variety.com - 10/15/2008
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Fox 2000 film based on Joe Haldeman novel Fox 2000 has acquired rights to Joe Haldeman's 1974 novel "The Forever War," and Ridley Scott is planning to make it into his first science fiction film since he delivered back-to-back classics with "Blade Runner" and "Alien." Scott intended to follow ...
variety.com - 10/13/2008
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Fox 2000 film based on Joe Haldeman novel
Fox 2000 has acquired rights to Joe Haldeman's 1974...
novel "The Forever War," and Ridley Scott is planning to make it into his first science fiction film since he delivered back-to-back classics with "Blade ...
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Ridley Scott takes on 'Forever War' - Entertainment ...
firstshowing.net - 10/13/2008
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firstshowing.net —
October 13, 2008 by Alex Billington This news
definitely came out of nowhere! The legendary Ridley Scott...
, known for saying "sci-fi films are as dead as westerns", is apparently back with not one, but two sci-fi projects. Fox 2000 has acquired the ...
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Ridley Scott's Return to Sci-Fi is Actually The Forever War
io9.com - 10/9/2008
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With The Forever War that much closer to
the big screen, maybe it's time for Hollywood to...
take a closer look at Joe Haldeman's other works as well. Haldeman is already talking about trying to have more creative input into movie versions of his other ...
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Joe Haldeman's Back Catalog Could Make Hollywood ...
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... a set visit, but if you’re dying to see something, there are already a few images out and about the web. In any case, it shouldn’t be a long wait: We’ll see the story and images up at ew.com soon enough.
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Adaptions: Ridley Scott is planning a return to sci-fi with Joe Haldeman’s The Forever War; io9 found some comments from Haldeman and ...
Ridley Scott buys film rights to Joe Haldeman's The Forever War
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Variety is reporting that Joe Haldeman sold film rights to his seminal 1974 novel The Forever War to Fox 2000, and that director Ridley Scott is planning to make it into his first science fiction film since Blade Runner and Alien . Apparently, Scott has had his eye on the book for more than twenty years, but "rights complications" delayed the deal. The film will be produced by Scott Free. Haldeman's agents Vince Gerardis and Ralph Vicinanza of Created By will executive produce the film. Part of the delay was their decade-long struggle to get the rights back. They ...
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Fox 2000 has acquired rights to Joe Haldeman's 1974 novel The Forever War, and Ridley Scott is planning to make it into his first science fiction film since he delivered back-to-back classics with Blade Runner and Alien, Variety reported.
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