8:27 pm - 01/09/2013
The DreamWorks film, with distribution from Fox and Disney, was set to hit theaters in 2014.
Steven Spielberg's Robopocalypse has been postponed for an indefinite time.
The sci-fi action film from DreamWorks would have been distributed by Fox and Disney, with Anne Hathaway and Chris Hemsworth in talks to star.
Based on the 2011 book by Daniel H. Wilson, Robopocalypse would have reunited Fox and Spielberg, who worked together on 2002's Minority Report.
Spielberg spokesman Marvin Levy said the project was "too important and the script is not ready, and it's too expensive to produce. It's back to the drawing board to see what is possible."
It's unclear what project will be next for Spielberg, whose Lincoln has earned more than $145 million at the worldwide box office and is an Oscar front-runner.
Some in the industry wondered whether Spielberg would want to pursue Robopocalypse after the director's 60 Minutes interview that aired Oct. 21, during which he said he could do an action film "in my sleep at this point in my career," adding, "it doesn't attract me anymore."
Robopocalypse was to be the first producing project for Tom Rothman, the former chairman of Fox Filmed Entertainment -- who, months earlier, had agreed to partner with DreamWorks on the $100 million-plus production.
The project was announced in October 2010 as Spielberg's next movie after War Horse. DreamWorks picked up the book by Wilson, who has a Ph.D. in robotics, in 2009. Drew Goddard, who wrote Cloverfield as well as The Cabin in the Woods, penned the adaptation.
Production was set to begin in January 2012, but it was taken off the table after a couple of months as the filmmaker focused on Lincoln.
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Good. Let's make a Ready Player One movie instead.
Robopocalypse Movie Delayed Indefinitely
Steven Spielberg's 'Robopocalypse' Postponed Indefinitely
The DreamWorks film, with distribution from Fox and Disney, was set to hit theaters in 2014.
Steven Spielberg's Robopocalypse has been postponed for an indefinite time.
The sci-fi action film from DreamWorks would have been distributed by Fox and Disney, with Anne Hathaway and Chris Hemsworth in talks to star.
Based on the 2011 book by Daniel H. Wilson, Robopocalypse would have reunited Fox and Spielberg, who worked together on 2002's Minority Report.
Spielberg spokesman Marvin Levy said the project was "too important and the script is not ready, and it's too expensive to produce. It's back to the drawing board to see what is possible."
It's unclear what project will be next for Spielberg, whose Lincoln has earned more than $145 million at the worldwide box office and is an Oscar front-runner.
Some in the industry wondered whether Spielberg would want to pursue Robopocalypse after the director's 60 Minutes interview that aired Oct. 21, during which he said he could do an action film "in my sleep at this point in my career," adding, "it doesn't attract me anymore."
Robopocalypse was to be the first producing project for Tom Rothman, the former chairman of Fox Filmed Entertainment -- who, months earlier, had agreed to partner with DreamWorks on the $100 million-plus production.
The project was announced in October 2010 as Spielberg's next movie after War Horse. DreamWorks picked up the book by Wilson, who has a Ph.D. in robotics, in 2009. Drew Goddard, who wrote Cloverfield as well as The Cabin in the Woods, penned the adaptation.
Production was set to begin in January 2012, but it was taken off the table after a couple of months as the filmmaker focused on Lincoln.
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Good. Let's make a Ready Player One movie instead.
Also, he should probably shake things up with his folks. Does he HAVE to use John Williams and Janusz Kaminski for every film he does?
Use someone else...ONCE. Try something different.
He needs to shift his look and tone of his films sometimes.
I love it, but trying some new folks might ignite something for him.
He's still one of the best seasoned directors working today, but I would love to see him take something he would never do and make it something special.
they might have been cut from the movie tho, tbh i was super drunk when i saw it so i can't remember haha
this would have been bad
i own it but haven't bothered to read it yet.
I never felt the threat from the robots and only a few scenes were scary chilling.
I do hope he does a sic-fi/action movie soon rather than these Oscar baiting movies.
Basically because I really want to see Chris Hemsworth beat the shit out of people.
I thought his "How to survive a Robot Apocalypse" was better (it's non-fiction though).
Edited at 2013-01-10 03:41 pm (UTC)