Michael Bay to Direct '2012: The War for Souls'
Director Michael Bay and writers Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman are in preliminary talks to bring the novel to the big screen. Michael Bay will direct while Orci and Kurtzman with their company Kurtzman/Orci will produce.
The novel "2012: The War for Souls'" story revolves around an academic researcher who discovers that there are multiple copies of the Earth that co-exist in different dimensions. All of the versions of Earth are threatened by an apocalypse that is to occur in 2012. 2012 is the date of an apocalypse prophesized in the ancient Mayan calendar.
The researcher makes contact with another version of himself on another Earth by opening a portal into a parallel universe. He contacts the double to try and stop the prophecy from being fulfilled. "2012: The War for Souls" is expected to be released in the fall by St. Martin imprint Tor.
The team behind the "2012: The War for Souls" is currently searching for a writer to adapt the story for the big screen.
"We've been looking for a way to have the kinds of thrillers that we are interested in that still take into account the latest theories and discoveries in Egyptology and in quantum mechanics and all those things that Mr. Strieber is so knowledge about," Orci said.
"The idea of a man teaming up with himself to solve a cosmic mystery was way too good for us to pass up," Kurtzman said.
Kurtzman/Orci company execs Mandy Safavi and Steven Puri brought the book into Kurtzman/Orci at the same time Bay's producing partners Brad Fuller and Andrew Form received it from executive Matt Smith. Bay suggested that the two groups team up again for the project when he heard that Kurtzman/Orci had it.
"2012: The War for Souls" will be the third time that the three have teamed up for a film. The first project the team did together was Bay's sci-fi thriller "The Island."
"It's been a great partnership," Kurtzman said. "I think we trust each other for what we all bring to the table. No one is better visually than Michael; the way he blocks out action is like no other director out there, and I think he trusts our story sense."
Whitley Strieber is best known for such novels as "Communion" and "The Wolfen." His most recent novel, "The Grays," is currently being developed for the big screen by Sony.
Sources:
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3i56b3e1536d8623e908f22953ad9c8708
http://www.zap2it.com/movies/news/zap-baydirecting2012,0,5240678.story?coll=zap-movies-headlines
Published by Shea Harris
Based in Texas, Shea has been writing professionally for over a decade. His articles have appeared in several magazines and across the web. View profile
Michael Bay 'Blows Up' Word-War with Megan FoxMegan Fox has claimed director Michael Bay focuses more on action than acting in his films. Bay's comeback: pulling out the big guns.
The Top Sci-Fi Channel Shows for 2008The Sci-Fi Channel has some of the best shows on television, and in 2008, Battlestar Galactica, Stargate: Atlantis, and Eureka led the way.
Tin Man Zooey and Sci-FiWide-eyed and thick-voiced Zooey Deschanel stars in Sci-Fi's original miniseries Tin Man. The modern re-telling of The Wizard of Oz premieres on Sunday, December 2, 2007.- Sci-Fi Channel to Air Tales from the Darkside's Masterpiece Today: Seasons of BeliefTales from the Darkside is severely overrated by its fans, but it did produce at least one bona fide memorable episode, Season of Belief. That episode will air on Sci-Fi Channel on February 15, 2007.
Comparing the Three Versions of the Sci-Fi Thriller "Invasion of the Bod...This article reviews each of the three vesions of the sci-fi thriller "Invasion of the Body Snatchers."
- 2012 Movies and the Mayan Predictions of Apocalypse
- Top 5 Sci-Fi Video Games
- Director Woody Allen's Best Sci-Fi & Fantasy Films
- Planet of the Apes: The Best Sci-fi Movies Ever Made
- Flash Gordon is Back! (Sci Fi Channel)
- Doctor Who: The Best Sci-Fi Show on TV
- Doctor Who: Season Two on SCI-FI
- Film is to be an adaptation of the upcoming Whitley Strieber novel
5 Comments
Post a Commenti just saw the trailer for the first time and after seeing all the explosions, i thought, "i bet Michael Bay is directing this." And viola, i find this site.
If you really want to understand what the Mayan Calendar and the upcoming dimensional shift in 2012 is about, you need to read "Flying Between Heaven and Earth" by Gina E. Jones. It's now available on amazon.com.
You will be blown away when you read it. You will never see life the same way again! Everyone needs to fasten their seatbelt on this turbulent journey into 2012!
omg ace! i watched the video AMAZING thank you so so much. my life just got a whole lot better. i am so excited to be alive at this time!
Hey everyone who reads or has an interest in the mayan calendar i urge you to check this link here: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=556117542011883927 If the link doesn't work then go to google video and type in Mayan Calendar (simple)Its the 2nd of a three part movie on google video presented by calendar expert Ian lUngold. PHENOMENAL. It'll help you understand that its not an apocalypse its just a new beginning as earth changes into something we aren't "used" to.
If you want some background on the concept of the Mayan calendar that is the basis of Micheal Bay's new "2012″ movie then you can check out: http://www.aventurasclub.com/mayandoomsday.en.html It explains a little about the whole doomsday theory. Its pretty cool actually.