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James Cameron to Remake Forbidden Planet?

— slashfilm.com — In October, we told you that Babylon 5 creator an Changeling scribe J. Michael Straczynski was hired by Warner Bros to pen a remake of Forbidden Planet . Now IESB claims that James Cameron is once again eyeing the project. He was at one time ... (more) James Cameron to Remake Forbidden Planet?

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