro. Monjo had Dinklage in mind before he started writing, so let’s hope that works out!
And then, you know... there’s that Farscape movie thing.
It turns out that Monjo has also written a screenplay for what would likely be a Farscape television movie. Set to follow the awesome comics written by our favorite Keith R.A. DeCandido, the film would follow John and Aeryn’s son, D’Argo (or Little D, as we will always refer to him). Because their baby was exhibiting a set of interesting powers that made him a magnet for galactic villains, we find that John and Aeryn hide their son on Earth to grow up. Now the kid is 19 and ready to go into space with his parents.
D’Argo in space! With his amazing super parents! And then they could go visit Chiana and Rygel and Noranti...
THEY COULD GO VISIT SCORPIUS.
Don’t hold out on us, world. If we got a Farscape fix more than a decade after it’s final bow, we’d believe in fairies again.
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So, I don't know if its true or not. But hearing this makes me feel hopeful. Don't know if its true or if it will proceed, but here's hoping it does and here's the post to reserve space for it. And if nothing come from it, then no harm no foul.
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